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The tragic story of child migration from Malta

Prime Minister Kevin has formally apologised to about 500,000 people who were placed in institutions or foster care between 1930 and 1970. They included about 7000 people who were sent to Australia from Britain and Malta as unaccompanied children. Marlene Galea looks at how one Maltese family was affected....

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[ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:07:39 +1000 ]


World View AM Program Highlights

In this Podcast: **Children abused while in institutionalised care prepare to hear the Prime Minister's apology. **Refugee advocates raise serious doubts about the Opposition's immigration policy ** An alleged Nazi war criminal living in Perth faces extradition to Hungary....

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[ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:06:50 +1000 ]


Forgotten Mothers...

As the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gets set to apologise to Australians who survived childhood abuse while in care, the day will also draw attention to another group of forgotten Australians, their mothers. Peggy Giakoumelos has more....

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[ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:23:55 +1000 ]


The pitfalls of independent skilled migration: Part 1

Earlier this year, the federal government announced it was cutting Australia's permanent skilled migration program because of the Global Financial Crisis. The government said it wanted to help people already in Australia to win the dwindling number of new jobs. At the same time, the government said it would still allow in migrants with skills listed as being in short supply. But serious questions were already being asked about the effectiveness of that part of the program. And according ...

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:56:46 +1000 ]


The pitfalls of independent skilled migration: Part 2

On January 1, the federal government will introduce changes to requirements for people wanting to migrate to Australia under the General Skilled Migration Program. The major change will be the introduction of a so-called JobReady Test, designed to ensure that new migrants will be able to gain employment in their area of skills and knowledge. The federal government announced plans for the JobReady Test last September. Kristina Kukolja, with Part 2 of a two-part report....

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:56:19 +1000 ]


Giving alleged war criminal chance to clear his name: Jewish group

The federal government has paved the way for Hungarian authorities to extradite an alleged Nazi war criminal who's been living in Perth, to face trial in his homeland. 88 year-old Charles Zentai - a former member of the Hungarian army during the Second World War - has been fighting against his extradition for four years, including on the basis of ill-health. Mr Zentai has been charged with playing a role in the torture and murder of a Jewish teenager in Hungary 65 years ago. He is the fir...

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:49:59 +1000 ]


21stC business bottom line: interactive feedback online

Participants in a series of forums examining ways to enhance business profits and the effectiveness of organisations have heard that social networking is a crucial part of it. One of the speakers at the Future Forum - held in Sydeny and Melbourne and later this month in Brisbane - says engaging with potential or actual customers online requires it to be interactive. Social media consultant, David Birley, says static websites and one-way communication are no longer good enough, and there needs ...

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:42:39 +1000 ]


China's mining interest in African countries expands 10-fold

China has offered African nations 10-billion dollars in low-interest development loans over the next three years. The move will increase influence that's already given Beijing wide access to oil and minerals across the continent. Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao made the pledge at a China-Africa summit in Egypt. Our Beijing-based correspondent Douglas Bakshian reports on the extent of Chinese involvement in Africa and why it's set to grow. He spoke with Caroline Davey....

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:46:03 +1000 ]


World View highlights

In this podcast with Caroline Davey, ** some of the Tamils on customs ship in Indonesian waters accept Australia's deal to disembark ** US President Barack Obama heads to Asia - but will it achieve anything? And, ** We preview this weekend's Socceroos clash with Oman....

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:09:42 +1000 ]


Obama mission to reassure Asian allies

American President Barack Obama has embarked on a week-long Asian trip. President Obama will visit four countries and attend the APEC forum in Singapore. Washington correspondent John Stempin says it looks like an ambitious agenda. He's speaking with Caroline Davey....

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[ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:32:10 +1000 ]


World View highlights

In this edition of World View hosted by Caroline Davey, ** Kevin Rudd makes a secret flying visit to troops in Afghanistan on his way to India, ** Has change really come to Eastern Europe? Also, ** Calls for an independent body to set immigration policy. And... ** Concerns for the welfare of an Australian and Canadian journalist held hostage in Somalia for more than a year....

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[ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:46:46 +1000 ]


Official media blackout on Somali kidnaps

Official government silence surrounds the status of negotiations seeking the release of an Australian and Canadian journalist taken hostage almost 15 months ago in Somalia. Both governments are keeping tightlipped about their efforts, due to concerns that any reporting may jeopardise the outcome. The pair - Australian freelance photographer Nigel Brennan, and Canadian freelance journalist, Amanda Lindhout - were kidnapped in August 2008, as they were working as freelancers near the capital Mog...

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[ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:19:01 +1000 ]


World View highlights

In this podcast with Caroline Davey, Remembering the fallen...we take a look back at the beginnings of Remembrance day. Also, ** Are we winning the war in Afghanistan? And... ** Emergency services in El Salvador struggle to help survivors from severe flooding and mudslides....

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[ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:11:05 +1000 ]


Rock fishing can be deadly: sport groups

With the arrival of warmer weather in many parts of the country, water safety groups are warning of the dangers of ocean fishing. New figures show that fishing from coastal rocks is one of the most deadly past-times in Australia. National coastal swimming and fishing groups say that nine to 12 Australians die unnecessarily from rock fishing each year. They have banded together to launch a safety awareness campaign, part of which is targetted to communities originally from northern Asia. Matt...

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[ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:05:18 +1000 ]


Urgent aid to survivors in El Salvador

The Red Cross in El Salvador is working to avoid the spread of disease in survivors from serious flooding and mudslides. The Red Cross says Hurricane Ida and a low pressure system off the Pacific Ocean have brought as much rain in four hours, as they would normally receive in a whole winter. More than 140 people are believed to have died, and hundreds of houses close to the capital San Salvador have been destroyed. Caroline Davey spoke with Red Cross' spokeswoman in El Salvador, Mirna Ze...

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[ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:24:26 +1000 ]


World View highlights

In today's World View podcast with Caroline Davey, ** a former journalist recounts living in East Berlin before the wall was ripped down ** new English language rules for taxi drivers And, ** staying silent not an option - a Fijian academic says he doesn't regret comments which led to his expulsion...

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[ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:56:09 +1000 ]


Expelled Fiji-born academic talks about his ordeal

Fiji-born, Australian academic Brij Lal says he does not regret the comments which led to his expulsion from Fiji. Professor Lal has described being verbally abused and fearful as he was detained by the Fijian military in Suva last week. He says he was interrogated and verbally abused before being told to get out of his birth country within 24 hours - &uot;or face the consequences&uot;. It followed his comments to the media that the expulsion of Australia's high commissioner, woul...

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[ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:54:01 +1000 ]


Slavery in Australia

The rise in migration across the globe has also seen an increase in human trafficking, people forced into modern day slavery in conditions that mirror those of the slave trade centuries ago. While most of us associate this phenomenon with the developing world, Australia remains a destination for people trafficked into all kinds of servitude in many different industries. Peggy Giakoumelos reports....

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[ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:46:48 +1000 ]


Julian Moti court case continues

Evidence about unprecedented witness payments, claims australia breached the rule of law, and accusations of political conspiracy, have all been made in the court case involving the former attorney general of the Solomon Islands. Julian Moti is attempting to have child sex charges against him thrown out, which date back to 1997 in noumea and vanuatu. The Supreme Court in Brisbane has been hearing the stay application on and off for several months, and the judge has reserved her decision. Quee...

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[ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:24:17 +1000 ]


World View highlights

In this podcast with Caroline Davey, **We mark the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 years ago today.. **Sudan begins preparing for elections, amid ongoing unrest in Darfur.. And, ** Indonesia has its own Watergate... as different forces struggle for power over the fight against corruption...

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[ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:26:01 +1000 ]


Bushfire season begins

Firefighters will have their work cut out for them this year, with Country Fire Services and weather experts predicting an extreme season. Victoria's firefighting volunteers have called for one agency to be put in charge of all bushfires in the state. This is just one recommendation following the devastation that occurred earlier this year in Victoria....

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[ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:04:13 +1000 ]


Sudan prepares for elections despite regional chaos

Sudan has begun registering voters for presidential and parliamentary elections early next year, despite the ongoing civil war in its western region of Darfur. Incumbent president Omar al-Bashir, charged by the International Criminal Court with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, says the elections will be held in April. Caroline Davey reports....

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[ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:01:33 +1000 ]


Protests over Indonesia's Watergate

Anti-corruption moves have suffered a setback in Indonesia, amid a power struggle between different law enforcement bodies. Two senior officials of the powerful independent anti-corruption agency, the KPK, have been arrested and charged by police for allegedly abusing their powers of investigaton. Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has campaigned strongly against corruption. But Indonesian correspondent Rebecca Henschke told Caroline Davey that these arrests have raised questions a...

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[ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:33:46 +1000 ]


Established refugee communities call for more debate

The President of the group calling itself the Vietnamese Community in Australia says he understands the desperation of asylum seekers. Phong Nguyen came to Australia from a refugee camp in Indonesia in 1979, after fleeing the aftermath of the Vietnam war. Many of his compatriots were amongst the first asylum seekers to come to Australia by boat, as were others from Laos and Cambodia. Mr Nguyen says many in the Vietnamese community support the current government's border protection approa...

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[ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:01:27 +1000 ]


World View highlights

** Australia's original &uot;boatpeople&uot; call for compassion. ** The government announces an inquiry into the massive oil spill off the W-A coast. And, ** Why it's tough being a kid in America....

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[ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:36:45 +1000 ]


Danger of growing up in the US!

A series of new reports suggests growing up in the United States is a difficult and risky business. The reports are part of a large-scale study on the American Food Aid program, conducted over 32 years and across 48-hundred households. They found nearly half of all US children will receive food aid before the age 18. Washington correspondent John Stempin says it also found millions of American children are living with stress. He's speaking with Caroline Davey....

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[ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:28 +1000 ]


World View highlights

In this podcast with Caroline Davey, ** New evidence that some boatpeople may already be deemed to be refugees by the United Nations. ** Papua New Guinean villagers call for the lifting of Torres Strait travel restrictions. And, ** Human traffic - Australia becomes home to a new invisible underclass....

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[ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:39:14 +1000 ]


Iranian government capitalises on US hostage anniversary

A commentator on Iranian politics says the 30th anniversary of the United States embassy hostage drama is especially important for the Ahmadinejad government this year...coming just months after the country's elections were surrounded by violent protests. On November 4th, 1979 Iranian militants took a group of U-S citizens hostage, after storming the embassy in support of the Iranian revolution. Attempts to free them failed and 52 people were held hostage until 20 January 1981, when the U-...

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[ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:21:50 +1000 ]


World View highlights

In today's edition of World View with Caroline Davey, ** Amnesty international slams expansion plans for the Christmas Island detention centre. Also, ** What lies ahead for Afghanistan, after a one-horse race declares its winner? And... ** Australia prepares for another deadly bushfire season....

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[ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:42:50 +1000 ]


Toxic food - is all packaging safe?

Next time you reheat some leftovers in the microwave, will you use a plastic container? Or, if you have a baby, will you feed the newborn with a plastic baby bottle? Some scientists are warning us to think again. Caroline Davey has the story....

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:24:31 +1000 ]

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