Australia might be riding on the coal miner's back but it seems many Australians are paying a terrible price for the mineral export boom. Reporter Andrew Fowler goes to the Hunter Valley in New South Wales to document a community in crisis...
Terri Janke is a Sydney-based Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property lawyer, whose firm is the only one in the country dealing with the issue of ICIP rights for Indigenous people...
Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest is one of Australia's richest men. He wants to cut a deal that would give his company, Fortescue Metals Group(FMG), access to a massive chunk of land in Australia's mineral rich northwest. Michael Woodley is an elder of the Yindjibarndi people that effectively holds Native Title rights to the land in question. So far they've been unable to agre...
Reporter Debbie Whitmont goes to the north-west coast of Western Australia to talk to the people at the centre of a bitter dispute over the location of a gas processing plant the mining company says will be worth $50 billion over the next thirty years. Twelve months ago this appeared to be a deal with something for everyone, now the Premier of the state says if necess...
Quenten Agius is the keeper of his generation's Dreaming stories. For him the Dreaming is his bible – an invisible force that guides him through life and connects all things. It is his role to hand these stories down to the next generation, keeping culture and traditions alive...
Ian Conway is a man determined to make a difference. Twenty years ago he made a promise to an Aboriginal elder. It was a big promise and for years Ian was haunted by the fact that he hadn't delivered. His commitment was partly motivated by his own early years as a homeless child in the camps around Alice Springs. Despite the toughest of starts in life, Ian Conway...
Waverly Stanley is a young man with a big dream. He wants as many kids as possible to have access to prestigious private schools around the country. A chance meeting with a wealthy Sydney investment banker gave Waverley the connection to big money and big business he needs to make his dream happen. The pair is now well on the way to achieving Waverley's dream - 250...
Message Stick ventures into the studio to present “Talking Stick” a series of programs hosted by Miriam Corowa. From the sporting field to the corporate world, Mark Ella has kicked a lot of goals in both fields. He is joined by Joseph Elu, Chairman of Indigenous Business Australia and Bill Moss former Senior Executive of Macquarie Bank, now founder and President o...
Respected journalist Jeff McMullen returns to ABC TV to host a series of fascinating discussions about Australia's future. In Difference of Opinion Jeff McMullen and a panel of free thinkers exchange a range of views and opinions on the biggest challenges facing Australia today. A Fair Go Are Australians unhappy with the influx of people from Arab and North Africa...
Champagne, anyone? In the refined elegance of a Sydney auction house, dealers, collectors and art aficionados contentedly celebrate the sale of a Picasso portrait for $5.75 million, an Australian record. Thousands of kilometres away a group of mostly elderly Aboriginal artists sit in the red dust of central Australia, churning out paintings for a middleman who over...
Geoffrey Robertson, QC, hosts and orchestrates a series of discussions on social issues, using a "hypothetical" format - i.e., an imaginary situation is created, and a selected panel of experts discusses its ramifications. Subjects range from the drug problem to environmental issues...
