The Right to Resist
by Angela Aldred
Fighting for land rights has united two Indigenous groups from different hemispheres. The Mexican resistance group, Zapatistas joined the local Wiradjuri people in the Blue Mountains to get their voices heard. Angela Aldred reports.
Local
Homeless numbers rise in Sydney
The number of homeless people on the streets of Sydney continues to steadily increase with soaring rent prices and the high cost of living. As winter approaches, many homeless people find themselves still on the streets, as crisis accommodation centres become overcrowded. Elise Dalley reports.
The Right to Resist
Fighting for land rights has united two Indigenous groups from different hemispheres. The Mexican resistance group, Zapatistas joined the local Wiradjuri people in the Blue Mountains to get their voices heard. Angela Aldred reports.
Mining verses Farming: the Caroona Coal Project
Under some of Australia’s richest farming land on the Liverpool Plains, to the south west of Tamworth, lies a coal seam potentially worth billions of dollars to BHP Biliton. But the local farmers fear that the Caroona Coal Project could contaminate the water supply for the area, devastating production and towns. Amy Perkins reports on whether underground mining and farming can co-exist in this TV piece.
Environment & Science
New Drug will Benefit MS Sufferers
MULTIPLE Sclerosis sufferers who are paying up to $37,000 a year for the drug Tysabri, will soon save up to 90 per cent in costs when the treatment is subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in July. Paradise Laycock reports.
Drought's toll: Waterbird numbers hit zero
Tracey Lien reports on rapid decline of waterbird numbers in rural NSW as a result of the state's poor water management.
Green energies can replace coal say experts
There’s been significant hype surrounding clean green energy sources like wind and solar power, but can green energies really provide the base-load power to substitute coal-fired electricity or will they remain a niche product? Anne Marie George reports.
Media
Google and the Media: Friend or Foe?
Google's General Manager Karim Temsamani assured a sceptical audience that Google is not a threat to the Australian media industry, at the Future of Journalism summit on 1-2 May. Vicky Stojanovska reports from the summit.
'Time' to Embrace the Online Era
Time International's editor Michael Elliott delivered the keynote speech at the Future of Journalism summit on 1-2 May. He dismissed theories that going online will make print media obsolete. As Dheepthi Namasivayam reports, Mr Elliott believes Time's recent relaunch into cyberspace, has been a wild success.
The Rise of Citizen Journalism
Citizen Journalism is starting to seep through all forms of media reporting whereby members of the public are called upon as key researchers in reporting stories. Vicky Stojanovska reports from the Future of Journalism summit on 1-2 May where a panel of journalists discussed this ever-growing phenomenon.
Arts & Entertainment
Fighting For Fair Trade
As Fair Trade Fortnight continues this week, its activists deny that the movement is no longer sustainable. Bonita Silva investigates how the movement has survived through recent criticism.
“More Modesty!” say Australian Fashion Designers
Nicholas Huxley, the director of the Sydney Institute's Fashion Design Studio defends his controversial comments where he described Sydney's style as "cheap and nasty". As Carmen Normoyle discovers, many Australian designers secretly agree.
Moving 'Head On' into Social Impact
The annual 'Head On' portrait photography exhibition did not disappoint this year with a rich entry of photography that drew upon the theme of social impact. Marcel Mirza Natadisastra reports.
