Past Programs
Lifestyle and Leisure - 2008
Rugby League: More than just a game
20/04/2008
One hundred years ago this month, there was social ferment in Australia. Industrial unrest, crime and political changes were widespread giving the working class a new confidence. And in an astonishing series of events and people, football was changing forever. Rugby League was born. Reporter Stan Correy.
View the documents referred to in the program, including newspaper articles from 1907-1908, archival material from the Royal Commission and other memorabilia from the early days of rugby league.
Sean Fagan Lecture: The Tom Brock Lecture, given by Sean Fagan for the Australian Society of Sports History in 2007.
Download audio: part one [mp3 - 14.5MB]
Download audio: part two [mp3 - 17.3MB]
Download transcript [pdf - 0.1MB]
Greenwashing
10/02/2008
It's not easy being green; Kermit's lament haunts us as we are bombarded with advertising, labels and marketing promising consumers a positive outcome for the environment. How much of it is deceptive and misleading? Reporter Rachel Carbonell.
Image Source: Getty Images
Photographer: Ian Waldie
Fur families
27/01/2008
KPMG analyst Bernard Salt says that within a few years 30 percent of people will live alone. The accompanying boom in pets is a looming political reality, and may even become an IR issue. It's good news for the pet food business. Already households spend more on pets than on childcare. Reporter, Wendy Carlisle. (Originally broadcast 28th October 2007)
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