Religion and Spirituality

Sacred Ground

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...

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Jimmy Little's Gentle Journey

From poverty and personal tragedy to Australia's first Aboriginal pop star - Jimmy Little's Gentle Journey is an intimate look at the life of a pioneering artist who defied incredible odds. This progr...

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Geoffrey Robertson's Hypotheticals

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 discus...

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Compass - Churches on Trial

Geraldine Doogue investigates the child sexual abuse crisis in Australian churches from the groundbreaking 1992 Compass program The Ultimate Betrayal to Julia Gillard's Royal Commission announcement...

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Compass - Aussie African Dads

How African dads in Australia are coping with the challenges of a life in a new land where age-old cultural expectations may no longer apply. Image: ...

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Compass - Anglicans Going Catholic

Australian Anglicans have been invited to join the Catholic Church under a new Papal initiative called the Ordinariate. So, who’s joining and why? Image: ...

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Compass - New Age Journey

The magical religions, the alternative paths in spirituality alert us to the fact that a great mystery defines and overrides our existence." says Nevill Drury author and long time observer of the New...

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Storytellers of the Pacific

Storytellers of the Pacific is about indigenous people in the Pacific – their cultures, spirituality, histories, experiences and survival after colonisation. It looks at identity, land rights, self...

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Compass - The Lost War of the Vatican

On the 50th anniversary of Vatican II this program revisits the historic three year council that changed the Catholic Church, and examines the ongoing repercussions of its reforms. Part 1 Image...

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Compass - 100 Women Nepal

100 Australian women from all walks of life travel to Nepal to volunteer for a house building project that will change lives; and maybe even their own. Image: ...

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