Background Briefing
Radio National's agenda-setting current affairs radio documentary program.
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4 Episodes of this Podcast:
2009-11-15 Rare earths and China
Published: 2009-11-14 09:00:00China currently produces about 95% of the world's rare earths, which are metals which are essential to modern living and used all around us every day. In business it´s a volatile mix, with complex political alchemy for every government, including Australia. Reporter Stan Correy.
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2009-11-08 One hundred years of spying
Published: 2009-11-07 09:00:00Britain's secret intelligence service, MI6, has both changed history and been changed by it. Unprecedented access was gained by the BBC World Service to people who ran it, worked for it, and worked against it. Reporter Gordon Corera. For copyright reasons there will be no podcast or transcript of this program.
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2009-11-01 Internet piracy
Published: 2009-10-31 10:00:00Copyright began 300 years ago, but now laws can't cope with the anarchy of new technologies. There's a battle between the law and the 'mashers', from the White House to the Australian Federal Court. Reporter, Oscar McLaren. Image by Omaz Z, file photo.
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2009-10-25 Indefatigable Chomsky
Published: 2009-10-24 10:00:00He´s over 80 and has written or contributed to 95 books. At one time he was the most cited living academic, a Vietnam activist and a thorn in the side of Reagan. Today he is also critical of 'the left' with dire warnings. Noam Chomsky is as astute and interesting as ever. Producer, Kirsten Garrett. Recorded at the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco
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