LL:INFO: This week on Background Briefing
.. This Week On ABC Radio National's investigative documentary program, Background Briefing . Sunday2 September 9am Tuesday 4 September 7pm Wednesday 5 September 4am . This Week Taxing Times Produced by Steve Skinner Some people pay a lot, others pay comparatively little. We're talking here about the tax base, We're talking here about over the years a quite significant shifting of the tax burden from high-wealth and corporates to PAYE taxpayers. This is serious, it's systematic, and it's on the increase. Especially when the tax officials are overworked, underpaid, and doing their own photocopying. . Last Week Gaza: Shouting at the Sea Produced by Kylie Morris Transcript available at: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s352915.htm .. Listen in on the web: Most new, and some archived, Background Briefings are now available on our web site as streaming Real Audio. You'll find a list of them accompanying our transcripts. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/index/default.htm .. We welcome your feedback on any of our programs or the program web site. .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax:+61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice +61 2 9333 1385 during office hours. .. Subscribe or sign off this email list by visiting our front page: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/ go to: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm for further information. .. Tuning into Radio National all over Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm .. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:INFO: This week on Background Briefing
.. This Week On ABC Radio National's investigative documentary program, Background Briefing . SundayAugust 12th 9am Tuesday August 14th 7pm Wednesday August 15th 4am . Knowledge Indignation: Road Rage on the Information Superhighway Produced by Stan Correy On the eighth day God created the Internet so that eventually everyone would know everything. But mankind didn't want to share, and created new technologies to control the miracle of the Internet, and knowledge became a commodity. Scientists are the first to rebel, and 26 000 have signed a petition. After the first of September they'll refuse to cooperate unless scientific knowledge is set free. . Last Week: Jose Ramos Horta: Walk a mile in my shoes. Produced by Gerald Tooth Transcript available at: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s341499.htm Photo gallery at: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/specials/timor2001/photo.htm .. Listen in on the web: Most new, and some archived, Background Briefings are now available on our web site as streaming Real Audio. You'll find a list of them accompanying our transcripts. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/index/default.htm .. We welcome your feedback on any of our programs or the program web site. .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax:+61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice +61 2 9333 1385 during office hours. .. Subscribe or sign off this email list by visiting our front page: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/ go to: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm for further information. .. Tuning into Radio National all over Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm .. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: The Cars that Ate Our Wallets 3/08/00
- THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's investigative documentary program, Background Briefing: - Sunday September 3, 9.10am Tuesday September 5, 7.10pm and Wednesday, September 6, 4.00am. - "The Cars that Ate Our Wallets" Produced by Stephen Skinner - Cars are costing us heaps, and petrol prices are just the tip of the iceburg. Next time you turn on the ignition, consider this. Your 10 year old car is probably costing you at least $7000 a year to run - and only about a quarter of that is in petrol. Through subsidies and tax loopholes, you are also paying thousands towards private roads, company cars and all those four wheel drives that never leave the bitumen. Producer Stephen Skinner gets behind the wheel to investigate. Tollways, traffic jams and tax on this week's Background Briefing. - LAST WEEK ON BB (20/08/00): "Nelson Mandela - A Public Lecture" Produced by Kirsten Garrett One of the most honoured men in modern history - Nelson Mandela - is coming to Australia. It continues to astound the world that a young boy growing up in poverty, with illiterate parents, became one of the greatest political leaders in the world. Mandela, surviving apartheid and 28 years jail, is considered by many as a truly great man with a moral authority that invokes awe and respect everywhere he goes. Hear him on this week's Background Briefing in a presentation he recently gave at the London School of Economics where he was awarded an honorary degree. The Adzido Pan African Dance Troupe and Joan Armatrading were there to welcome him... Program transcript and audio online at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing by Thursday afternoon. - LISTEN IN ON THE WEB Missed the program, and want to hear it again? Many of Background Briefing's programs are now available on our website as Real Audio on demand. You'll find a list of them, and more information about how to access them at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbaudio.htm -- OUR ONLINE GUESTBOOK We welcome your feedback on any of our programs. You can post your comments to our online guestbook at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/guestbk/guestbk.htm .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff to our updates email list by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE (in the body not 'subject' of message), or SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE (in the body not 'subject' of message) Visit http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm for further instructions. .. Transcripts of BB: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning into Radio National all over Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Nelson Mandela: A Public Lecture
- THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's investigative documentary program, Background Briefing: - Sunday August 27, 9.10am Tuesday August 29, 7.10pm and Wednesday, August 30 , 4.00am. - Nelson Mandela A Public Lecture - One of the most honoured men in modern history - Nelson Mandela - is coming to Australia. It continues to astound the world that a young boy growing up in poverty, with illiterate parents, became one of the greatest political leaders in the world. Mandela, surviving apartheid and 28 years jail, is considered by many as a truly great man with a moral authority that invokes awe and respect everywhere he goes. Hear him on this week's Background Briefing in a presentation he recently gave at the London School of Economics, where he was awarded an honorary degree (one of his hundreds). The Adzido Pan African Dance Troupe and Joan Armatrading were there to welcome him... - LAST WEEK ON BB (20/08/00): "The Business of Cybersecurity - The War On Privacy?" Produced by Stan Correy In cyberspace, we don't know who the enemy is, or even what they want. This is fertile ground for the mercenaries of information technology a new breed of computer security companies who stand to make a buck by sleuthing, hunting down that enemy, and building your fortresses. Program transcript and audio go online at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing by Thursday afternoon. - LISTEN IN ON THE WEB Missed the program, and want to hear it again? Many of Background Briefing's programs are now available on our website as Real Audio on demand. You'll find a list of them, and more information about how to access them at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbaudio.htm -- OUR ONLINE GUESTBOOK We welcome your feedback on any of our programs. You can post your comments to our online guestbook at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/guestbk/guestbk.htm .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff to our updates email list by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE (in the body not 'subject' of message), or SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE (in the body not 'subject' of message) Visit http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm for further instructions. .. Transcripts of BB: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning into Radio National all over Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Stolen Generations 2/07/00
- THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's investigative documentary program, Background Briefing: - Sunday July 2, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday July 4, 7.10pm and Wednesday, July 5, 4.00am. - "Stolen Generations" Produced by Tom Morton - There's a great battle playing out...and the territory is no less than the history of Australia. Documents, records, evidence of all kinds are being re-read, re-evalauated in the cut and thrust of pure politics. Were Aboriginal children stolen? It's no arcane, academic matter. There's a lot at stake - the law, national identity, land, votes - and money. PRODUCER'S SUPPLEMENT: On BB this week we're digging in the buried country of our history. The Federal Government says there never was a 'stolen generation'; and it's spending millions of dollars fighting compensation claims by members of the stolen generations in the courts. It claims the evidence that indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families is 'only anecdotal'; How does these claims square with the hundreds of personal testimonies collected by the Bringing them Home Inquiry? or with many years of research by historians around Australia? - research which uncovered systematic government policies ofremoving indigenous children. A program about the living memory of our nation. LAST WEEK ON BB (18/06/00): "The Courage of our Convictions - The Claremont Serial Killer" Produced by Gerald Tooth Program transcript online Thursday afternoon - OUR NEXT WEB FORUM: Is this the end of music as we know it? Join ABC DJ, Tim Ritchie, as he investigates... There'll be a LIVE WEB FORUM after the program with special guests, including industry professionals and musicians on the ground... Log on at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing on Sunday July 9 at 10am to participate. Stay tuned for more details... LAST WEB FORUM: "Call Centres: The Nerve Centres of Business" Special web feature, with links and web forum (now archived for reference) are online at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/specials/callcent/default.htm HAVE YOU VISITED OUR ONLINE GUESTBOOK? We welcome your feedback on any of our programs. You can post your comments to our online guestbook at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/guestbk/guestbk.htm .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff to our updates email list by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE (in the body not 'subject' of message), or SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE (in the body not 'subject' of message) Visit http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm for further instructions. .. Transcripts of BB: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning into Radio National all over Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: The Courage of Our Convictions: The Claremont Serial Killer
- THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's investigative documentary program, Background Briefing: - Sunday June 25, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday June 27, 7.10pm and Wednesday, June 28, 4.00am. - "THE COURAGE OF OUR CONVICTIONS - The Claremont Serial Killer" Produced by Gerald Tooth - Several young Perth women have disappeared, and two bodies found dumped in the desert. Stricken families and police want to try everything to get the killer...DNA tests on all taxi drivers, American style profiling, lie detectors, and finely judged leaks to the media - all to build the pressure. It's the biggest murder hunt in our history - but what if it's not fair? LAST WEEK ON BB (18/06/00): "Call Centres - The Nerve Centres of Business" Produced by Chris Bullock Special web feature, with links and a LIVE WEB FORUM online at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/specials/callcent/default.htm Program transcript online Thursday afternoon - OUR NEXT WEB FORUM: Do you have a penchant for music? Stay tuned for details of our next web special and LIVE WEB FORUM scheduled for July 9 2000. YOUR FEEDBACK WELCOME: We welcome your feedback on any of our programs. You can post your comments to our online guestbook at http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/guestbk/guestbk.htm .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff to our updates email list by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE (in the body not 'subject' of message), or SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE (in the body not 'subject' of message) Visit http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm for further instructions. .. Transcripts of BB: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning into Radio National all over Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Doing the Business in East Timor
- THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, May 7, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday, May 9, 7.10pm - DOING THE BUSINESS IN EAST TIMOR Produced by Gerald Tooth - In East Timor, in Dili, the air is pungent with smoke and the streets strewn with rubble. But business - Australian business is moving in. Construction, hotels, cars, shipping. It's needed and welcomed, but it distorts the local economy. And, because there's a legal vacuum, there are disputes and anger on all sides. Meanwhile, Darwin is preparing for the good oil on the Timor Sea. Background Briefing producer, Gerald Tooth, has been investigating on the ground in East Timor. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: East Timor, a nation of some 800 thousand people, is in a state of flux, rebuilding itself after the devestation of war. Billions will be spent over the next three to four years, and there's a race to get a slice of the pie. But there are few rules and little order, and no courts or tribunals. Free-enterprise is rising from the rubble at a heady pace. Australian businesses, of all kinds, are on the ground. They're welcomed by some but criticised by others. Background Briefing looks at some case histories, and also at the desire for the Timor Oil Treaty to be re-negotiated. This will have enormous implications, particularly for the Northern Territory. --- IN THE BACKGROUND BRIEFING ARCHIVES Check out our last program about East Timor. You can listen in and read the transcript online. "A Doctor in East Timor: Diary of an Eyewitness " Produced by: Suzanne Smith http://abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s26571.htm LAST WEEK: THE ORGANIC INDUSTRY - A GLOBAL VIEW Lecture presented by Patrick Holden, of the Soil Association (UK) Transcripts available on-line Thursday afternoon. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing HAVE YOU SEEN OUR NEW GUESTBOOK? Post your comments and feedback about any Background Briefing programs on our website. You'll find our new online guestbook at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/ Just follow the links. - .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff weekly program announcements by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE(in body not 'subject' of message) or visit: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: This Week on BB Smoking the Third World
- THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, February 27, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday, February 29, 7.10pm - AUSTRALIA: SMOKING THE THIRD WORLD Produced by Steven Skinner - ON-AIR PROMO: Cigarettes are unhealthy; everyone knows that. Yet we - here in Australia - are now developing smokes designed to appeal to Asia and the Middle East. In Papau New Guinea, Australian companies already make cigarettes extra big, and wrapped in newspaper, for that market. Now, new documents reveal that we're also quite happy to give them a big tar hit in Africa. Light up on Background Briefing, Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: While the regulatory debate about smoking rages on the home front, Australian cigarette companies are exporting their tobacco products to Africa, Indonesia and the Middle East. Countries where government regulations aren't so strict. Even as the Commonwealth finances campaigns which encourage Australians to quit smoking, government departments are providing tax concessions to the industry and funding the design of new cigarettes for export to Australians and the third world. Big profits, big tax revenues, big media, big tobacco. And your tax dollars. LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing DIRTY DIAMONDS Produced by Stan Correy BB 20/02/2000 .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff weekly program announcements by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE(in body not 'subject' of message) or visit: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: This Week on BB Luxury Fever
Welcome to the First Background Briefing of the 2000 Season: - THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, February 6, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday, February 8, 7.10pm - LUXURY FEVER Produced by Tom Morton - ON-AIR PROMO: Did you know that, in baseball teams, where the superstar gets millions and the ordinary players only get hundreds of thousands, the teams tend not to do particularly well. The reason is each player plays for himself - to get into the millions bracket - and the team spirit suffers. They're saying that perhaps the same thing is happening in Corporations and wider society. Catch affluenza Background Briefing, Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: Americans are in the grip of Luxury Fever according to some economists - a frenzy of conspicuous consumption the likes of which has never been seen before. Robert Frank believes that people are locked in an arms race of competition for the trappings of status and success which he says is making their lives less comfortable and less satisfying. In Australia, while our supply of high wealth individuals is rather more modest, we have more rich people than ever before and there are plenty of signs that we too are suffering from luxury fever. LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing ADELAIDE - CANNABIS CAPITAL Produced by Chris Bullock .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff weekly program announcements by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE(in body not 'subject' of message) or visit: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: The Wall of the Mind This Week on BB
THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, November 14, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday, November 16, 7.10pm - THE WALL IN THE MIND Produced by Kirsten Garrett - ON-AIR PROMO: Gorbachev warned the East Germans as early as 1986 that unless there was reform, Communism would die. They didn't listen - and in 1990 the wall came tumbling down. Then change happened very fast. Now there's another wall, a wall more stubborn, more difficult to breach. Maybe nostalgia for the good bits of communism, but obstinate: Die Mauer im Kopt. The Wall in the Mind. Background Briefing, Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: Ten years after The Wall came down, contention and frustration with reunification continues between the two former Germanys. Background Briefing takes a train ride through the once East and West to solicit the reflections and present-day assessments of historians, political scientists, politicians and observers of the new Germany. LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEAZLEY Produced by Gerald Tooth BB 07/11/99 .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff weekly program announcements by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE(in body not 'subject' of message) or visit: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
Challenging Behaviour This Week on BB
THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, October 24, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday, October 26, 7.10pm - CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR Produced by Gareth Robinson - ON-AIR PROMO: A viscious murder late at night in a country town. A young man tries to use the victims ATM card, there's blood on his clothes, and his shoeprint is at the crime scene. But did he - Alone - kill the girl? He's illiterate and has a speech defect. His IQ is around 50, he tells silly lies, as you'll hear, gives stupid alibis and he behaves badly. Did he get a fair trial? --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: In our system of justice, everyone is supposed to be equal before the law. And everyone is presumed innocent, at least at the start. But what happens if a trial of very serious nature - like murder - starts with the defendant unable to understand what's going on around him? And if experts who are skilled in assessing human intelligence disagree about one man's mental competence, how is a jury to decide on correct opinion? This week's Background Briefing will visit one such case, which started with a murder in 1996. The man charged with and convicted of the killing is intellectually disabled, with a very low IQ and a history of aggressive behaviour. One jury decided he was fit to be tried on the charge and another jury found him guilty of murder. LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing THE MAN FROM TABASCO The Story of Carlos Cabal Peniche Produced by Ian Walker BB 17/10/99 .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff weekly program announcements by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE(in body not 'subject' of message) or visit: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:Whose Never Never? This Week on BB
THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, September 12, 9.10am Repeated September 14, 7.10pm - WHOSE NEVER NEVER? Produced by Lorena Allam - ON-AIR PROMO: Hands up who read 'We of the Never Never" at school? Did you know bits of it were censored, for example the bit about going 'nigger hunting' on Elsey Station? First the book, then the film - an '80s spin on the Never Never myth. And now big concrete statues of Aeneas and Jeanne Gunn are planned. But - the myth turns - the Mangarayi people will soon own the Never Never again. Background Briefing, this Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: Jeannie Gunn wrote her famous book almost one hundred years ago and the myth of the Never Never still dominates the folklore of Australia. But like a magic mirror, it reflects the history and self-image of the viewer. For some, the 'Never Never' symbolises all that is noble, good and true about the brave pioneers of the outback. Others, like the traditional owners of Elsey Station, recall the 'nigger hunts' which were recounted in Gunn's original book but have been censored from recently published editions. The Mangarayi owners of Elsey will soon receive the title deeds to Elsey Station following a nine-year battle and Background Briefing asks: Is the myth of Gunn's 'We of the Never Never' a legacy of nation-building or the biggest lie in the land? LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing THE CELTIC TIGER AND THE WILD GEESE Produced by Nick Rushworth BB 05/09/99 .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff weekly program announcements by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE(in body not 'subject' of message) or visit: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Biological Terrorism This Week on BB
THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, August 29, 9.10am Repeated August 31, 7.10pm - BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM Produced by Chris Bullock - ON-AIR PROMO: How many scientists does it take to scare everyone? Three. One to say it's possible to kill more people with better bugs. Another to make the bugs that do it, and a third to tell a terrorist exactly how to release them. Nervous? Well, it's a fact of life and better to get real about biological weapons than be .a dead ostrich? Background Briefing, this Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: The threat posed by the destructive combination of deadly germs and terrorism is by no means new. In many respects, it predates nuclear warfare. But the science of germs has become much more sophisticated and sinister and, in combination with terrorism, has more lethal potential. Hundreds of the world's leading microbiologists and virologists recently gathered in Sydney to talk about what they call the 'dark science'. LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing BUGS DRUGS: Australia's Biotech Future Produced by Ashley Crossland BB 22/08/99 .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff weekly program announcements by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE(in body not 'subject' of message) or visit: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Bugs Drugs: Australia's Biotechnology Future This Week
on BB To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, August 22, 9.10am Repeated August 24, 7.10pm - BUGS DRUGS: Australia's Biotechnology Future Produced by Ashley Crossland - ON-AIR PROMO: Australia can no longer ride on the sheep's back,we have to find something else. [SFX - insects] Maybe crushed insects are the go? [SFX - insects] Insects are full of chemicals and new chemicals spell money. We've got the insects and the scientists, we just need some of those rich American investors. [SFX - CHRIPPP!] How to do that? Lower taxes. Feel the sting on Background Briefing, this Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: Earlier this year, the Wills Report told the government that Australia can t operate a competitive and world-class medical research sector on a shoestring budget. At a time of budget cuts in public sector research, the message got through. The government doubled existing funding to the medical research community in this year s commonwealth budget with qualification. The monies should stimulate venture capital investment from overseas and seed new public-private venture research partnerships. With some help from the Ralph Report s recommended reduction in the capital gains tax. Partnerships with private brokers like Biodiscovery, a small publicly-listed company with no facilities and few scientific staff. Biodiscovery is engaged in joint ventures with university cooperative research centres. It also has an deal to market the insect library of CSIRO and has already sold access to two large multinational pharmaceutical companies. As the lines of distinction blur between researcher, the public sector, university research, private companies and multinational corporations in this new era of entrepenurial biotechnology, who defines success? LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing POLITICAL JOURNALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY Produced by Kirsten Garrett BB 15/08/99 .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe or signoff weekly program announcements by: Sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE SIGNOFF BBANNOUNCE(in body not 'subject' of message) or visit: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/bbmail.htm .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Home Movies in the Global Marketplace This Week on BB
THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, August 8, 9.10am Repeated August 10, 7.10pm - HOME MOVIES IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE Produced by Gerald Tooth - ON-AIR PROMO: The next frontier in the globalisation adventure is culture - films, for instance. Surely we must have an Australian film industry that tells us Australian stories, or we will lose our unique Aussie culture, swamped by crass Americanisation. But - so what? Most people really like American films. And keeping cultures intact is an outmoded idea, not far from ethnic cleansing. Think about it with Background Briefing, this Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: The clash between culture and global economics is consuming the film and television industry in Australia. Some observers believe that current funding and legislative supports amount to old-style protectionism and can't be justified. The industry argues that without support, and exemption from free trade agreements and competition policies, our small market will be consumed by the demands of the global marketplace. Can we continue to tell our stories if no one outside of Australia is watching? LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing SUPERMARKET POWER: Big Brother is Watching the Broccoli Produced by Stan Correy BB 01/08/99 .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe weekly program announcements: SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE (in body of message) email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Forging a New Relationship This Week on BB
THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: - Sunday, July 25, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday, July 27, 7.10pm - FORGING A NEW RELATIONSHIP Produced by Jim Mellor - ON-AIR PROMO: Wearing his big black hat and his long grey beard, Pat Dodson talks Reconciliation: "The indigenous people that saw the Tall Ships come in, that were happy fishing, are now in the lockups, the detention centres, are now in the prisons." Why, he asks, are parliamentarians so timid? "They're elected by people like yourselves, on all sides of politics, why are they frightened?" Pat Dodson, on Background Briefing, this Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: Pat Dodson, the former chair of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, reflects on the past and looks ahead to the Centenary of Federation in 2001. He sees the intervening time as a period of opportunity. The Constitutional referendum, the draft document of reconciliation, the testing by the states of the Wik legislation and compensation for the stolen generation will draw national attention to the relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. And, before international eyes, Sydney 2000 will test the treatment of indigenous Australians against Olympics values. LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing TEOTWAWKI...or (How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Y2K) Produced by Ian Walker BB 18/7/99 .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe weekly program announcements: SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE (in body of message) email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Are Asians Racist? This Week on BB
[For those online, Stay Tuned: Next week on July 18, Background Briefing will web simulcast our Sunday program=20 TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) Produced by Ian Walker via live real audio, accessible through our homepage] - - THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: --- Sunday, July 11, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday, July 13, 7.10pm - ARE ASIANS RACIST? Produced by Kirsten Garrett - ON-AIR PROMO: Racism is a difficult word, bandied about a bit. Surely we think we know what it means and who's guilty of it=85it's people who don't like other people - on very superficial grounds, like color, or language, or looks. Maybe it's also racist if you do like other people because of their color, language or looks. And, in this slippery, complex area, there's a provocative question: Are Asians racist? Background Briefing, this Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: "Are Asians Racist?" was the recent topic of The 1999 Australia in Asia Series of lectures, sponsored by the Asia-Australia Insitute of the University of New South Wales. Background Briefing presents one of the addresses delivered at the lecture and follows with an interview with another of the featured speakers. - LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing - SPOOKING THE SPIES Produced by Chris Bullock BB 4/7/99 - .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe weekly program announcements: SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE (in body of message) email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Spooking the Spies This Week on BB
THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's Background Briefing Program: --- Sunday, July 4, 9.10am Repeated Tuesday, July 6, 7.10pm - SPOOKING THE SPIES Produced by Chris Bullock - ON-AIR PROMO: It used to be easy - find the Red under the bed. Now the enemy can be an unpredictable dictator, or a terrorist with some plutonium, or gangs of crazed thugs killing in the name of god. Satellites scan the earth, like huge orbiting eyes. And mobile phones, videos, laptops and the world wide web never cease. What's spooking the spies is how to turn all that information into 'Intelligence". Background Briefing, this Sunday morning after the news at 9. --- PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT: At the end of the 20th Century the spies have come in from the Cold War. The enemy has changed =85 and the once exclusive domain of the intelligence agent is now a space occupied by any number of academics, analysts and other desk jockeys, the information hunter-gatherers of the world wide web. The war behind every war is the information war, and the business of gathering and keeping secrets is getting harder and harder under a deluge of publicly available information. This changing landscape makes it increasingly difficult for the aid organisations you'll find at wars and natural disasters. When they are no longer perceived as neutral humanitarians, their work may be compromised and their lives placed in danger. They all have their hands full, this week on Background Briefing. - LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing - THE STARVATION OF SUSTENANCE Produced by Paul Barclay BB 27/06/99 - The introduction of live streaming audio of Background Briefing programs is scheduled to premiere on July 18. .. Background Briefing on ABC Radio National GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61-2-9333-1400 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Subscribe weekly program announcements: SUBSCRIBE BBANNOUNCE (in body of message) email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. Transcripts: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing Tuning: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
