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Ospreys are a bird of prey and are found in costal regions worldwide. Unfortunately, in the UK at the start of the 1800s these birds were high on the list of species to be destroyed. Today Bob Holderness-Roddam, Project Officer with Volunteering Tasmania, tells of his experiences as a volunteer in Scotland in the 1960s, protecting the nests of the few remaining breeding birds. Read Transcript
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The Managing Director of Centurion Enterprise Management Services in Victoria, Dr Ron Harper, wonders what might have been if he had chosen a career as a scientist. However, he chose a career in management and today tells us what makes a good and efficient manager. Read Transcript
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Health Director of the Jimmy Little Foundation and film maker Don Palmer tells us that kidney disease amongst Aboriginal people in Central Australia runs somewhere between 30 to 50 times the national average. Nearly 200 people are receiving dialysis treatment in this area alone. Read Transcript
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If you worry that 'Big Brother' is everywhere, watching us via CCTV or other devices, imagine a future that's even worse. Melbourne author Andrew Herrick delves into the not too distant future to tell us what can happen, and it's a very worrying picture which, according to the author, is not all science fiction. Read Transcript
Sunday 8.45am
Presented by
Robyn Williams
Sunday 23 November 2008
Dr Jack Carmody, who coordinates a postgraduate course in Medicine and Music at the University of Sydney, tells us amongst other things how hormones influence the brain, the march of DNA down generations and reproduction.
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1.30am AEDT
Saturday Extra
with Geraldine Doogue
Analysis of the week's events, with a special focus on business and foreign affairs
