On Air Highlights
Stories by Phil Kafcaloudes
22 February 2012
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Any musician travelling to Phnom Penh beware! You just might be asked to jump on board a tuk tuk to record a song.
20 February 2012
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One of Australia’s most famous exports is the televison series Neighbours. Now, our National Neighbour Day could become an export too.
17 February 2012
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There’s more than 600,000 thousand pieces of space junk orbiting earth ranging from nuts and bolts, to pieces of metal, to the tiniest flecks of paint. When travelling at thousands of kilometres an hour any one of them have the potential to cause serious damage to spacecraft.
15 February 2012
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Just a few months ago Tim Knowles, a young Australian musician living in the UK, was kidnapped and held for ransom. It was a case of mistaken identity and for fourteen hours he was told that he would be killed.
13 February 2012
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The Greek Parliament’s vote in favour of austerity measures is unpopular not just with protesters on the streets but with at least one of the country’s most prominent economists.
10 February 2012
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Historians have known for a long time that indigenous people of Northern Australia have engaged in trade with Indonesians for hundreds of years.
8 February 2012
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An Australian building advisory service says building design needs to adapt to future climatic trends.
5 February 2012
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There’s been growing outrage around the world at both reports of new killings by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, and also at China and Russia, who have blocked a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria.
3 February 2012
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The Global Financial Crisis is the result of a narcissistic ‘me first’ mentality taking over on a corporate wide scale according to a new book.
31 January 2012
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As mass murders resulting from Mexico’s drug wars continue unabated the government looks increasingly powerless to control the situation.
