Breakfast Club
The Death of an Aborigine at Palm Island
4 July 2008
Cameron Doomadgee died at a police station on Australia's Palm Island a few years ago. His death caused outrage from the aboriginal community in what became the most publicised death in custody in Australia's history. Chloe Hooper has written the definitive story of the death and the court case which followed.
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Two Aussie Rock Superstars. Max Merritt & Normie Rowe
3 July 2008
Max Merritt was the man who brought the world "Slipping Away" back in 1976. But before there was Max, there was Normie Rowe who jazzed up Doris Day's Que Sera Sera in 1965. They have come together for a very special reason, and they speak to the Breakfast Club about it all.
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An SAS soldier's account of East Timor, Iraq and Aceh.
2 July 2008
Keith Fennell is only a young man, but he has worked in many oif the world's hotspots, and was even on the controversial ship, Tampa during the Australian refugee crisis in 2001. His insights into life, death, people and war will amaze.
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Bottled Water - Good or Bad?
30 June 2008
American journalist Elizabeth Royte has done an investigative study of the bottled water industry, and what she found was not always clean, fresh, clear and an improvement on tap water. If you spend big on plastic bottles of the clear liquid, this is the interview for you.
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Will Martin - New Zeaands Latest Super Singer
27 June 2008
New Zealander crooner Will Martin is only 23, but he has just recorded at one of the world's most prestigious studios: Beatles producer George Martin's AIR studios in London. Phil's first question was an obvious one.
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Water - an International Problem
26 June 2008
Did you know that it takes a litre of water to grow just one calorie's worth of food? Dr Colin Chartres is a water expert who is the Australian Director General of the International Water Management Institute. He says water's problem will permeate food chains. He has some pretty severe predictions for the world.
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Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation's Associate Director
25 June 2008
Ai Weiwei has been a critic of China through his art. This has got him in trouble from time to time, although he has been brought back into the fold by being allowed to design Beijing's Olymp[ic stadium. Here the Breakfast Club speaks with Danielle Earp, who is showing Ai Weiwei's works in Sydney.
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Asian Movies Make Their Mark
24 June 2008
Simon Killen goes to every important film festival in the world (almost). He brings us the Asian films that are making an impact internationally and tells us why they're worth watching.
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