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Friday 10 October 2008

OMG! Are You Serious?

Is literature, as Ezra Pound said, news that stays news? If so, where does that place the teenagers of Braybrook College, Melbourne who have just published their first book?  Read Transcript

Thursday 09 October 2008

The Old and the New

Whats life like now for second and third genertaion Italo/Australians. When their realitves first arrived they were mostly poor and couldn't speak English. They endured all of the insults that Australia had to offer but did they make a better life for their families and for Australia as a whole?  Read Transcript

Wednesday 08 October 2008

Poor Progress for Pensioners

100 years ago the Australian Federal Parliament introduced the invalid and old age pension. At the time it was hailed as a landmark in social reform but is it?  Read Transcript

Tuesday 07 October 2008

The New Victorians

The Victorian era was a time of endless possibility and change. There was industrial expansion, economic prgress and a world wide empire. So how much of what happened then is still happening now?  Read Transcript

Monday 06 October 2008

Conscience Votes and the Victorian Abortion law Reform Bill

How does conscience voting work and if your local member is not voting along party lines should you have been told about the possibility of this happening when they stood for election?  Read Transcript

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