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Mumbai slum residents refuse to participate in government housing survey Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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In Mumbai, Indian slum dwellers have refused to participate in a survey designed to work out who qualifies for new housing. After years of broken promises to build housing to replace the dangerous and overcrowded slums, trust in the government has been eroded. Many of the residents simply don't have the documents authorities demand, and are fearful of being moved away from their homes and livelihoods if action is finally taken.
New app aims to modernise oldest industry Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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It's said to be the oldest industry in the world. In New South Wales, sex work is legal, and advertised in plenty of newspapers and online. But the process for a client to connect with an escort is complicated, and laden with risk on both sides. A new app, which works in a similar way to Uber, is trying to overcome that.
Topics: prostitution, information-and-communication, nsw
Labor urges Government to investigate UK's changes to housing investment rules Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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The Federal Government is looking overseas for solutions to housing affordability. Treasurer Scott Morrison is travelling to the UK this week to see if some of their housing policies could be applied here. But the Opposition says one of Britain's biggest reforms has been changes to housing investment and negative gearing, something which the Government is refusing to touch.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, federal-government, australia
Victoria to review bail laws in wake of Bourke St car attack Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a major review of Victoria's bail laws after the Bourke St car attack. He's also establishing a Magistrates night court and the immediately introducing on-call magistrates to hear out of hours bail applications.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, prisons-and-punishment, vic
Trump bump rallies markets but investors nervous about unknowns Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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The Australian share market is set to cash in as investors welcome Donald Trump's inauguration as US president. Wall Street stocks rallied at the weekend, the first time in half a century that US indices have risen on inauguration day. However, investors remain nervous about Mr Trump's protectionist policies and uncertainty surrounding the future of the Trans Pacific Partnership and the North America Free Trade Agreement.
Topics: world-politics, markets, united-states
Parliament to vote on TPP despite US plans to withdraw Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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Within hours of Donald Trump being sworn in as US President, the White House made it clear it will withdraw from the Trans Pacific Partnership, the trade deal covering 11 other nations, including Australia. However, the Federal Government is pressing ahead with asking parliament to ratify the doomed trade pact, while also making plans to to strike new trade deals with several different countries. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce spoke to AM from Berlin, where he's attending the G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting.
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, australia, united-states
White House deepens war with the media two days into Trump presidency Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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Two days into Donald Trump's presidency, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus has accused the media of trying to delegitimise America's new President. His statement comes a day after President Trump falsely accused the media of deliberately misreporting the size of the crowd at his inauguration, saying it was much bigger than photos and reports indicated.
Topics: world-politics, united-states
Bourke St attack calls for reform of Victoria's Bail Act Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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A vigil will be held in the centre of Melbourne tonight for the five people killed, and dozens injured, when a car was driven onto a crowded footpath in the city on Friday. Police are still waiting to interview the driver, 26 year old Dimitious Gargasoulas, who was bailed against the wishes of Victorian police five days before the rampage. Victoria's first Victims of Crime Commissioner is demanding a shake-up of the state's bail laws to better protect the community.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, prisons-and-punishment, vic
Hearing could pave ground for same-sex marriage compromise Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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The plebiscite planned for next month might not be going ahead, but a Labor-inspired senate inquiry starting today set to take its place as a forum for debate. It'll grapple with the issue of whether wedding service providers should be able to refuse same-sex customers on religious grounds. Finding agreement on that question could help smooth the path for future debates about same-sex marriage.
Topics: marriage, gays-and-lesbians, australia
New medicinal cannabis campaign as patients say laws aren't working Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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Some of Australia's most high-profile medicinal cannabis advocates have banded together to launch a new campaign for better access to the drug. The Greenlight campaign kicks off tomorrow, with a full page ad in a major metropolitan newspaper featuring five-year-old Katelyn Lambert asking the Prime Minister and state premiers to make it legal for her to eat cannabis extract to manage her epilepsy. Federal legislation last year was meant to give patients access to cannabis for medicinal use, but many say it is harder to get than ever before.
Topics: cannabis, regulation, australia
Northern Ireland abuse inquiry recommends compensation for Australian child migrants Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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The Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry in Northern Ireland has recommended that children who were sent to Australia as child migrants in the 1940s and 1950s be given compensation for the trauma they suffered. The inquiry found that at least 138 children aged under 14, who were in state and church care in Northern Ireland, were wrongly transported to Australia - often without their parents being given truthful information about where they were being sent. Former child migrants who gave evidence at the inquiry said they were treated like baby convicts.
Topics: emigration, children, northern-ireland, australia
Australian politics suffering from nationwide short-termism Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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Only two of the leaders at the state, territory or federal level have been in office for more than three years: and the short-termed nature of modern politics is worrying some who used to hold the top jobs. This week Mike Baird resigned as New South Wales Premier after serving just two years and nine months. But his term is fairly consistent with other leaders around the country. A number of former premiers - Victorians Steve Bracks and Jeff Kennett and former NSW premier Nathan Rees - have told AM that the current political environment doesn't allow politicians the time and space to be effective leaders.
Topics: government-and-politics, nsw, australia
Hanson incorrectly labels Bourke Street horror a terrorist attack Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson was in the middle of a media conference when news of the horror on Bourke Street broke. She immediately declared it a terrorist attack but was wrong. Senator Hanson also said the incident underlined the need for tough immigration policies.
Topics: one-nation, crime, australia
Melbourne reacts to deadly CBD crash Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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Many Melburnians spent last night processing the terrifying and deadly events of Friday afternoon. A 26-year-old man is expected to be charged with multiple counts of murder, accused of deliberately driving a stolen car into a lunchtime crowd in the CBD. Overnight a fourth person has died in hospital from injuries sustained in the crash, as the city's emergency departments worked around the clock to treat about 20 injured people.
Topics: crime, death, melbourne-3000
Seize the initiative: Australia's new strategic role Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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The Trump presidency represents some significant challenges for Australia, not least of all on the strategic defence front. The Australian National University's National Security College has released a series of policy recommendations for Australia to adopt during the Trump administration. The lead author and head of the National Security College, Rory Medcalf, says that Australia must deepen its strategic alliances in Asia and must adapt its alliance with the United States to 'a new reality'.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, world-politics, united-states, australia
Trump's 'new decree' Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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US Correspondent Conor Duffy discusses Donald Trump's 20-minute inauguration speech with AM's Emily Bourke. Trump spoke of an 'American carnage' of poverty, underemployment, inadequate education, drugs and crime. He issued a new decree: 'America first.' After his speech, around 100 arrests took place as protesters attempted to interrupt the inaugural parade, however the estimated 900,000-strong crowd was mostly peaceful.
Topics: world-politics, united-states
'We are transferring power... and giving it back to you': President Trump inaugurated Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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Donald John Trump has been inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America. After one of the most bitter election campaigns in modern times, President Trump has taken the oath of office, pledging to shift power from the political establishment to the forgotten people of America and to put America first in every single decision he makes. Under grey skies and drizzle, hundreds of thousands of people gathered to witness the ceremony on the National Mall. Small groups of protestors, mostly peaceful but some smashing windows and clashing with police, have also made their way through the capital.
Topics: world-politics, united-states
Bob Katter to introduce bill to stop fake Aboriginal art sales Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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Federal Member of Parliament Bob Katter says he will soon introduce legislation to stop the sale of fake Aboriginal art and crafts. Mr Katter says the laws will set up a certification system to regulate the sale of products in tourist shops and markets. Mr Katter says he's got the support of the Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion.
Topics: visual-art, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, law-crime-and-justice, laws, nt, australia
A new home for the finest uncut opal in the world Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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The finest uncut opal in the world will stay in Australia, despite lucrative offers from overseas including Christie's and Sotheby's. The Fire of Australia which weighs almost one kilogram, has been in the Bartram family since being mined in Coober Pedy, 70 years ago. Costing half a million dollars, in mostly federal government funding, the opal has found a new home at the South Australian Museum.
Topics: human-interest, library-museum-and-gallery, sa, australia
International schools concerned about education industry Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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International language and training schools are being urged to assist foreign students affected by an alleged financial scam. Police and the Overseas Student Ombudsman are investigating a Brisbane-based international student agency, for allegedly taking money from around 100 students in Latin America, but failing to pay for their tuition enrolments. Some in the industry fear it could damage Australia's reputation as a study destination.
Topics: adult-education, education, continuing-education, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, brisbane-4000, australia, qld
James Packer embroiled in bribery allegations surrounding Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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James Packer is making headlines in Israel for all the wrong reasons. In recent weeks, sensational allegations of gifts, influence peddling, and attempts to buy favourable media coverage have emerged, involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his close ties with a handful of select billionaires. It's been reported that Mr Packer provided generous flights, gifts and hospitality to the Prime Minister's son, Mariah Carey tickets to the head of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, and that Prime Minister Netanyahu set up an investors' meeting between Mr Packer and a newspaper publisher, in exchange for favourable coverage of his Prime Ministership by that newspaper. PM speaks to Dr Tehilla Altshuler, director of the Center for Democratic Values and Institutions at the Israel Democracy Institute.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, israel, australia
President Trump inspires global protest Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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The inauguration of Donald Trump has triggered protests across the globe, including weekend marches in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Protesters are angry at the divisive rhetoric directed towards women since Mr Trump entered the US election race in 2015.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, feminism, activism-and-lobbying, united-states, australia
Why Donald Trump has so much influence on financial markets Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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We're just hours away from Donald Trump becoming the 45th US president, and PM understands there's a general feeling of nervousness in the financial markets. Traders say Mr Trump has become the most influential market mover in recent history - more powerful than the last Federal Reserve chairs.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, united-states, australia
Three dead, 20 injured after car ploughs into pedestrians in Melbourne CBD Audio Transcript and Verbatim
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Three people are dead and at least 20 are injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians at high speed on a busy city street in central Melbourne this afternoon. One man has been arrested and at this stage police say they aren't looking for anyone else. Police also say the incident, unprecedented in Australian history, is not a terrorist attack, but is related to a stabbing earlier today in the inner southern suburb of Windsor.
Topics: road, community-and-society, death, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
PM: Full Program Audio
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On Friday's program: In Melbourne three people are dead and at least 20 injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians at high speed on a busy city street in the CBD this afternoon. One man has been arrested and at this stage police say they're not looking for anyone else. The inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump is predicted to be much more low-key than previous ceremonies in 2009 and 2013, but is also triggering protests across the United States and around the globe. And Federal MP Bob Katter says he'll soon introduce legislation to stop the sale of fake Aboriginal art and crafts.
Topics: australia
