Past Programs
Media, Information and Communication - 2008
The tv interview as confession - the frost/nixon interviews of 1977
25/12/2008
In a series of three remarkable interviews in 1977, the British TV host David Frost made himself a household name by cornering the wiley ex-US president Richard Nixon. The story behind one of the first cases of chequebook journalism is the basis of a new film - join us Christmas Day for a discussion about this landmark media event.
Grammar
18/06/2008
Mistakes in a grammar guide produced by the English Teachers Association of Queensland started the quarrel: and now establishing the right approach to grammar is exciting teachers and academics.
Is learning about formal grammar essential to becoming good writers and communicators? Or is it more important to develop a feeling for language that can be applied in different contexts?
Building national transport
19/02/2008
The Prime Minister calls it planning for productivity -- a shake-up of our national infrastructure. Under review -- transport, communications, water and electricity services. An advisory body called Infrastructure Australia will be set up this month to carry out a national audit and make recommendations on ways to make these services more efficient, better coordinated and cost effective. One of the body's particular jobs is to look at public-private partnerships already operating in several states. The plan is to develop a national, uniform system to try to encourage $60 billion worth of investment over the next decade. But how do these schemes operate, and who benefits?
