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] Date Posted: 21:06:06 09/20/13 Fri ABC News Programs Programs Transcripts The most recent 250 transcripts from the ABC's Radio and TV Current Affairs programs. NSW launches dementia awareness training for transport workers Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 3min 53sec Posted 40 minutes ago New South Wales has become the first Australian state to introduce dementia awareness training for taxi drivers and public transport workers. It's anticipated other states and territories will soon introduce the training, which has been developed in conjunction with Alzheimers Australia. Topics: road-transport, transport, alzheimers-and-dementia, nsw, australia Steven Larkins' cousin in tears over impact of pedophile on community Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 6sec Posted 1 hour 49 minutes ago The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has wound up its public hearings into the case of convicted paedophile Steven Larkins. The final day of testimony included an emotional outburst from Larkins' cousin and former colleague who accused him of using her like a puppet. Larkins is serving a prison sentence for child sex offences. The Royal Commission's first public inquiry has been looking at how various organisations responded to allegations about Larkins from the 1990s to the time of his arrest in 2011. Topics: royal-commissions, community-and-society, child-abuse, federal-government, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, australia Abbott tells Liberal members you can either be lobbyists or party officials, not both Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 8sec Posted 1 hour 49 minutes ago The election of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister has triggered a re-shuffle within the State Executive of the New South Wales Liberal Party. Mr Abbott said earlier today that Liberal members could either be lobbyists or party officials, but they couldn't be both. Two of the state's most powerful conservative lobbyists, Michael Photios and Joe Tannous, then resigned from their party roles. Topics: liberals, government-and-politics, federal-government, abbott-tony, australia Government to scrap climate change agencies Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 5min 8sec Posted 1 hour 51 minutes ago The Federal Government is moving to scrap two climate change agencies, as it continues to put its stamp on the public service. The head of the Climate Commission, Professor Tim Flannery, lost his job today and the organisation was abolished. Environment Minister Greg Hunt says it's part of streamlining government, and his department will now provide itself with what he calls independent advice on climate change. Topics: federal-government, climate-change, government-and-politics, australia SA Attorney-General says laws governing violent, sexualised video games are too weak Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 21sec Posted 2 hours 4 minutes ago | Updated 22 minutes ago South Australia's Attorney-General wants the Federal Government to tighten new classification rules for video games because of concerns that children are still being exposed to too much violence. John Rau is also concerned that the new R18+ regulations aren't being properly policed. His comments come with the release of a hotly anticipated video game featuring torture and sexualised violence. Topics: games, games, children, games, australia Pope Francis speaks his mind on homosexuality and abortion Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 18sec Posted 2 hours 5 minutes ago | Updated 1 hour 0 minutes ago He's the first non-European Pope in over a thousand years, as well as the first from Latin America. Now Pope Francis is showing himself to be even more of a trailblazer. In an interview with an Italian Jesuit Journal, the Pope has criticised the church's preoccupation with issues like abortion and homosexuality. Catholic commentators in Australia say the interview could herald change within the church. Topics: catholic, community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, abortion, holy-see-vatican-city-state Compensation close for drug affected patients Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 19sec Posted 2 hours 6 minutes ago | Updated 1 hour 0 minutes ago After years fighting for compensation, sufferers of Parkinson's disease and Restless Leg Syndrome seem close to settling one of two class actions they've brought against drug companies. It follows side-effects experienced after taking the drugs, including compulsive gambling, spending and hypersexuality. Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, parkinson-s-disease, drug-use, australia Greenpeace claims Russian officers holding activists at gunpoint Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 5min 27sec Posted 2 hours 7 minutes ago | Updated 1 hour 0 minutes ago The environmental group Greenpeace says 30 activists, including at least one Australian, are being held at gunpoint by Russian security officers who've stormed their ship in the Arctic. It comes a day after four Greenpeace members tried to board a Russian oil platform to prevent it from drilling. The Russian foreign ministry has accused the group of "aggressive and provocative" behaviour. But Greenpeace Australia's chief executive, David Ritter, says Russia's response is illegal and outrageous. Topics: activism-and-lobbying, foreign-affairs, russian-federation, australia Miners say labour productivity is too low Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 19sec Posted 2 hours 9 minutes ago | Updated 1 hour 0 minutes ago Some mining bosses in Western Australia say the work ethic in parts of the sector is so poor that employees are operating at about 55 per cent productivity. They say that's threatening the viability of some projects. But unions say Australian workers are the most productive in the world, and if the bosses want to see further improvements, they should invest in training. Topics: mining-industry, community-and-society, unions, work, wa, australia GST debate back again Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 32sec Posted 2 hours 10 minutes ago | Updated 1 hour 0 minutes ago Tony Abbott tried to kill off the idea during the election campaign, but West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has sparked a fresh round of debate about the rate of the GST. However, he's not getting much support from most of his state and territory colleagues. Topics: tax, government-and-politics, australia Mining mayor says 'skimpy' culture slowly changing Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 58sec Posted 5 hours 45 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 42 minutes ago A West Australian mayor says mining towns across the state are trying to distance themselves from a reputation of a heavy drinking culture and topless barmaids. However, he says cleaning up the culture isn't an easy job, illustrated by the fact that a WA pub this week was fined after a 'skimpy' barmaid appeared completely naked. Topics: rural-tourism, clubs-and-associations, mining-rural, women, wa Conservatives win food fight Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 53sec Posted 5 hours 53 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 48 minutes ago Conservative politicians in the US have won a tight vote in Congress to slash the country's food stamp program by almost $40 billion over a decade. The number of people on the program has almost doubled since its introduction in the early 1960s, with one-in-seven Americans now relying on food stamps to feed themselves and their families. Republicans have long believed the program is rife with fraud, but the Democrats argue hundreds of thousands of children will now go hungry. Topics: welfare, world-politics, united-states RBA under the pump as dollar surges Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 2sec Posted 6 hours 17 minutes ago | Updated 6 hours 14 minutes ago There's renewed pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates to tame the Australian dollar, which has surged to a three-month high in the past 24-hours. It's been buoyed by the US Federal Reserve's surprise decision to leave its economic stimulus program unchanged. Economist Paul Bloxham tells The World Today he believes the central bank has now been left with little room to move on interest rates. Topics: banking, australia Gas price bubble inflates balloon market Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 27sec Posted 6 hours 18 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 32 minutes ago The price of helium has soared in recent weeks as fears of a world shortage take hold. The situation has become serious enough for the US senate to get involved, voting overnight to pump up production of a product that we use in many more ways than you might think. Topics: business-economics-and-finance, offbeat, australia Merkel eyes third term as Chancellor Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 49sec Posted 6 hours 21 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 33 minutes ago Germans go to the polls on Sunday in an election that's likely to see Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats returned as the country's strongest party. After two terms as Chancellor, the woman Germans sometimes refer to as 'Mummy' is riding high in the popularity stakes, but the fate of smaller parties could yet cause her some headaches. Topics: world-politics, elections, foreign-affairs, germany JP Morgan slammed over 'London Whale' debacle Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 4min 7sec Posted 6 hours 22 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 54 minutes ago The US bank JP Morgan has been fined almost US$1 billion over the 'London Whale' losses which totalled US$6.2 billion. Regulators in Britain and the US say JP Morgan failed to detect the losses and attempted to mislead investigators. Topics: banking, company-news, international-financial-institutions, united-states Coronial figures show many suicides still linked to problem gambling Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 4min 37sec Posted 6 hours 23 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 36 minutes ago Victorian Coronial court figures show 128 sucides in the state over the past decade were linked to problem gambling. Critics say governments have become addicted to gambling revenue, and are calling for further restrictions. However,the Victorian Premier says lower suicide figures in more recent years indicate anti-gambling measures have been working. Topics: gambling, suicide, vic Pope prompts debate on dogma Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 4min 58sec Posted 6 hours 24 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 36 minutes ago In an interview with a Jesuit journal, Pope Francis has said the church has become obsessed about issues such as gay marriage, contraception and abortion, indicating a possible 'reprioritising' under his leadership. While some conservatives have been critical of the new Pope's approach, others see what he's said - and done - as a breath of fresh air for the church. Professor Neil Ormerod from the Australian Catholic University joins The World Today to discuss the Pope's comments, and the reaction that they've prompted. Topics: catholic, gays-and-lesbians, abortion, women, australia Downer prepared to quit Liberal Party to remain a lobbyist Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 5min 46sec Posted 6 hours 25 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 43 minutes ago The former foreign minister, Alexander Downer, says he's prepared to cut ties with the Liberal Party in order to maintain his post-parliamentary role in lobbying and business. Mr Downer is a federal vice president of the Liberals, and a registered lobbyist. A day ago, Prime Minister Tony Abbott declared that Liberal members could either be lobbyists, or party officials, but not both. Topics: liberals, nationals, sydney-2000 Victims of sexual abuse in Ballarat give evidence Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 3min 56sec Posted 6 hours 25 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 37 minutes ago Even before this week's public hearings in the Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse opened, hundreds of victims had been given the opportunity to give evidence at private hearings. Some of those victims came from the central Victorian city of Ballarat, a community with a long and much publicised history of sexual abuse. Topics: child-abuse, suicide, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, ballarat-3350 Mixed response to WA's call for GST increase Audio Transcript and Verbatim The World Today 4min 36sec Posted 6 hours 26 minutes ago | Updated 6 hours 20 minutes ago The Federal Government and Opposition are both ruling out changes to the rate and base of the Goods and Services Tax, despite the WA Premier calling for it to be increased. Colin Barnett says Prime Minister Tony Abbott should show leadership on the issue, despite promising during the election campaign to leave the GST unchanged. However, there's been a mixed response from other Premiers and Chief Ministers. Topics: tax, federal-government, alp, liberals, nationals, states-and-territories, syrian-arab-republic Queensland battles measles outbreak Audio Transcript and Verbatim PM 4min 27sec Posted 9 hours 51 minutes ago | Updated 9 hours 42 minutes ago Queensland is struggling to contain a measles outbreak and the state's top doctor has urged people to check whether they're vaccinated against the potentially deadly disease. Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, qld, australia Shirking tax reform will enshrine budget deficits, PwC warns Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 4min 8sec Posted 10 hours 59 minutes ago Before the election campaign proper began, accountancy firm Price Waterhouse Coopers tried to make tax reform an election issue. In a 52 page research paper, the firm argued that shirking reform would enshrine deficit budgets for years to come, leading to government debt piling up and ultimately harming Australia's growth prospects. Topics: budget, australia Curiosity rover fails to detect methane in Martian air Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 2min 49sec Posted 10 hours 59 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 53 minutes ago Space scientists hoping to find life on Mars have been dealt a blow, with the rover Curiosity so far unable to detect methane in the planet's atmosphere. A decade ago scientists reported seeing plumes of methane arising from the Martian planet, sparking hopes that it might support life, but after eight months on Mars, the six-wheeled robot has failed to detect any trace of methane. Ninety-five per cent of atmospheric methane on Earth is produced by microbial organisms. Scientists say the results are disappointing but haven't yet ruled out the possibilty of finding alien life. Topics: astronomy-space, united-states Literacy teachers needed in every Tasmanian school: expert Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 3min 33sec Posted 11 hours 2 minutes ago One in two Tasmanians aged 15 to 74 are functionally illiterate, and more than half are functionally innumerate. This means they don't have the basic skills to cope with the modern world, like reading their prescriptions or filling out forms. The Grattan Institute's Dr Ben Jensen says there needs to be specialist literacy and numeracy teachers in every single Tasmanian school. Topics: education, tas JP Morgan fined over London Whale losses Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 2min 28sec Posted 11 hours 7 minutes ago | Updated 10 hours 45 minutes ago The Wall Street bank JP Morgan has been fined almost a billion dollars over the London Whales losses which totalled $US6.2 billion. Regulators in Britain and the US say JP Morgan failed to detect the losses and attempted to mislead investigators. Topics: business-economics-and-finance, england, australia John Kerry calls for swift, enforceable UN Syria resolution Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 3min 16sec Posted Fri 20 Sep 2013, 7:52am AEST | Updated 11 hours 49 minutes ago The US secretary of state says the United Nations must act next week and adopt an enforceable UN resolution on the agreement between the US and Russia on the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons. The Syrian deputy prime minister meanwhile has told the Guardian newspaper it could ask for a ceasefire in the civil conflict, saying neither side can win. Topics: world-politics, united-states Biologists urge caution on new IVF therapy Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 2min 56sec Posted Fri 20 Sep 2013, 7:51am AEST | Updated 9 hours 3 minutes ago Researchers in Melbourne and England say the possible risks of mitochondrial IVF therapy are being overlooked. The UK parliament will decide next year if it will be the first in the world to approve the clinical use of the technique but MPs are urged to take a cautious approach. Topics: reproduction-and-contraception, health, biology, melbourne-3000, australia White House tensions rising ahead of budget vote Audio Feature AM 3min 2sec Posted Fri 20 Sep 2013, 7:45am AEST | Updated 10 hours 21 minutes ago Tensions are rising in Washington with senior Republicans accusing president Obama of being more willing to negotiate with Russian president Vladimir Putin than he is to sit down with congress about the budget. The House will vote on temporary budget measures tomorrow which the White House will not support. And with the spectre of a budget shutdown other Republicans are calling their colleagues 'kamikazes'. Topics: world-politics, united-states Scientists speak out against GM rice trial vandalism Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 2min 59sec Posted Fri 20 Sep 2013, 7:43am AEST | Updated 11 hours 40 minutes ago Some of the world's top scientists are speaking out against the vandalism of a trial of genetically modified rice in the Philippines six weeks ago. The rice is being developed to address vitamin A deficiency, which is responsible for up to three million deaths a year in Africa and South East Asia. A former chief scientist of Australia is among those who've written an editorial in one of the world's most prestigious academic journals today. Topics: genetically-modified-food, gm-technology, philippines, australia McCain: Russians deserve better than Putin Audio Feature AM 3min 12sec Posted Fri 20 Sep 2013, 6:27am AEST | Updated 10 hours 26 minutes ago Following Vladimir Putin's op ed piece in the New York Times, US senator John McCain has launched a blistering counter attack against the Russian president in an opinion piece published on a Russian news website. In the article, senator McCain says Russians deserve better than president Putin, who he says has made allies of some of the world's worst tyrants. Topics: australia Knife-edge Fairfax count makes for intense counting experience Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 2min 53sec Posted Fri 20 Sep 2013, 6:27am AEST | Updated 10 hours 45 minutes ago Bruce Atkinson speaks to the Australian Electoral Commission's returning officer David McKenzie about what he describes as the intense Fairfax count. He says up to 50 scrutineers from the Palmer United Party and the Liberal National Party have joined AEC staff in the vacant Sunshine Coast furniture shop where the votes are being counted. Topics: federal-elections, qld Barnett turns up the pressure on GST Audio Transcript and Verbatim AM 3min 24sec Posted Fri 20 Sep 2013, 6:26am AEST | Updated Fri 20 Sep 2013, 8:00am AEST The Coalition's planning a whole scale review of the tax system, but Prime Minister Tony Abbott has promised that the GST will not change. But the West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the GST needs to change because GST revenue is not growing as quickly as expected. Topics: tax, federal---state-issues, wa, australia [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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