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China's place in the financial crisis

It's feared Australia's mining boom may soon end, with predictions China's demand for minerals will stagnate. But Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao insists commodity demand will hold up, despite a slowdown in his country's growth. It's a view backed by ANU academic Dr Chunlai Chen from the university's Crawford School of Economics and Government. He's told Rebecca Lewis that there are no serious threats to China's economy and it could even play a role in retrieving...

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:40:18 +1000 ]


Human beings moving, rather than dancers dancing

It's been dubbed Israel's &uot;leading cultural ambassador&uot;. The BATSHEVA Dance Company has been around for more than 40 years .. and comprises both Israeli and international dancers. It's bold and innovative and is in Australia for the Melbourne International Arts Festival. Luke Jacobs is one of the dancers whose role today is that of Rehearsal Director. He tells Caroline Davey that BATSHEVA cannot be categorised into any particular style. NOTE: They're per...

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:10:45 +1000 ]


G20 to meet in Washington over financial crisis

The Australian share market has headed south yet again, with one of its biggest falls on record of almost 8 per cent. Today's drop follows a massive plunge on Wall Street with U.S stocks falling to their lowest level for five years. As a global recession looms, all eyes are now on Washington, where Treasurer Wayne Swan is attending an emergency meeting of finance ministers from the most developed G20 countries. Barry Eichengreen is a Professor of Economics and Political Science at the Ber...

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:07:15 +1000 ]


Paid parental leave would eclipse Baby Bonus: minister

Most countries in the developed world pay women between 80 to 100 percent of their salary, when they take time off work to have a baby; Australia and the United States are exceptions. In Australia, it's estimated just over a third of working women have access to paid maternity leave - mostly in the public sector. The labour market's current skills shortage and the costs involved in training have added urgency to renewed calls for a universal scheme. The Productivity Commission has pr...

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:29:21 +1000 ]


Arts: Food For Thought

Food - or the lack of it - is certainly a theme being widely discussed in political and agricultural circles. But it has also become a theme popular amongst artists. Indeed, it is the entire focus of an an exhibition called &uot;Food for Thought&uot; at the N-G Art Gallery in Chippendale in inner Sydney. Rebecca Lewis caught up with the gallery's curator, Nicky Grinsberg, and artists Angus Wood and Eric Lobbeke, to talk about this exhibition....

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:16:48 +1000 ]


Hotseat Forum: Teaching Indigenous languages

In New South Wales, there are some 70 Indigenous languages. Eleven of these are now taught in the more than forty schools across the state, with the help and support of the NSW Board of Studies. In this week's hotseat forum, Rebecca Lewis talks to some of those involved in the initiative: Geoff Anderson from the Wiradjuri Elders Council, who's teaching his language at Parkes High School. Steve Maier, a geography teacher at Parkes High School and a facilitator of the Wiradjuri languag...

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:07:52 +1000 ]


Arts: Prayer Bells

'Prayer Bells' is an opportunity to hear dozens of handbells originally made for Australia's Centenary of Federation. Among nearly 2000 bells created for the Federation Bells Project, was a set made especially for 'Prayer Bells'. P'rayer Bells' celebrates the diversity of the Greek, Hebrew and Latin chant traditions, says its composer IHOS Artistic Director Constantine Koukias. Featuring three solo cantors and a small male choir, the concert piece premiered at t...

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:07:44 +1000 ]


World VIew AM Program

In this podcast a forum on Aboriginal language education, intelligence services under the spotlight and the future of multiculturalism in Australia....

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:15:45 +1000 ]


Australia in Focus: Bringing Indigenous values into the classroom

In this week's edition of 'Australia in Focus', we meet a team of teachers and students from Casimir Catholic College in Sydney's inner-west. Janet Cairncross was asked to develop a program for her Year 8 class, which incorporated some of the core values of Indigenous Australians. She joins Rebecca Lewis to talk about the program, along with some of the students and the school's Aboriginal Education Worker....

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[ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:49:45 +1000 ]


Australia's Street Socceroos Announced

Australia's new football World Cup team has been announced .. and no... that's not the Socceroos as we know them ... it's the Street Socceroos ... and they'll be playing in Melbourne's Federation Square in early December. Former Socceroo and Melbourne Victory Football Club captain, Kevin Muscat, handed the Street Socceroos their green and gold jerseys after a training session on Thursday. The event they're preparing for is the 2008 Homeless World Cup with 56 countries re...

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:11:41 +1000 ]


Movie review: My Best Friend's Girl

Our film critic Tim Hunter and Greg Dyett review My Best Friend's Girl....

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:11:02 +1000 ]


'Secret' intelligence agencies operating in Australia

Australia's main intelligence agencies like ASIO are long established and well known but apparently there are other intelligence agencies in Australia that operate secretly. A legal hearing in Brisbane has heard they exist under the cover of being innocuous Commonwealth agencies but they're actually involved in counter-terrorism. Our Queensland correspondent Stefan Armbruster has been at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal this week where the Federal Police have made all sorts of clai...

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:21:01 +1000 ]


Bottom is Near with US Recession on its Way

International investment counsellor, Don Gimbel from Carret and Co, says the freeze in liquidity is still the main factor affecting the rush to sell US shares. He tells Andrew Kruger the uncertainty may continue until after the presidential election on the first Tuesday in November....

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:27:25 +1000 ]


United States finance crisis

Turmoil is continuing in US financial markets despite attempts by regulators and the Bush Administration to stem losses on Wall Street. Peggy Giakoumelos asked our North American correspondent John Stempin, if the US markets are close to reaching the bottom of their sell-off yet....

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:20:16 +1000 ]


Arts: In Spitting Distance

Paris: A city for love, laughter and dreams. Ramallah: A place marked by suffering and bloodshed. Two cities worlds apart but which form the backdrop of the play, &uot;In Spitting Distance&uot;. Written by Taher Najib and performed by Palestinian actor Khalifa Natour, it asks the question of what it means to be an Arab in a post-September 11 era. It's directed by aclaimed Israeli director Ofira Henig, who is speaking with Rebecca Lewis. The play &uot;In Spitting Distance&...

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:12:25 +1000 ]


Ravi Shankar's disciple arrives in Melbourne

Can you imagine a musician who doesn't know what they're going to perform for you until they step out on stage? You're about to meet a world-renowned sitar virtuoso from India .. who's the &uot;foremost disciple&uot; of the famous Ravi Shankar ... who does just that! Kartik Seshadri is on his second visit to Australia for the Melbourne International Arts Festival. He spoke with Caroline Davey about classical Indian music. NOTE: Kartik Seshadri is performing tonight a...

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:27:57 +1000 ]


World View Am Program

In this podcast, more on world economics, health highlights, Australia in focus looks at racism and a study about the lives of muslim women in Australia....

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:19:54 +1000 ]


Health View: Mental Health

In this edition of Health View, Dr. George Abouyanni tackles the topic of smoking. As part of Mental Health Week, we look at carer support groups for different communities and we bring you another Body Oddity with Dr. Adam Taor....

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[ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:44:06 +1000 ]


Economist says recession is inevitable

Politicians who trumpeted deregulation are largely to blame for the global financial crisis. That's the view of economist, Jakob Madsen, from Monash University in Melbourne. Professor Madsen says there's a need to re-regulate and even nationalise some of the world's financial institutions. He says the international community has done what it can when it comes to bail out measures which he believes are of limited value. Professor Madsen is speaking with Greg Dyett....

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[ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:40:25 +1000 ]


Reconciling Islam and Western expectations

Growing up is never easy. But for people trying to grow up in a country where social mores are different to family expectations it can be even more challenging. Asma Yusra is an Australian-born Muslim of Indonesian background, and wants to help other women speak out about the challenges they face. Dr Nahid Kabir is a Research Fellow at the School of Communication and Arts at Edith Cowen University. She is a Muslim woman from Bangladesh and as part of her research, has interviewed a number of...

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[ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:26:04 +1000 ]


Holocaust revisionist could be jailed

A German-born Holocaust revisionist is facing extradition to his native country, where he could be jailed for up to five years. 64 year old Gerald Frederick Toben, who's based in Adelaide, is accused of being a Holocaust denier. Our South Australia correspondent Karen Ashford says Toben was arrested in dramatic circumstances at London's Heathrow Airport. She is speaking with Greg Dyett....

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[ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:31:43 +1000 ]


Australians Take 3 Motorcycle Championships

Now to Sportsview Highlights for October 6. In motorcycling, Australia's Casey Stoner has won his home Grand prix at Phillip Island near Melbourne, for the second successive year. Our Executive Producer Andrew Kruger was there....

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[ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:30:18 +1000 ]


First Australians: Bruce Pascoe

Academic and author Bruce Pascoe believes by looking at our indigenous history, Australia has the potential to be a great nation. In this First Australians perspective, Bruce Pascoe tells Peggy Giakoumelos about the people that have influenced his work and his life....

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[ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:02:38 +1000 ]


First Australians: Icons

More from World View's look at First Australians. This perspective comes from educator, Peter Ferguson....

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[ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:51:29 +1000 ]


First Australians: Heroes

Every community has its heroes, people who have pushed themselves to excel in their chosen area. For Australia's indigenous communities these figures are as varied as the communities themselves. Peggy Giakoumelos sought the opinion of various people attending the opening of the documentary series First Australians. This perspective comes from advocate, Leanne Miller of the Yorta Yorta Nation, who looks to her own family for inspiration....

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[ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:20:29 +1000 ]


World View Am Program

In this podcast, our weekly movie review, Irish harpist Claire Roche and our weekly gig guide....

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[ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:20:49 +1000 ]


Responsibility in the Financial Sector

Despite Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's belief that Australia's strong regulations, budget surplus and high commodity prices will help us cope with the economic crisis, economists and financial analysts are calling for market reform. Jocelyn Pixley, from the Global Policy Institute at London Metropolitan University, believes the banking system needs to be reformed. She says financial institutions need to be more responsible and encourage development, rather than debt. She's speakin...

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[ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:13:28 +1000 ]


ARTS MIAF Happiness

Alchemy's Jennifer Ho goes looking for the meaning of Happiness....

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[ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:55:44 +1000 ]


ARTS MIAF That Night Follows Day 0310

Alchemy's Jennifer Ho explores this new play about children and parents' controls....

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[ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:52:39 +1000 ]


Gig Guide for the week ahead

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[ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:07:06 +1000 ]

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