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:
2009-11-19 Sports Funding
Published: 2009-11-18 09:00:00SUMMARY: Every gold medal Australia wins at the Olympic Games costs the nation at least $15 million. In a review of sports funding, businessman David Crawford, has suggested a change in the way funding is divided between Olympic and non-Olympic sports. So should Australia be aspiring to be in the top five medal list of the Olympics. Should we redirect funding to sports with greater community involvement?
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2009-11-17 Organic food
Published: 2009-11-16 09:00:00SUMMARY: Australia´s organic food industry is worth $600 million a year and it is growing. Yet, until very recently, there has been no national control of organic labelling. For the first time a national standard for organic and biodynamic products outlines requirements to be met by growers and manufacturers. But the standard is not mandatory and the organic industry is divided over its effectiveness. So, will the new standard protect consumers against misleading claims?
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2009-11-16 Water Challenge
Published: 2009-11-15 09:00:00SUMMARY: Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett´s decision to block the controversial Traveston Crossing Dam project in southeast Queensland highlights Australia´s water security challenges. The Queensland government´s back-up plan is to build more desalination plants. Is this the end of large-scale dams in Australia? What are the alternatives?
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2009-11-12 GP Super Clinics
Published: 2009-11-11 09:00:00SUMMARY: Australia´s first GP Super Clinic opened six weeks ago in country Victoria - the first of 36 due to open at a cost of $275 million over five years. The aim is to shift patients away from hospitals but there is opposition. This week more than 100 GPs from three states staged a protest rally in western Sydney. What will GP Super Clinics achieve? How will they improve healthcare?
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2009-11-10 Coping with population growth
Published: 2009-11-09 09:00:00SUMMARY: By 2049 Australia´s population will rise by 60 per cent to 35 million people. How should we prepare for this rapid population growth? The federal government will link future funding for urban development to strategic planning under new national guidelines. Do you share the Prime Minister´s enthusiasm for a big Australia? What kind of infrastructure planning and investment is needed?
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2009-11-09 Berlin Wall anniversary
Published: 2009-11-08 09:00:00SUMMARY: The Berlin Wall became an enduring symbol of the Cold War, representing the division between the West and the Soviet bloc. On 9 November 1989 people power pulled it down. It´s been described as one of the world´s most emotion-charged structures of the 20th century. What other structures can be described as emotion-charged and what do they mean to you?
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