Listen Now - 2010-09-05 | Download Audio - 05092010
New technologies, travel and TV have profound implications for the Catholic church in Latin America. Gay rights, human rights, and women's rights - even abortion - are confronting centuries of Catholic thinking and the clergy is slowly being pushed out of politics. Reporter Stephen Crittenden Read Transcript
Listen Now - 2010-08-29 | Download Audio - 29082010
A few months ago the US share market plunged l000 points in a few minutes, and trillions were traded both up and down. What caused it, and can it happen again. Tiny high frequency computer algorithms - or algos - roam the markets, buying and selling in a parallel universe more or less uncontrolled by anyone. Did they go feral, or was it the fat finger of a coked out trader? In September US regulators bring out their findings. Reporter Stan Correy. Photo: Timothy A Clary, AFP. Read Transcript
Listen Now - 2010-08-24 | Download Audio - 24082010
Marsupial-loving reporter Ian Walker grew up wanting a pet like Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Could encouraging more native mammals as pets be a canny new 'anti-extinction strategy'...or a future disaster to be cleaned up by the RSPCA? What happens when we apply market forces to the concept of extinction? The results may surprise you.
Listen Now - 2010-08-22 | Download Audio - 22082010
This week Background Briefing is not in the usual form. Instead we have Fran Kelly and Paul Barclay hosting a two hour post election program from 8 am till l0 am. Paul and Fran will be joined by a panel of analysts, commentators and candidates to decipher and dissect the election results.
Sunday 9am
repeated Tuesdays 7pm
Sunday 12 September 2010
As the intellectual crucible of middle eastern thought, Egypt remains enormously influential. What happens in Egypt when Hosni Mubarak dies will have global ramifications. The Muslim Brotherhood, the chief of intelligence, high up military men, and Gamal Mubarak, Hosni's son, are all jostling for power. BBC and Al Jazeera reports. Photo: Andrea Comas, Reuters
All the latest 2010 federal election stories from ABC Radio National.
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The first case of dengue fever in the Northern Territory for 70 years has been confirmed. Listen to Ian's Townsend's program on how Queensland is trying to prevent a dengue epidemic there.
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Dr Jayant Patel has been found guilty of criminal negligence five years after whistleblowers reported concerns about his surgical skills. Listen to this report from 2005 about how the story unfolded.
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6am AEST
Country Breakfast
with Matthew O'Sullivan
In-depth coverage of social, economic and political events affecting people beyond the urban fringe
