20 Episode(s) of this Podcast:
Published: 2008-10-09 09:00:00
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Is literature, as Ezra Pound said, news that stays news? If
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Is literature, as Ezra Pound said, news that stays news? If so, where does that place the teenagers of Braybrook College, Melbourne who have just published their first book?
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Published: 2008-10-08 09:00:00
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Whats life like now for second and third genertaion Italo/Au
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Whats life like now for second and third genertaion Italo/Australians. When their realitves first arrived they were mostly poor and couldn't speak English. They endured all of the insults that Australia had to offer but did they make a better life for their families and for Australia as a whole?
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Published: 2008-10-07 09:00:00
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100 years ago the Australian Federal Parliament introduced t
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100 years ago the Australian Federal Parliament introduced the invalid and old age pension. At the time it was hailed as a landmark in social reform but is it?
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Published: 2008-10-06 09:00:00
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The Victorian era was a time of endless possibility and chan
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The Victorian era was a time of endless possibility and change. There was industrial expansion, economic prgress and a world wide empire. So how much of what happened then is still happening now?
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Published: 2008-10-05 09:00:00
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How does conscience voting work and, if your local member is
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How does conscience voting work and, if your local member is not voting along party lines, should you have been told about the possibility of this happening when they stood for election?
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Published: 2008-10-02 09:00:00
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When did we start to wonder about the moon and the sun and i
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When did we start to wonder about the moon and the sun and indeed the world? What were those shiny bright things in the night sky? What is the history of astronomy?
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Published: 2008-10-01 09:00:00
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The crowds have all gone home, the protesters have packed up
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The crowds have all gone home, the protesters have packed up their signs and all the gauntlets are back where they belong. Phew.
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Published: 2008-09-30 09:00:00
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Can people in aged care still have a heatlhy sense of self?
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Can people in aged care still have a heatlhy sense of self? What are their expectations at this stage of their lives and what do the people who work with them think?
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Published: 2008-09-29 09:00:00
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Aged care is a growing industry in Australia but the aged ca
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Aged care is a growing industry in Australia but the aged care workforce is itself ageing.
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Published: 2008-09-28 09:00:00
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If a person commits a crime they need to their time. Simply
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If a person commits a crime they need to their time. Simply really. Or is it? Are there other mitigating circumstances like the kind of society in which we live and the kind of democracy we follow.
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