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Thursday 8 January 2009
- Thursday 16:45 - With home-building in free-fall, calls for another, more agressive, rate cut ... (audio), Peter Jones is the chief economist with the Master Builder's Association and is talking to John Barron (Economy Business and Finance, Housing, Construction)
- Thursday 16:45 - With home-building in free-fall, calls for another, more agressive, rate cut ... (audio), Peter Jones is the chief economist with the Master Builder's Association and is talking to John Barron (Economy Business and Finance, Housing, Construction)
- 15:45 - Looking after our eyes needs to be a lifelong thing, say doctors ... (audio), Shon Walker get details from Professor Jonathan Stone of The Vision Centre (Health, Eyesight)
- 15:15 - Is 'Laura Norder' losing her grip on election campaigns? The NSW Opposition promises a change ... (audio), A proposed emphasis on rehabilitation, not jail, welcomed by Brett Collins from Justice Action. He's told Shon Walker why... (Crime Law and Justice, Jails, Rehabilitation)
- 13:15 - A proposed 'obesity tax' could see salt-sugar-fat laden foods hit hard - and retailers are not happy ... (audio), Dr Geoffrey Annison's with the Food and Grocery council - he's speaking with Shon Walker (Health, Food, Obesity)
- 07:55 - Wagga Wagga toddler in a stable condition after being mauled by dogs that killed her sister (audio), Dr Peter Higgins, a vet from Dogs NSW, talks to Glen Bartholomew about the dogs - believed to be cross-bred bull mastiffs (Disasters and Accidents, Dog attack, Bull mastiff)
- 07:50 - Federal Government warns unions against pushing for big pay rises as the economy weakens (audio), Marius Benson seeks reaction from the ACTU President Sharan Burrow and Tony Maher of the mining union - the CFMEU (Politics, Federal, Pay, Wages)
Wednesday 7 January 2009
- Wednesday 17:20 - Housing Industry Association survey shows new home sales fell over 1% in November (audio), The HIA is now calling for measures to stimulate investment, as Chief Executive Chris Lamont tells John Barron (Economy Business and Finance, Housing, Investment)
- 16:55 - Telstra offering free calls to customers who have relatives in the Gaza Strip (audio), Telstra's Martin Barr gives specific details to David Hardaker (International Relations, Middle East, Israel, Gaza)
- 15:55 - Archaeologists from the Australian National Maritime Museum believe they have found the shipwreck of the HMS Mermaid ... (audio), Curator at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Kieran Hosty, is on the Barrier Reef and tells Shon Walker what's been found (History, Shipwreck)
- 13:45 - Will Israel be forced to back down in Gaza because of international pressure? (audio), Dr Glen Barclay is at the Australian National University, and is speaking with Shon Walker (International Relations, Middle East, Israel, Gaza)
- 09:50 - Organ donor rates have climbed to their highest level since transplant operations began 40 years ago (audio), Anna Hipsley discusses the 30% increase with Associate Professor Bill Sylvester, the Medical Director of the Victorian Organ Donation Service (Health, Organ donation)
- 09:15 - New report shows most borrowers are tolerating the impacts of the economic downturn reasonably well (audio), Phil Naylor, CEO of the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia, takes Anna Hipsley through the latest Home Finance Index (Economy Business and Finance, Home, Housing, Mortgage)
- 08:25 - A fresh era of dominance has dawned for Barack Obama's Democrats as the new U-S Congress convened (audio), Marius Benson talks to Fairfax Media's corporate affairs chief, Bruce Wolpe - who's returning to America to work for Democrat Congressman Henry Waxman (Politics, United State, President, Congress)
- 07:50 - Australian Navy sailors and civilians reportedly being exposed to asbestos because they're using outdated, banned equipment (audio), To respond to reports in Fairfax newspapers, the Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon speaks to Marius Benson (Politics, Federal, Defence, Navy)
- 06:15 - At least 30 killed and 50 others injured in an Israeli missile strike on a U-N run school in Gaza (audio), Marius Benson has been speaking to Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (International Relations, Israel, Hamas, Gaza)
Tuesday 6 January 2009
- Tuesday 18:50 - Australia's most expensive horseflesh is up for sale but prices likely to be down ... (audio), John Barron gets the good oil from David Chester, Managing Director of the Magic Millions Yearling sales. (Sport, Horse Racing)
- 17:50 - Tasmania's fishing industry welcomes the delay in approving Gunn's Pulp Mill ... (audio), John Hammond is President of the Scallop Fishermen's Association and tells John Barron why. (Politics, Pulp Mill)
- 16:55 - Aussie car sales likely to fall by a tenth this year ... (audio), Andrew McKellar is the chief executive of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries .. He's speaking to ABC Newsradio's David Hardaker (Economy Business and Finance, Auto sales)
- 16:55 - The death of a Victorian man prompts warnings on bee-stings ... (audio), John Barron talks to Dr Rob Loblay, director of the Allergy Unit at Sydney's Royal Price Alfred Hospital (Health, Allergies, Bee Stings)
- 15:15 - A Social Health atlas shows a rising crisis in some parts of Australia ... (audio), John Glover is the Director of the Public Health Infomation-Unit at Adelaide University - and he's speaking to Shon Walker (Health, Obesity, Childhood disease)
- The Social Health Atlas of Australia ... (link), University of Adelaide-based researchers at the Public Health Information Development Unit have created a snapshot of the nation's health ... (Health, Demographics)
- 14:25 - Changing weather - particularly in the north - not unusual, say scientists - but is it La Nina? (audio), Dr Michael Coughlan, Head, National Climate Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, with Shon Walker (Weather, La Nina, Monsoon)
- 09:45 - What have bricklayers, car-parts sellers and investment bankers have in common? They all face tough times this year! (audio), Analyst Richard Jeremiah tells Anna Hipsley about research on "risky business" for 2009 (Economy Business and Finance, Employment, Business Confidence)
- 08:15 - Environment Minister explains his qualified approval for construction of Gunns $2-billion pulp mill in northern Tasmania (audio), Peter Garrett discusses his decision and reaction to it with Marius Benson (Politics, Environment, Gunns, Pulp Mill)
- 07:45 - Former Prime Minister recipient of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest American civilian honour (audio), John Howard speaks to Marius Benson (Politics, Federal, Howard)
- 07:15 - Local response to the qualified go-ahead for the Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania's north (audio), The mayor of Launceston, Albert Van Zetten talks to Marius Benson (Politics, Environment, Gunns, Pulp Mill)
Monday 5 January 2009
- Monday 17:25 - Tasmanian Treasurer welcomes Peter Garrett's decision to approve further environmental modules for Gunns pulp mill (audio), Michael Aird speaks to John Barron (Environment, Gunns, Pulp Mill)
- 16:15 - Tasmania's forest industry diappointed, but not disheartened, after the Gunns pulp mill was delayed by minister Peter Garrett ... (audio), Association Chairman Dr Julian Amos with John Barron (Politics, Environment, Pulp Mill)
- 15:45 - The Government's controversial net-filters delayed again - but already some filters are having 'unintended consequences' ... (audio), Nicolas Suzar from Electronic Frontiers Australia talks to Shon Walker (Computers, Internet filters, Censorship)
- 14:45 - Water restrictions - and our commenurate water reduction - leads to higher water costs ... (audio), Shon Walker asks Associate Professor Peter Coombes from Newcastle Uni "Why?" (Environment, Water restrictions)
- 14:45 - Will employers 'hold their nerve', as urged by the Treasurer, or are massive job-cuts on the way? (audio), Chief Executive of the Australian Federation of Employers and Industries, Gary Brack, tells Shon Walker there's a lot of nervousness out in the marketplace (Economy Business and Finance, Employment)
- 10:40 - Renewed calls for smacking bans after abuse found to be the main cause of child homicides ... (audio), Joe Tucci is the CEO of the Australian Childhood Foundation - he tells Anna Hipsley it's NOT a long bow to connect smacking and child abuse (Parents, Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment)
- 09:20 - High-profile members of Australia's Jewish community condemn the violence in Gaza strip (audio), Antony Loewenstein, co-founder of the Independent Australian Jewish Voices, tells Anna Hipsley his organisation is not anti-Israel, rather it's critical of the Government's policy and the way the majority of the Jewish community reacts to it (International Relations, Israel, Hamas, Gaza)
- 08:45 - Older people's medications may be doing them more harm than good: study ... (audio), Professor David Le Couteur tells Glen Bartholomew coming off medicines that affect the brain and nervous system can actually improve mental alertness (Health, Ageing, Medication)
- 07:45 - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio), For Australia's view on the Israeli action in Gaza and other political issues in the news today, Marius is joined by the acting Prime Minister, Julia Gillard (Politics, Federal)
- 06:20 - Barack Obama starts a new life in Washington, with his top priority an economic rescue plan (audio), Glen Bartholomew is joined from the US by Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio's senior national correspondent (Politics, United State, President)
Sunday 4 January 2009
- Sunday 11:00 - ABC NewsRadio's Out of Africa with Fiona Ellis-Jones (audio), An in-depth look at African cultural, political and economic affairs, featuring news stories and extended interviews from across the continent (International Relations, Africa)
Saturday 3 January 2009
- Saturday 09:25 - Anti alcohol campaigns may have come too late for a generation of young binge drinkers (audio), Mike Gardiner seeks the views of Paul Dillon from Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia (Health, Alcohol, Binge drinking)
Friday 2 January 2009
- Friday 17:15 - The United States has handed back the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad to Iraqi control (audio), David Hardaker discusses the handover with Parliamentary Secretary for Defence in the Rudd government, Mike Kelly who spent a year in the Green Zone as a colonel in the Australian Army (International Relations, Iraq, Baghdad, Green Zone)
- 16:55 - A warning that we are overlooking the most deadly risk we face when we go to the beach: rip tides (audio), John Barron talks to Dr Rob Brander of the University of NSW School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences who has posted a rip-warning video online at www.scienceofthesurf.com or go to youtube and type in "rip tides" (Lifestyle and Leisure, Surf, Rip tides)
- 16:20 - Gloomy forecast with wine grape production outweighing demand and creating another potential glut (audio), John Barron asks the Winemakers' Federation Chief Executive Stephen Strachan what's wrong with a bumper year (Economy Business and Finance, Wine)
- 15:15 - Queensland scientists say they've made a breakthrough which could allow them to eventually control Dengue Fever ... (audio), Professor Scott O'Neill from the University of Queensland tells Fiona Ellis Jones they can shorten a mozzie's life - and stop it breeding! (Health, Dengue fever)
- 14:45 - Jargonaut to become a dictionary word? Meh! I wouldn't wish that on a Frenemy! (audio), Kel Richards tells Fiona Ellis-Jones about the latest additions to the Collins English Dictionary (Language, Neologisms, Dictionaries)
- 11:45 - Is an increase in greenhouse gas directly behind the slowing of the Great Barrier Reef? (audio), Doctor Glenn De'ath from the Australian Institute of Marine Science, explains new findings to Shon Walker (Environment, Great Barrier Reef, Carbon Dioxide)
- 10:45 - New research shows a worrying link between premature births, and mental illness in later life. ... (audio), Shon Walker finds out more from Professor Ian Hickie, Director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney. (Health, Mental illness, Childbirth)
- 09:45 - Hotels in Sydney's impoverished west rake in a billion dollars a year from poker machines ... (audio), Anti-Pokies senator Nick Xenophon tells Shon Walker that if the state won't act, Canberra should (Politics, Gambling, Poker Machines)
- 07:45 - Australians may be voting this year on abandoning the monarchy and becoming a republic ... (audio), Marius Benson hears more from Victorian MP Mark Dreyfus, who is chairman of the House of Representatives Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (Politics, Republic)
- 07:15 - A remembrance of Helen Suzman - for decades the sole dissenting voice in South Africa's all-white apartheid-driven parliament ... (audio), Patricia de Lille is leader of the opposition Independent Democrats in the South African parliament - and she's speaking to Marius Benson (International Relations, South Africa)
Thursday 1 January 2009
- Thursday 18:15 - Kids watch so much TV their health is at serious risk: study ... (audio), Tim Olds is Professor of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia and is speaking with John Barron (Health, TV, Childhood obesity)
- 16:15 - SA moves to implement a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags - will the other states follow suit? (audio), Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young tells John Barron she hopes so (Environment, Recycling, Waste)
- 15:15 - Australia 'almost certain' to follow other countries into recession ... (audio), Fiona Ellis-Jones hears why, from University of Queensland economics professor John Quiggin (Economy Business and Finance, Recession)
- 13:50 - Setting a New Year resolution? Why not make it a green one ... (audio), Rebecca Gilling is a spokeswomen for Planet Ark - she looks at the idea with Fiona Ellis-Jones (Environment, Recycling, Personal Consumption)
- 13:15 - 2008 the coldest year for a decade: what does that mean for Global Warming? (audio), Dr Michael Coglan is head of the National Climate Centre and is speaking with Fiona Ellis-Jones (Environment, Climate Change)
- 07:50 - Organ donation still falling far short of Australia's requirements ... (audio), Chief Medical Officer Professor John Horvath tells Glen Bartholomew he wants Australians to talk more about the ssue - especially with family (Health, Organ Donation)
Wednesday 31 December 2008
- NewsRadio WordWatcher Kel Richards reports on the ABC Word of the Year 2008 (audio), With the help of votes collated from listeners to ABC Local Radio, Kel announces the ABC's (entirely unofficial) “Words of the Year” in three categories: World Word of the Year, the Aussie Word of the Year, and the Banned Word of the Year (the one we’d banished, never to be heard again) (Language, Word Watch)
- Wednesday 18:55 - We all get an extra second on New Year's Day ... why? (audio), David Hardaker spoke with Dr Bruce Warrington, the man in charge of time at the Australia's National Measurement Institute. (Science and Technology, Time)
- 18:15 - Eight months after Cyclone Nargus, how is Burma coping with its aftermath? (audio), Care Australia's CEO Dr Julia Newton-Howes is talking with John Barron (Disasters and Accidents, Burma, Cyclone)
- 16:15 - Five MILLION die in The Democratic Republic of Congo - and the savagery of the Lords Resistance Army underscores the horror ... (audio), John Barron talks to World Vision's Tim Costello, and Africa specialist Jim Terie. (International Relations, DR Congo, Africa)
- 10:45 - The man who predicted our current economic slide says a golden age is coming - but not just yet ... (audio), Ravi Batra, Professor of Economics at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with Shon Walker (Economy Business and Finance, Forecasts, Markets)
- 09:45 - Crystal Ball time ... what's 2009 hold instore for the markets? Not all doom and gloom, apparently ... (audio), Shon Walker talks to Craig James, Comsec Chief Economist (Economy Business and Finance, Forecasts, Markets)
- 07:50 - South Africa celebrating what is being hailed as its greatest cricket win ever following yesterday's 9-wicket win (audio), Marius Benson talks to Ali Bacher, who for decades stood at the pinnacle of South African cricket - first as a player and then as an administrator (Sport, Cricket, Test, Australia, South Africa)
- 07:20 - South Australia bans disposable plastic shopping bags (audio), Marius Benson speaks to S-A Environment Minister, Jay Weatherill (Environment, Plastic bags)
- 06:50 - A broader perspective on what's been a terrible year on Wall Street... (audio), Glen Bartholomew talks to Bob Ried of the independent research firm, Ried Thunberg which provides a widely followed coverage of economic and financial market conditions (Economy Business and Finance, United States, Wall St)
- 06:25 - Alligator joins summer camp on the New South Wales far south coast (audio), Glen Bartholomew talks to Sally Padey, owner of the Mogo Zoo - the alligator's home for now (Nature, Alligator)
Tuesday 30 December 2008
- Tuesday 18:20 - Serious concerns about conditions for the one and a half million citizens of the tiny coastal strip that is Gaza (audio), David Hardaker speaks to Chris Gunness of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and one of Israel's leading journalists, Aluf Benn of the Ha'aretz newspaper (International Relations, Israel, Hamas, Gaza)
- 17:55 - South African cricket fans celebrate as Australians scratch their heads and wonder what happened to our almost unbeatable side (audio), John Barron talks to cricket historian Roland Perry about where Australia went wrong (Sport, Cricket, Test, Australia, South Africa)
- 17:20 - Some cashbacks aren't as automatic as they might seem, and consumers end up paying the full price (audio), A disappointed skipper Rob Hanna speaks to Ben McLean, while Commodore Matt Allen from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia explains the decision to John Barron (Economy Business and Finance, Cashback, Shopping)
- 17:15 - Victorian yacht Shogun disqualified from the Sydney-Hobart yacht race for a breach at the starting line (audio), A disappointed skipper Rob Hanna speaks to Ben McLean, while Commodore Matt Allen from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia explains the decision to John Barron (Sport, Sydney-Hobart, Yacht)
- 16:55 - The worst outbreak of Dengue Fever in 5 years has hit Far North Queensland (audio), The Senior Director of Tropical Population Health Services, Brad McCulloch gives John Barron an update on the spread of the mosquito-borne disease in Cairns (Health, Dengue Fever, Mosquito)
- 16:45 - Acting Prime Minister's call for an immediate halt to Gaza attacks did not go far enough according to Australian Friends of Palestine (audio), The group's Dr Bassam Dally tells David Hardaker Australia has failed to show an even handed approach to the conflict (International Relations, Israel, Hamas, Gaza)
- 15:15 - Nearly half all retirees worried they don't have enough in the bank to support themselves ... (audio), Tania Brown is an Investment Consultant with Citibank - she's talking to Fiona Ellis-Jones (Economy Business and Finance, Self-Funded retirees)
- 14:45 - Could the economic downturn save the planet? (audio), Fiona Ellis-Jones asks Professor Tim Robinson, from Queensland University of Technology's School of Economics (Economy Business and Finance, World downturn)
- 13:15 - Worldwide, 2008 has been one of the most devastating ever in terms of natural disasters. ... (audio), Dr Janette Lindsay is a climatologist with The Australian National University in Canberra - she tells Fiona Ellis-Jones why the year was so devastating (Disasters and Accidents, Weather)
- 10:55 - A 66-year-old wartime mystery may have been solved with the discovery of a shipwreck near the Tiwi Islands ... (audio), Diver, James Miles tells Shon Walker about the find (History, World War II, Shipwreck)
- 10:45 - Prices for Australia's export commodities set to tumble in 2009 ... (audio), But not everyone sees doom-and-gloom. Shon Walker talks to one naysayer, Jonathan Barrett, Managing Director with Commodity Broking Services (Economy Business and Finance, Exports, Commodities)
- 09:45 - While 25% of Aussies still oppose a republic, 4 in 5 say if we become one, the president should be directly elected ... (audio), Shon Walker discusses those findings with Michael Keating, chairman of the Australian Republican Movement (Politics, Republic, Monarchy)
- 09:15 - The number of international tourists coming to Australia will drop by more than four percent next year ... (audio), Olivia Wirth, with the Tourism and Transport Forum, tells Shon Walker about the knock-on effect (Economy Business and Finance, Tourism)
- 07:45 - Daily Political Analysis, with Marius Benson... (audio), Marius speaks to Victorian Labor MP Mark Dreyfus, who is the Secretary of the Australia-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group (Politics, Federal)
- 07:20 - Tourism Australia forecasts visitor numbers will fall further over the next year (audio), To look at the hard times ahead, Marius Benson talks to the Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson (Tourist Information, Tourism, Visitors)
Monday 29 December 2008
- Monday 18:50 - Death toll of 300 claimed in the bloodiest conflict to hit the Gaza Strip since the six day war of 1967 (audio), David Hardaker asks the Director of the Peres Centre for Peace, Ron Pundak if he's surprised by the extent of the Israeli air assault (International Relations, Gaza, Israel, Hamas)
- 17:25 - Throwing a stick to a dog: relaxing but potentially deadly (audio), John Barron talks to Dr Dianne Sheehan from the Australian Veterinary Association (Lifestyle and Leisure, Dog, Stick)
- 16:20 - Changes to the Baby Bonus likely to cause confusion for many parents about eligibility (audio), Centrelink's General Manager Hank Jongen explains the new means test to John Barron (Parents, Baby Bonus)
- 15:15 - After a fatal shark attack in WA, and other sightings elsewhere, how big a threat ARE sharks in Australia? (audio), Dr Vic Pedemores is an international shark expert with the New South Wales Departmnet of Primary Industries - he spoke with Fiona Ellis-Jones (Disasters and Accidents, Shark attacks)
- 13:15 Most south east Queenslanders will be drinking fluoridated water from today, despite thousands of complaints ... (audio), Qld Health Minister Stephen Robertson tells Fiona Ellis-Jones the Government's position is that fluoride is not only safe, but a key ingredient to good oral health (Health, Flouride)
- 10:45 - Hotel occupancy down in all states, except Tasmania - Why? And will it continue? (audio), Hamish Arthur from Australian Hotels Association tells Shon Walker tourism bookings are slow... but there are some bright spots (Economy Business and Finance, Tourism)
- 09:45 - After a slow year, retailers say 2008 is ending with a spending uptick ... (audio), Richard Evans, Executive Director, National Retailers Association, is speaking with Shon Walker (Economy Business and Finance, Shopping)
- 08:15 - Israel continuing to carry out air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza: the death toll is approaching 300 (audio), To look at what lies behind the Israeli action, Marius Benson speaks to Anthony Bubalo, a Middle East expert with the Lowy Institute (International Relations, Israel, Hamas, Gaza)
- 07:50 - Government promises a new urgency in combating illiteracy among indigenous students (audio), The Acting Prime Minister and Education Minister, Julia Gillard outlines the government policy to Marius Benson (Education, Indigenous, Literacy)
- 07:25 - NSW is the highest taxing state in the country and WA the lowest, according to a new survey (audio), The Institute of Public Affairs Executive Director, John Roskam takes Marius Benson through the findings (Politics, State, Taxes)
- 06:20 - As the year draws to a close, the challenges ahead for the next President of the United States are increasing (audio), Glen Bartholomew looks back over the year with U-S National Public Radio's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer (Politics, United States, President)
