POLITICS

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All of the following are shows from Radio National Australia before they began their online archiving.

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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS PREDICTED

"Personal and household debt has never been higher and there's an industry based on lending us more money. It's OK during good times, but there's anxiety about the next part of the cycle."
Radio National Australia, 17th July 2005
The show is BackGround Briefing, and the story is called The Debt Mask.
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GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING

"The Federal Government is one of the biggest spenders on advertising in Australia, with State Governments in NSW and Victoria not that far behind. With changes to industrial relations laws looming, a big advertising campaign is not far away. So when does Government public information become political advertising?"
Radio National Australia, 7th July 2005
The show is Media Report, and the story is called Ad Campaign.
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$1M a year is spent on a database profiling every voter that may have contacted their local federal MP. This is collated by "what we might term taxpayer funded propaganda units... and while opposition parties rail against their existence, as soon as they are in government they create their own propaganda machine"
Radio National Australia, 1st August 2005
The show is Perspective, and the story is called Selling the Australian Government .
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FOI

The FOI Act was ammended by the Rudd Government. Few people were aware of how bad the situation was. Here is historical documentation of those dark times during the Howard Regime and earlier.

"An F.O.I case before the Federal Court has big implications for journalism in Australia. "
Radio National Australia, 28th July 2005
The show is Media Report, and the story is called Freedom of Information Case.
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"The Australian has been appealing an FOI decision at the Federal Court. On Tuesday, the court handed down its verdict, and it wasn't what the paper's FOI editor, Michael McKinnon, wanted to hear."
Radio National Australia, 4th August 2005
The show is Media Report, and the story is called FOI Case decision.
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