en-au PM - Individual Items ABC radio news and current affairs afternoon program reporting on Australia and the world. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:04:00 +1100 Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation. currentaffairs@your.abc.net.au currentaffairs@your.abc.net.au Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.abc.net.au/pm/ http://www.abc.net.au/pm/img/pm_55x55.jpg no Rudd says no to prime time television debate The Liberal Party is demanding that the Press Club debate between the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader be held during prime time television on Tuesday evening. Kevin Rudd office says the agreement's already been done for a lunchtime showing. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851005.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:10:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM1-health-debate.mp3 282.528 Tasmanian vote today in state election Opinion polls have suggest Tasmania is expected to elect a hung parliament after tomorrow's state election. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851011.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:14:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM2-tassie-hung.mp3 258.503 SA leaders appeal to voters in final hours before election Both major parties have made last minute appeals to the public not put in protest votes, in order to avoid a hung parliament. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851013.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:18:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM3-SA-elect.mp3 300.287 Election analyst Professor Dean Jaensch speaks to PM Election analyst Dean Jaensch says Labor in South Australia is in danger of losing its absolute majority, and predicts a hung parliament as highly likely in Tasmania. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851016.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:22:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM4-dean.mp3 291.239 Bullets on a plane: top cop under investigation Victoria's Police chief commissioner, Simon Overland, took three rounds of live ammunition on a Qantas flight. If he's charged he could face a fine of more than $100,000. A security expert is more worried about how he managed to get through security checks at Melbourne airport. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851025.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:27:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM5-overland-bullets.mp3 221.231 The dangers in becoming China's quarry Australia's risks a future crash because of its growing economic dependence on commodity exports to China, a leading economic forecaster warns. Frank Gelber, chief economist at BIS Shrapnel, says that industry policy and assistance to sectors hit by the high Australian currency should be considered to ensure that the nation maintains a diversified economy, with other sectors to fall back on, should the China bubble burst. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851026.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:32:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM6-boom-bust.mp3 316.511 Clinton Russia visit The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton certainly has no shortage of talking points as she visits Moscow: Russia-US relations, the Middle East Quartet and talk of a new nuclear disarmament treaty. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851027.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:36:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM7-clinton-start.mp3 235.248 Experts warn two-way bike paths on roadside are dangerous This year the Federal Government has chipped in 40 million dollars to help build new bike paths around Australia. A lot of the paths are two-way cycleways which run alongside busy roads. Supporters of these paths say they are a safer ride. But experts in the US and Europe say two-way paths are dangerous and have led to many accidents http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851036.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:40:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM8-dangerous-paths.mp3 280.152 UN rules no ban on bluefin tuna trade A proposal to ban the international trade of the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna has failed to pass a crucial vote. Japan has been criticised of persuading other countries to vote against the ban. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851018.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:44:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM9-blue-fin-again.mp3 283.415 Australia strengthens ties with Africa The Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith has announced a new research partnership program with Africa and more developing assistance to Zimbabwe. He says Africa is changing for the better and this is under-appreciated in Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2851044.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:48:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100319-PM10-aussie-africa.mp3 265.259