Listen Now - 2010-03-19 | Download Audio (24.7 MB) - 19032010
After years of talking to journalists working in the press gallery at Parliament House in Canberra, Late Night Live decided it was time to gain a bit of inside information on how the House works and what really goes on inside it.
Listen Now - 2010-03-18 | Download Audio (24.7 MB) - 18032010
The term 'conservative' gets thrown around quite a lot when referring to conservatives and even some media commentators. But do we really know what a conservative philosophy is? When looking at the policies from both the government and the opposition today, is there any resemblance to a political philosophy that embraces gradual change and one that is against ideology?
Journalist, Charles Stewart grew up without his father but believed him to be a wealthy, English businessman who'd immigated to Australia in search of greater opportunities. However, when Charles discovered that James Morton Stewart was a notorious felon, he began an investigation to find the truth.
Listen Now - 2010-03-17 | Download Audio (24.7 MB) - 17032010
If you've been to Vietnam in the last 15 years you will have seen copies of The Sorrow of War being sold in the streets. It is, as the subtitle states, a novel of North Vietnam. How it was translated into English is a story within itself. And the man behind the translation, Frank Palmos, has his own tale to tell: an account of his experience covering the Vietnam War as a young Australian foreign correspondent. The Sorrow of War has been recognised by the Society of Authors as one of the top 50 translated books in the 20th century.
Colonel Rick Welch has one of the hardest jobs in the war in Iraq; while his colleagues in the Coalition troops fight, he tries to make peace between the government and the many factions, tribes, clans and ideologically driven groups wreaking havoc around the country.
Listen Now - 2010-03-16 | Download Audio (24.7 MB) - 16032010
Bruce Shapiro discusses the health care plan that is keeping President Obama temporarily in Washington as the voting heats up amongst the Democrats. There's opposition on the right from anti-abortion Democrats and on the left from Democrats who argue that the bill needs to include a public insurance scheme. There is also trouble abroad as the rift between the US administration and Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu widens over the settlements dispute.
There's been an ongoing 30-year dispute over what is Australia's intact oldest house. Historians and architects are arguing whether Experiment Farm Cottage in Parramatta was built in 1795 or, as the National Trust says, 1835. Regardless, the man who built the house, John Harris, is a fascinating story in himself.
The idea of home ownership is still one that runs deep in most countries around the world. As the global population continues to grow and becomes more concentrated in our cities, questions about affordable housing and urban development are more pressing than they've ever been. So how do we ensure that people can afford housing where they need it most? And, should we be encouraging people to have a go at home ownership after the great mess of the GFC and the housing bubble?
Listen Now - 2010-03-15 | Download Audio (24.7 MB) - 15032010
In both Iraq and Afghanistan, the international community has been busy building judicial systems. Meanwhile violence against women continues to increase. How effective have the judicial projects been in these past years?
Laura Tingle discusses the Government's health reforms; Tony Abbott's parental leave policy and the continuing fallout from the Government's home insulation scheme.
Over the past few decades, social scientists have been busily trying to work out what makes us happy. Not surprisingly, the studies confirm what most major religions, and a lot of common sense, tells us about how to live a happy and fulfilling life. But to what extent are we individually responsible for our own happiness? What role should government play in making us happy? Should we start expecting politicians to make our national happiness the number one priority of government?
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