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Selected reports from &quot;Razors Edge&quot; - a weekly news program on Radio 2SER FM. (Sat 1-2pm)

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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:44:17 GMT</pubDate>

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<title><![CDATA[Hep C explosion as governments refuse to supply clean needles]]></title>
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The introduction of a needle exchange program into prisons is the only way to curb the increasing number of blood born viruses among inmates.  That’s according to ANEX, a national public health body focused on  harm reduction.  The group has just released research exposing widespread needle sharing in our jails, leading to high rates of Hepatitis C and HIV.  Around 35 percent of all inmates currently have Hep C.  Dr. Alex Wodak is the Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St. Vincent's Hospital.  He’s backing the call for governments to supply clean needles in prisons – He spoke with 2SER’s Tess Morrell.
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Big sell off as Burma heads for fake election]]></title>
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The Burmese dictatorship is quietly conducting the largest sell-off of state assets in the country’s history.  The mass auction comes as the military regime prepares for the nation’s first election in more than two decades.  The international community is already calling the upcoming ballot ‘a complete farce’.   Opposition figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of other political dissidents have been barred from taking part.  Observers have suggested that the sell-off may be a sign that the country’s military rulers are seeking to rebrand themselves in civilian guise and maintain their fifty-year grip on power.  2-SER’s Joel Keep asked Monique Skidmore, author of "Karaoke Fascism: Burma and the politics of fear" why the auction spree was happening now.  Also featured in the story: Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:36:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nestle’s Recipe for Forest Destruction?]]></title>
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International food and drink company Nestle is fighting a PR battle with Greenpeace.   Greenpeace claims the multinational is continuing to source palm oil from Sinar Mas, an Indonesian company accused of illegal deforestation.  Over the past 60 years Indonesia has lost an area of rainforest three times the size of the UK, and palm oil production is taking the blame.   Deforestation is pushing animals like the orangutan to the edge of extinction.  This week Greenpeace launched its ‘Have a Break’ video on YouTube.   The video shows what a KitKat break really means as a guy bites into an orangutan’s finger.  2SER’s Jaye Smale spoke to David Hood, Campaign officer for Greenpeace.
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:48:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Public housing being misused in NSW]]></title>
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The New South Wales Greens have found that Housing New South Wales has been leasing around twenty public housing properties to private renters.   The Department has been going through a real estate agent called Run Property.  Are these properties that the Department is planning to sell?   Are they somehow unsuitable for public housing tenants?   Or is the Department making money on the private rental market while the waiting list for public housing grows?  State Greens MP Syvia Hale, has been trying to get to the bottom of it.  2SER’s Ann Deslandes has more.
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:36:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ivory Trading debated in Doha]]></title>
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The future of the African Elephant may well hang in the balance this weekend, as nations from around the world descend on Doha where ivory trading is up for debate.     At the UN conference, Tanzania and Zambia will lobby for exemptions from the worldwide ban on ivory trading.  Conservationists fear such a move would send ivory syndicates a clear signal that it’s ‘open season’ on elephants.  Jason Rushton has more.
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:08:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smog in Sydney to reach dangerous levels]]></title>
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The declining state of Sydney’s air quality could be a decisive factor in the next state election.   A new study from the environment department paints a disturbing picture with dangerous levels of air pollution predicted over the next 15 years  The TOTAL ENVIRONMENT CENTRE says a lack of public transport infrastructure, combined with increased population growth, are compounding the problem.   Smog inhalation can lead to serious respiratory problems, including asthma and lung damage.  Leigh Martin, from the Total Environment Centre spoke with 2SER’s Carrie Fellner.
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:59:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hope for Tassie Devils]]></title>
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New Research has raised hopes for the decimated Tasmanian devil.  The findings show that about twenty percent of the species have a genetic make-up that resists the cancer that has wiped out about seventy per cent of the entire population.  The Tasmanian Devil is only found in Tasmania and was expected to be completely extinct in the next twenty-five years.  But because the devils that can resist the cancer, are all situated in the northwest of the state, researchers have been given more time to find a long-term solution.  2SER’s Justin Cinque spoke to Kathy Belov from the University of Sydney who helped conduct the research.
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inner city hit by racist campaign]]></title>
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Residents in Sydney’s inner eastern and western suburbs have reported a steady stream of anonymous leaflets in their mailboxes that say Australia should stop accepting migrants.   Other leaflets distributed around the University of Sydney claim that white Australians are discriminated against in the rental market.    The leaflets have been condemned by the Federation of Ethnic Communities and the Community Relations Commission of New South Wales.   2SER’s Ann Deslandes spoke with Rashmi Kumar, who is Co President of the Sydney University Postgraduate Representatives Association.
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Captive breeding in Zoos: conservation or degradation]]></title>
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After Lara Bingle and Michael Clarke one of the biggest tabloid media stars this week was the brand new baby elephant at Taronga Zoo.  The headlines screamed "miracle baby", when the youngster defied dire medical predictions that it had died in the womb.  And while this good news story is being hailed as a success for captive breeding, critics say Zoos are no place for elephants.  2SER’s Kym Middleton reports.
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:41:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Anonymous praises Xenophon’s stance against Scientology]]></title>
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Scientologists have never been too far from a scandal.   This week, the church developed by science-fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard, was again making headlines-- accused of forcing abortions and breaking labour laws.   Surfacing in November last year, the allegations of abuse came from Independent Senator Xenophon, who called for a full inquiry to the church that he believes is ‘corrupt’.     Xenophon isn’t the only one with concerns about Scientology’s shady dealings.  One group, called 'anonymous', has similar objections to the church, and wearing masks to hide their identity-- regularly stage protests in front of Scientology headquarters.   2SER’s Jennifer Lush made contact with a member of ‘anonymous’ to gauge the organization’s reaction to the political discussion currently taking place
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:31:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thai Prime Minister cancels Australia visit amid turmoil in Bangkok]]></title>
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Protestors are descending on the Thai capital this weekend in what they claim to be the beginning of a million man march that will bring down the government.    The incumbent Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, has cancelled a trip to Australia scheduled for today and placed security forces on high alert amid fears of violence.    It’s the latest stoush in a four year battle between Abhisit and his predecessor, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006.    But the battles being fought in the streets between opposing red and yellow-shirt protestors point to a much deeper uncertainty: what will become of Thailand after the inevitable death of the country’s main guarantor of stability, the King.    2-SER’s Joel Robert Keep asked Nicholas Farrelly, analyst from ANU’s College of the Asia Pacific, what the trouble in Thailand is really all about.
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:06:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Super rip off?]]></title>
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If Australia’s system of superannuation doesn’t change, consumers stand to lose up to a year’s wages in fees, over the average working life.  That’s according to a new report called ‘Supernomics’, which was commissioned by NON-PROFIT super funds.  The study claims that COMMERCIAL super funds are charging huge fees, and that many Australians are in the dark about how much they are losing.  David Whitely from the Industry Super Network says competition is failing because very few people shop around for the best deal.  He told 2ser’s Mike Williams, that current fees and commissions are excessive, and in many cases, unnecessary.
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A new future for Harold Park]]></title>
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The developers are lining up and the local residents are getting worried.  Another prime inner-city parcel of land is up for sale and a heated debate about the site is underway.  The huge Harold Park trotting track in Glebe is being sold off due to falling attendances and the fight over how the site will be used is on.  Several action groups say the current plan for more than 1000 dwellings would be a disaster.  The heritage group "The Glebe Society" is calling for lower density housing and a lot more open space  Neil Macindoe is convenor of the groups planning committee and he spoke with 2SER’s Alexia Attwood.
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:08:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Parramatta’s first ever homelessness survey]]></title>
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The first ever survey of homelessness in Parramatta has counted more than 365 people sleeping rough or in emergency accommodation.   The street count was part of a much larger study carried out by the University of Western Sydney in partnership with Parramatta council over several months.   Associate Professor Michael Darcy says that the study shows that homelessness is a metropolitan issue, extending far beyond the inner city of Sydney.   He spoke to Jason Rushton about the significance of the survey, and the consequences it might have for policy-makers.
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:22:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quashing dissent in Cambodia: Opposition leader faces prison]]></title>
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The leader of the main opposition party in Cambodia, Sam Rainsy, is facing an eighteen-year jail term in relation to a symbolic protest carried out at the Vietnamese border last year.  The Sam Rainsy Party has accused the Prime Minister, HUN SEN, of misusing the court system in order to block their leader from standing in the 2013 elections.  Cambodian human rights observers say the new charges are a further example of how the ruling Cambodian People’s Party is seeking to rid the country of opposition dissent.  The indictment follows a series of cases that have shed light on Cambodia’s rapidly shrinking political space, as the People’s Party seeks to tighten its grip on power.  Ambassador Julio Jeldres is the official biographer of the King Father of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk and a research fellow at Monash University.   He spoke to 2-SER’s Joel Robert Keep.
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:04:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Australians involved in the Arts]]></title>
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A new national study has found that over 16 million Australians are actively participating in the arts.   The federal government’s peak art body, the Australia Council says nearly three quarters of the population attended some kind of artistic presentation in 2009.  And according to the survey Australians are not just passive consumers of art but regular participants.  Tess Morrell spoke with the CEO of the Australia Council, Kathy Keele, about the significant growth of Australia’s artistic community.
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:07:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Red Gum decision fails to please]]></title>
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Planning Minister Frank Sartor announced this week that the government will act to protect the River Red Gum forests in the state’s Riverina region.  More than 100 000 hectares will be protected by the creation of national parks, regional parks and indigenous protected areas.  However, this week’s decision has failed to win the approval of either loggers or environmental groups.   Environmental activists say the Keneally government has ‘backflipped’ on the promises Nathan Rees made last year, by allowing logging to continue in some areas for up to five years.   Loggers say the move will ‘annihilate’ the timber industry in the area, costing hundreds of jobs and damaging the local economy.   2SER’s Carrie Fellner reports.
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:59:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rudd’s hospital reform plan in trouble]]></title>
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It's about nine months late but the Federal Government has finally announced its national hospital takeover plan.  The $30 billion overhaul would see the federal government take a greater role in both the running and funding the hospital system.  The Rudd government says the plan will cut waiting lists and improve efficiency, but not everyone is convinced.  Several Labor state government's have questioned the takeover plan and say the scheme needs a lot more thought and planning.  2SER’s Jaye Smale spoke to Dr Tim Woodruff, President of Doctors Reform Society.
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:50:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Mardi Gras bring out the homophobes?]]></title>
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Homophobic violence   We’re nearly at the end of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival in Sydney.    This year organisations from the AIDS Council of New South Wales to the University of Western Sydney used the event to remind the community about the prevalence of homophobic violence.   The New South Wales Police put in a strong call for people to report incidents.   However, as the AIDS Council noted, there is an equally strong rate of under-reporting of this crime.   2SER’s Ann Deslandes reports.
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:43:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Heated debate over the latest Barangaroo design]]></title>
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The Hungry Mile or Barangaroo is the last piece of Sydney’s foreshore to be redeveloped under the Urban Renewal Project.   The original designs were centred on public access and open parklands.   But the New South Wales government has ditched these plans and handed seven of the twenty-two hectare, publicly owned land, to developer, Lend Lease.   The site will now see a hotel over two-hundred metres tall erected upon a wharf that extends into Darling Harbour.   Dr. Ian Campbell, Chairman of the Barangaroo Action Group, discussed the project with 2SER's Kym Middleton.
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:27:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EFIC in PNG - Why the secrecy?]]></title>
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Human rights watchdog Jubilee Australia has issued a report on Australia’s low-profile export credit agency, EFIC, The Export Finance and Insurance corporation.  Jubilee Australia is attempting to shed light on the government body that helps Australian companies penetrate potentially unstable markets overseas.  On the eve of a $16 billion operation to extract liquefied natural gas from Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands, Joel Robert Keep spoke to Jubilee's Luke Fletcher.  So what exactly is EFIC and why is it so secretive?
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:22:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A changing climate in the media]]></title>
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It has been a difficult few months for climate science.   Leaked emails, factual inconsistencies in international reports, and the failure of the highly anticipated Copenhagen summit have lead to unprecedented levels of climate skepticism in the popular media.   But does this balance reflect the state of play in the science?   2SER's Joel Werner reports on the tipping point between balance and bias.
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:08:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rise in women addicted to pokies: Study]]></title>
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It's been found that a third of Australia ’s problem gamblers are women.     A study conducted by the University of Queensland ’s School of Tourism has found that women are not only gambling more, but are becoming addicted at a more rapid rate than men.     Poker machines are cited as the problem, the highly addictive nature of the machines brings in 6 million dollars a day and accounts for 74 per cent of the overall growth in Australia ’s gambling industry in recent years.     64 per cent of poker machine players are said to be women.     2SER's Tess Morrell spoke with head researcher Dr.Timothy Lee about how more women are choosing the most dangerous type of gambling.
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NSW expands the coal industry despite emissions.]]></title>
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Environment groups have launched a campaign against New South Wales Government plans to build two new coal fired power plants.  Under the proposal the stations will go up at Bayswater near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley and Mount Piper near Lithgow.  The government can choose to build either coal or gas powered stations, with the gas option healthier but more expensive.  If developed as coal fired electricity generators, it is estimated the two stations will increase the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by fifteen per cent.  2SER’s Justin Cinque caught up with Julien Vincent from Greenpeace Australia.
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:37:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Injecting Centre Pushes for Permanency]]></title>
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After more than 10 years of trial operation, there are now calls for the NSW Medically Supervised Injecting Centre to be made permanent.   The calls have come after the Deputy State Coroner last week deemed that the centre, in Kings Cross, was not at fault for the death of drug addict.  He also said that evidence put forward in the case was “a powerful argument” for giving the centre permanent status.  Supporters of the centre say it's keeping drug addicts alive, and giving them a safe environment to inject in.   But lobby groups such as ‘Drug Free Australia’ say the centre is wasting resources that could be directed into treatment and prevention.   2SER’s Carrie Fellner reports.
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:28:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Drug company gifts - What's the catch?]]></title>
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Non profit patient advocacy groups are receiving millions of dollars annually from pharmaceutical companies, which may be compromising their independence, and objectivity.  While it is not a new phenomenon, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has just made it mandatory to disclose all details of donations to health groups.   A report this week found that several multinational drug companies were sponsoring groups like the Asthma Foundation, the Cancer Council, and Diabetes Australia.  So does this generosity from big business come with strings attached?  2SER’s Lucy Watson spoke with Ray Moynihan, a health lecturer at the University of Newcastle, about the implications of such financial relationships.
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:03:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[National Pregnancy Support Helpline changes]]></title>
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The federal government is about to take control of the Howard governments controversial ‘National Pregnancy Helpline’.   The helpline was set up in 2007 under then health Minister Tony Abbott, to provide counselling for women dealing with unplanned pregnancies.   Counsellors helped callers look at all of their options - proceeding with the pregnancy and raising the child, adopting, or terminating.  But the service was not allowed to refer women to abortion services.  Under Rudd’s new service that policy will change.  Marie Stopes International is a non profit, family planning body.  2SER’s Jaye Smale spoke to the groups’ clinical advisor, Jill Michelson.
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:54:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chemists to prescribe?]]></title>
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The lobby group for Australian Chemists has called for 294 million dollars to be invested in a national pharmacy health services program.  The "Pharmacutical Society of Australia" says the funds should be used to help educate their customers about health prevention.    But the submission also calls for pharmacists to have a greater role in providing prescriptions. But should such an important job be given to anyone but a General Practitioner?  2SER's Mike Williams reports.
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:34:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Israel’s ‘covert killings’ under Australian scrutiny]]></title>
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Be it a booby-trapped telephone, a poisoned chocolate or a bomb in a bed- Israel has long been accused of using its secret service, Mossad, to take out enemy targets.   Neither confirming nor denying the accusations, Israel has nevertheless always managed to evade serious international prosecution.   The latest allegation of foul play comes from the Dubai police – they say they are 99 per cent sure that Mossad was behind an operation to smother a Hamas operative with a pillow in his hotel room.  Several of the suspects reportedly travelled to the Emirates to carry out the assasination on forged Australian passports.   The revelation has drawn Australia directly into the debate over Israel’s shady dealings.   Antony Loewenstein, author of ‘My Israel Question’, spoke with 2SER’s Jennifer Lush about the concerns surrounding these ‘covert killings’ and what Australia plans to do about it.
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:29:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Aboriginal Victims to Sue British over nuclear tests]]></title>
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Five aboriginal people affected by nuclear tests at Emu Field in 1953 have begun legal proceedings in the UK for compensation from the British Government.   A legal team headed by the Cherie Booth QC – the wife of Tony Blair – has lodged the case, after British soldiers also affected by radiation exposure were granted permission to sue their government last year.   The UK carried out seven major atomic bomb tests and hundreds of smaller tests in Australia during the 50's and 60's.  Neil Gillespie, CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement in South Australia, is calling on any other civilian victims – aboriginal or non-aboriginal – who may be interested in joining the class action.    He spoke to 2SER's Jason Rushton.
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:36:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Aust need a Human Rights Act?]]></title>
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While Australia is a signatory to all five international treaties that together make are the “international Bill of Human rights” there is no legislation currently in place that make these treaties legally binding in Australia..   In 1992, the Australian National University conducted a survey of over 1 and half thousand Australians and the result showed that over 70% of participants responded that they wanted a bill of rights.   In addition the 2009 Brennen Report into the issue recommended implementing a National Human rights act for Australia.   Despite this, there has still been no official direction put forward by the government.   Nathan Gilbert spoke with Susan Ryan, the chairwoman of the Australian Human Rights Group.
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:01:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tony Abbott challenged on homelessness]]></title>
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Welfare groups are calling on the Coalition to get serious on tackling homelessness.  In 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a plan to halve homelessness by the year 2020 but Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has declined to match the government’s goal.  Official estimates suggest there are one hundred and ten thousand homeless people in Australia and the number is increasing as a result of the global financial crisis.  2SER’s Justin Cinque spoke with Narelle Clay from Homelessness Australia.
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do American Drones breach international law?]]></title>
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Getting troops into planes was a big feat in air warfare some seventy years ago.   Now keeping them on the ground is the priority.   Imagine being able to take out your enemies with the simple push of button - you don’t even have to leave the office.   Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones are the latest development in military technology.  Nicknamed by some as ‘killer-bots’, the US has sent them out, hot on the heels of al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders, claiming maximum efficiency with minimum carnage.   But how do these drones know exactly who to attack, and what happens when they get it wrong?   2SER’s Jennifer Lush spoke with Andrew Davies from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute .
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:23:18 GMT</pubDate>
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Greenpeace fear the government may be about to renege on a 2007 election promise to forcefully curb the importation of timber harvested illegally overseas.   Voluntary measures are being proposed that may supplant a hard ban on timber products logged illegally in countries throughout the Asia-Pacific.   Ten per cent of timber imports to Australia are thought to be logged illegally with an estimated value of up to $840 million dollars a year.   2SER's Joel Robert Keep spoke with the Forests Campaigner at Greenpeace, Reece Turner.
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Terror Sentences under Scrutiny]]></title>
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Five Muslim men were this week handed maximum sentences for conspiring to commit a terrorist act in 2006.  The sentences, ranging from 23 to 28 years imprisonment, were delivered in Parramatta Court on Monday after an 11 month trial – one of the longest and most expensive in Australia’s history.   The decision has been met with outrage from Muslim leaders, who see the sentences as overly harsh and believe they will only increase resentment in the community.    Ben Saul is the Director of the Centre for International Law at Sydney University.   He says that rehabilitation, rather than long jail terms, is the key to dealing with these kinds of offences.   He’s speaking here with 2SER’s Carrie Fellner.
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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