Past Programs
Refugees - 2008
Speaking for Themselves: Multicultural Policing
15/06/2008
For Refugee Week, police in Canada, New Zealand and Australia tell of changing practice over recent years in their work with refugees, migrant groups and Indigenous communities. An Aboriginal Police Officer in Winnipeg talks about being a member of Canada's "stolen generations." At a meeting in Brisbane between the Sudanese community and police the conversation is about new ways of finding peace. In Melbourne, Victoria Police tell of their unique Multi Faith Council which talks with religious leaders across all groups.
God of the Deep
08/06/2008
Untie the rope and hop aboard Encounter when we sail off into the open ocean. Many religious traditions recognise the desert as a place for spiritual growth, so if the red earth is replaced with blue water that stretches to the horizon, what secrets are whispered to sailors? In this program we find out what it's like to be stuck on a container ship for months on end; or caught in a terrifying storm mid-ocean as a refugee; or faced with death while on active duty on a Navy ship. We talk to Christians, Muslims and a Buddhist about the vastness of the ocean, loneliness, freedom and death.
