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RAZORS EDGE Current Affairs from 2SER FM, Sydney, Australia. Format : Number of Shows : PodcastDirectory.com's listings of the RAZORS EDGE Podcasts
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View the full archive of RAZORS EDGE Donation Reform Hits ALP Updated: 2012-02-20 05:37:07 Description: Political donations The O’Farrell government has won a major victory over the New South Wales Labor party with legislation that severs the political link between unions and the party. The bill caps political donations from individuals at five t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tropfest turns 20 Updated: 2012-02-18 12:49:34 Description: The world’s largest short film festival, Tropfest, turns 20 this year. First held in a café in Darlinghurst, Sydney in 1993 with an audience of 200, the internationally renowned event now broadcasts live to over one million people. In excess...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Report Shows Australia’s Food Habits not so Healthy Updated: 2012-02-18 09:49:35 Description: A Public Health Association of Australia report, A Future for Food 2, has shown our diets leave a lot to be desired and contribute significantly to major health issues and environmental damage. The study showed that 56% of annual Australian death...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Occupy Sydney Claim Police Harassment Updated: 2012-02-18 09:55:04 Description: Occupy Sydney Claim Police Harassment The Occupy Sydney movement claims that the NSW Police force are harassing activists with regular raids on their Martin Place base and numerous arrests for trivial matters. The group says Police visit their sit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Australian TV "Mono Racial" Updated: 2012-02-18 10:07:55 Description: Australians of all cultural backgrounds love TV. Australian shows such as “Summer Heights High” and “The Slap” have been global sensations. But now networks are under fire for a lack of cultural diversity on Australian television. Two hig...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gillard Government cuts health insurance rebates Updated: 2012-02-11 11:17:44 Description: High income earners face paying more for private health insurance if proposed legislation passes. Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has introduced a bill to start means-testing the health insurance rebate in a bid to add $2.4 billion to the Govern...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Men under pressure to look good. Updated: 2012-02-11 11:22:38 Description: The media is constantly criticised for its role in promoting the perfect body image; size zero models, beauty magazines and reality TV shows all based on the ideal woman. But according to Lina Ricciardelli, Associate Professor of Psychology at De...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Does Apple exploit Chinese workers? Updated: 2012-02-11 05:25:51 Description: Foxconn is one of the largest manufacturers of electronic equipment in the world. It has an iconic reputation for building the iPhone and iPad but more recently for putting nets around its factory to prevent suicide among workers. A protest was ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Are HECS Debts Scaring Students? Updated: 2012-02-11 05:30:55 Description: This week it was revealed that students now owe the federal government a massive 22 BILLION dollars for outstanding HECS student loans. A small number of students also owe large amounts including one who is debt to the tune of $400,000. The Nati...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Is it really worth that much? Updated: 2012-02-05 08:58:31 Description: Facebook has announced that it will sell US$5 billion of shares in its highly anticipated initial public offering, or IPO. Analysts have predicted that the value of the IPO could skyrocket to as much as $100 billion, making Facebook about as valu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mitt in front but divides opinion Updated: 2012-02-06 04:13:37 Description: The race for Republican leadership in the United States is heating up, with front-runner Mitt Romney winning the Florida primary this week. The victory has put Romney in a strong position to represent the Party and challenge President Barack Obam...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD More Ethanol for NSW? Updated: 2012-02-04 10:56:19 Description: Premier Barry O’Farrell had promised to ban UNLEADED petrol in NSW so that more ETHANOL fuel was used. Ethanol is made from sugar cane and grain crops and is viewed by many as a greener alternative to drilling for oil. But this week O'Farre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Federal Court rules Optus is no copy-cat Updated: 2012-02-04 11:11:32 Description: This week the Federal Court ruled that Optus had not breached copyright laws by providing sport streams to smart phones. Optus’ TV Now program allows users to playback any TV show on their smart phone with only a 2 minute delay. The case ar...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alternative Medicine Debate Updated: 2012-02-04 04:56:16 Description: Last week Razors Edge played a story by Sam Buckingham-Jones addressing calls for Alternative Medicine to be axed from Tertiary education. This week were continuing the debate talking to Professor Marcello Costa from the Friends of Science in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Historic Pay Equity Decision Updated: 2012-02-04 05:01:00 Description: 150-thousand of Australia's lowest paid workers in the social and community services sector - most of them women - are to be given a pay rise. In a landmark test case on pay equity, Fair Work Australia found that their work is undervalued and th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Call to end Alternative Medicine degrees Updated: 2012-01-29 05:43:23 Description: A group of experts is calling for Australian universities to stop offering accreditations in alternative medicine. Made up of more than 400 of Australia’s top scientists, doctors and researchers - Friends of Science in Medicine has written to un...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Australia's hidden unemployment Updated: 2012-01-28 01:21:44 Description: Guess which country has a whopping teenage unemployment rate of 17.3 percent? This same country has also seen some 92-thousand jobs slashed for 15-19-year-olds over the past four years. No, it's not any country in Europe. Nor is it Britain or the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Egypt and the Brotherhood Updated: 2012-01-28 01:28:50 Description: This week marks the one year anniversary of the collapse of Hosni Mubarak’s regime in Egypt. The milestone comes in the same week as Egypt’s first session of parliament. The Muslim Brotherhood already holds half the seats in parliament -- a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 700 call for Nuclear Weapons Convention Updated: 2012-01-28 05:13:37 Description: Over 700 prominent Australians, including several former prime ministers, this week signed a statement calling for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. The convention would provide a mechanism for the total removal of all weapons of mass destruction. It...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Can the Aust Car Industry Survive? Updated: 2012-01-28 05:19:18 Description: Holden and Ford cars have long been icons of the Australian car manufacturing industry not only for its cars, but also for the thousands of jobs it creates. Over ten thousand people rely on Australia’s Ford, Holden and Toyota plants for work, wh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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