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Friday 8:05 Lack of confidence affects the economy
Fri, Nov 21
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The share market plunged yesterday to below half the level it was at just one year ago. The outlook for growth is worsening with another survey this week suggesting Australia could follow the rest of the world into a recession next year. Yet the Reserve Bank governor, Glenn Stevens, says we are all being too gloomy. He says the biggest mistake we can make right now is to talk ourselves into a recession. Well is he right? Are commentators and the media being too negative about the prospects...
Friday 7:55 Murky future for screenwriters
Fri, Nov 21
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Hollywood stars, good cinematography and great directing: they're all important parts of any successful film, but probably not as important as a well written screenplay. This week, draft plans released by Screen Australia to alter the process of feature film funding have screenwriters extremely concerned. The Australian Writers' Guild says that draft guidelines, expected to come into effect on 1 January next year, will mean that first-time screenwriters would be ineligible for any federal...
Friday 7:52 The financial crisis and regional banks
Fri, Nov 21
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The financial crisis has yet to have a major impact on Australia's regional banking sector. Regional banks such as the Bendigo and Adelaide, Bank West and St George actually increased their profits this past financial year, while the four major banks saw their earnings fall, according to a KPMG survey out yesterday. But the regionals are facing significant challenges. Westpac's takeover of St George could trigger further consolidation in the sector. And as the downturn reaches beyond the...
Friday 7:41 Garrett on Japanese whaling and Tassie pulp mill
Fri, Nov 21
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Environment minister Peter Garrett has a lot on his plate at the moment: the Japanese fleet is steaming to the Southern Ocean for the start of yet another whaling season; the $2.2 billion Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania is mired in political controversy yet again, with calls for no more federal approvals. And various states are happily going their own way on everything from uranium mining to plastic bags, with Western Australia this week lifting a ban on new uranium mines, and South Australia...
Friday 7:36 Federal politics with Michelle Grattan: David Hicks
Fri, Nov 21
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He was a symbol of John Howard's tough stance on national security. But after five years in Guantanamo Bay and many months living under a control order, David Hicks will be released from any formal surveillance by the end of the year. The Australian Federal Police announced late yesterday that it would not renew its control order on the convicted terrorist. The order imposed a midnight to 5am curfew, which required him to report to police twice a week and placed restrictions on his internet...
Friday 7:31 Sport with Warwick Hadfield
Fri, Nov 21
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The latest sport news with Warwick Hadfield.
Friday 6:57 Finance: Sue Lannin
Fri, Nov 21
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The latest finance news here and abroad with Sue Lannin.
Friday 6:51 More storms for South East Queensland
Fri, Nov 21
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South East Queensland has been rocked by more devastating thunderstorms overnight with Blackwater in central Queensland bearing the brunt of nature's latest fury. Brisbane and the Gold Coast were also badly hit by the third major storm in five days, with flash flooding and power cuts to over 40,000 homes. Two people have so far been killed by the wild weather, the worst in more than 30 years.
Friday 6:44 The Ernie Awards
Fri, Nov 21
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Every year we take a look at the Ernie Awards: it's the moment when the women of NSW get to laugh at the expense of men. It's an award for the most sexist remark by a public figure and this year's winner comes to you from the Mayor of Mt Isa, John Malone.
Friday 6:36 Science with Chris Smith - Lasers and good microbes
Fri, Nov 21
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US scientists have applied laser technology to provide a new way to image tissue in unprecedented detail without resorting to harmful X-rays.
Friday 6:27 Papers with James Carleton
Fri, Nov 21
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What's on the front page around Australia.
Friday 6:23 Indigenous health
Fri, Nov 21
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Remote communities all over Australia are struggling to get doctors and it's even more difficult for remote indigenous communities troubled by violence and alcoholism. So when a doctor who passionately wanted to help in the Northern Territory's biggest Aboriginal community decides to leave because he's disillusioned about government processes, you have to ask what's gone wrong.
Friday 6:17 Bumper crop yield for wheat farmers
Fri, Nov 21
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This season has yielded a bumper crop for wheat growers in parts of New South Wales and Queensland, thanks to generous rainfall. But the wet weather isn't letting up, threatening to spoil a rare opportunity for a good return by slowing the harvest in its first weeks. Add to that the pressures of the first year without a single desk export system and a serious shortage of workers and all of a sudden, lots of wheat growers are looking at another bad year.
Thursday 8:25 Space station's 10 years
Thu, Nov 20
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It's 350 kilometres above us, has circled the earth more than 57,000 times at a speed of 28,000 kilometres per hour: it's the International Space Station and it's 10 years old today. Construction began in 1998, and the space station has, over the years, been much maligned. But it's also been home to astronauts from all over the world, who continue building it today. So what has the space station achieved so far? And is the continuing criticism of the program justified?
Thursday 8:05 Kate Adie: Into Danger
Thu, Nov 20
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As Britain's former leading female war correspondent, who has reported from wars in the Middle East, Northern Ireland, the Balkans and Rwanda, Kate Adie is often asked what is the most dangerous situation she's ever been in. Now she has turned the tables and decided to explore the motivations of others who choose to put their lives at risk every day at work. In her long and varied career she has met these people: hostage negotiators, bomb disposal experts, snake charmers, prostitutes and...
Thursday 7:53 Multiple sclerosis discovery
Thu, Nov 20
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Scientists in Queensland have found a new and pivotal connection between the virus that causes glandular fever, Epstein-Barr Virus, or EBV, and the development of multiple sclerosis. The new research does not mean that those who've had glandular fever are more susceptible to MS, but that some people have a defect in their immune response to EBV, which may be a factor in contracting MS.
Thursday 7:41 Gulf War syndrome
Thu, Nov 20
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New research has found that the Gulf War syndrome does exist. In Australia, the Defence Force Welfare Association says the findings prove that Gulf War syndrome isn't just in the minds of veterans.
Thursday 7:36 Federal politics with Michelle Grattan: RBA governor Glenn St
Thu, Nov 20
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More interest rate cuts are on the way, that's the clue given by the Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens overnight. Stevens told a business dinner that Australians shouldn't give in to the gloomy talk on the economy and suggested the RBA would be in an expansionary mood when it next met. He also gave the government the green light to go into deficit if it was borrowing money for worthwhile stimulatory spending.
Thursday 7:31 Sport: Warwick Hadfield
Thu, Nov 20
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The latest sport news with Warwick Hadfield.
Thursday 6:57 Finance with Sue Lannin
Thu, Nov 20
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The latest finance news here and abroad with Sue Lannin.
Thursday 6:50 Solutions to piracy plague in the Indian Ocean
Thu, Nov 20
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Just days after pirates captured a giant Saudi oil tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Indian Navy has fired upon and sunk a pirate vessel. It says one of its warships encountered the pirates in the Gulf of Aden, north of the Somali coast. But as far as the shipping industry is concerned, arming crews or having security guards on board isn't a easy solution. So what can be done to stop these relatively small groups of pirates from threatening international trade?
Thursday 6:37 Countering rural depression: Braver, Stronger, Wiser
Thu, Nov 20
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Braver, Stronger, Wiser is a new DVD produced by the Salvation Army that is aimed at helping those affected by depression— particularly those in remote rural communities. It features four different people: a farmer, a 22-year-old woman, an indigenous man and a woman who now runs a 70,000 square kilometre property, but who was hit for six by post-natal depression after her fourth child. They all describe how they were struck by depressive symptoms, bewildered by them, then reached a turning...
Thursday 6:19 Queensland hit by massive rainfall
Thu, Nov 20
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There's widespread flooding across southeast Queensland after more than six hours of heavy rain overnight. A landslide is now threatening dozens of homes in the Brisbane suburb of The Gap. Up to 250 millimetres of rain fall near Ipswich and the city area received falls of up to 150 millimetres. The rainstorm stretched from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast and west to Toowoomba.
Wednesday 8:16 Remembering those who died on HMAS Sydney
Wed, Nov 19
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Today the governor-general will join politicians and family members in the West Australian coastal city of Geraldton to remember those who died on HMAS Sydney, 67 years ago today. The remains of the Sydney sailor who was exhumed from an unmarked grave on Christmas Island in 2006 will be buried in a ceremony in the Geraldton War Cemetery as 'the unknown soldier'. For many years Professor Tom Frame, former naval officer and current director of St Mark's National Theological Centre in Canberra...
Wednesday 8:05 Former James Bond: Sir Roger Moore
Wed, Nov 19
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Sir Roger Moore, was the man with the Golden Gun, Agent 007, or James Bond. He starred in seven Bond films after taking over from Sean Connery in 1973. He's made a million women swoon and a million men weep with envy, and now he's put it all down in his life story in a new book called My Word is My Bond.
Wednesday 7:55 Bob Hawke on Rudd's first year
Wed, Nov 19
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Next week is the first anniversary of the election of the Rudd Labor government. Former prime minister Bob Hawke gives his assessment of the PM's performance so far.
Wednesday 7:45 Baz Luhrmann on Australia
Wed, Nov 19
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Yesterday was the premiere of the new Baz Luhrmann production, Australia. Filmed in Sydney, Bowen, and Darwin, it has an all-star Australian cast, featuring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, and also Bryan Brown, Bill Hunter, Jack Thompson and David Gulpilil. Baz Luhrmann talked about his audacious vision for the film.
Wednesday 7:39 Centrelink is under fire
Wed, Nov 19
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Unions and welfare groups are questioning whether Centrelink will be able to cope if unemployment starts to rise as predicted in the face of the global financial crisis. In the meantime Centrelink staff have been flat out preparing for the 8 December payments from the government's 10-point $4 billion economic stimulus package.
Wednesday 7:36 Federal politics with Paul Bongiorno: Spending
Wed, Nov 19
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The Reserve Bank board sees disaster heading our way. According to the minutes released yesterday, the board decided at the last moment to cut rates even more deeply than planned because the data it was looking at was so disturbing. This bleak mood, though, didn't stop the federal government handing out the dollars to local mayors in Canberra yesterday. In fact, that's the reason the Prime Minister was flashing the nation's wallet around, to the tune of $300 billion worth of grants.
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