Australia Talks
Australia Talks is a daily national talkback program presented by Paul Barclay. It provides a forum for discussion of a specific topic with the involvement of expert guests. You can hear the views of people in capital cities, provincial towns, on farms and in remote communities. Topics range from politics, economics, social and international affairs to sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Monday to Thursday tackles one topic a day; Friday reviews the week´s discussion. Australia Talks is published every weekday.
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6 Episodes of this Podcast:
2009-07-02 Price monitoring
Published: 2009-07-01 09:00:00SUMMARY: The government has just dumped the price monitoring website Grocery Choice. It´s another failed attempt to keep daily living costs under control after the petrol scheme FuelWatch was axed last year. So can governments really control and monitor prices?
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2009-06-30 Abolish the states?
Published: 2009-06-29 09:00:00SUMMARY: Australia has 14 Houses of Parliament for 22 million people. But government revenues have collapsed and we´re in huge debt. So can we continue to afford three tiers of government? Should state governments be abolished? Or do we need states as a counter to centralised power in Canberra? What´s the best political structure for Australia?
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2009-06-29 Sustainable flows for the Murray-Darling
Published: 2009-06-28 09:00:00SUMMARY: It´s raining in Queensland but is it enough to save the Murray-Darling? Along the river system, there´s still the battle over sharing water and water quality. So if it doesn´t rain, will parts of the Murray-Darling be dead and gone?
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2009-06-25 Mental health care
Published: 2009-06-24 09:00:00SUMMARY: Only a third of people with a mental illness get the treatment services they need according to mental health experts. And that´s despite almost two billion dollars spent on mental health since 2006. We want services in the community rather than hospitals but are we spending enough to ensure quality of care? Is there still a stigma attached to mental illness?
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2009-06-23 Taking leave
Published: 2009-06-22 09:00:00SUMMARY: The government is urging Australians to take their annual leave. Employees have built up 123 days accrued leave, which translates to more than 33 billion dollars. It´s a huge financial liability for businesses and poses health problems for staff. So why are we not taking leave? What can be done about it? And is the financial crisis the best or the worst time to go on leave?
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2009-06-22 Iran
Published: 2009-06-21 09:00:00SUMMARY: The recent events in Iran highlight the limits of international influence in promoting democracy. Should the west lend support to popular protests in countries like Iran and what are the lessons of recent history?
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