On Sunday 25 July The Leaders Debate will air on four commercial networks and on ABC1 and ABC News 24. Below is your comprehensive guide to what each channel will be offering on the night, what channel will you be watching?
Tweet Veil of Suspicion When we stand in front of the wardrobe in the morning, we can choose anything we want to wear. No one has the right to make that decision for us. And neither should they. But right now in Australia, moves are underway to take that choice away from Moslem women. Some [...]
Tweet Jessica’s Excellent Adventure Well she did it. After 210 days at sea, 16-year-old Jessica Watson swept through Sydney Heads to become the youngest person ever to sail solo and unassisted around the world. So much for all those naysayers who said she was too young and that the trip was too dangerous. Our Jessica [...]
Tweet The Virus Hunters It’s that time of year again. The flu season used to mean household variety snuffles and sore throats. But nowadays, catch the wrong strain and you could end up in hospital or worse. Last year it was swine flu, we picked that one up from pigs. And, as Liam Bartlett discovered, [...]
Tweet As expected it may have lost some audience share from the large numbers it brought for the two hour series premiere, but the third episode of Underbelly: The Golden Mile still rated it socks off for a convincing win and allowing the Nine Network to take out Sunday night. Underbelly managed an audience of [...]
Tweet Queen of the Cross Not so long ago, it was hard to tell the cops from the crims on Sydney’s notorious vice strip – the Golden Mile. The woman you’ll meet on Sunday night was both. Kim Hollingsworth started out as a Kings Cross prostitute before fulfilling a lifelong ambition to become a police [...]
Tweet The Baby Makers There are plenty of Mums who’ll tell you they love being pregnant. But few could match the commitment and enthusiasm of the women you’re about to meet. Jill Hawkins and Carole Horlock have turned baby making into a career. A very lucrative career, according to their critics. You see, Jill and [...]
Tweet The Great Flood You’ve heard the old expression: “Be careful what you wish for”. Well, in the outback right now, our farmers are getting exactly what they wished for – and they’re getting it in spades. The decade-long drought has finally broken, although it took a once-in-a-hundred-year flood to do it. An enormous body [...]
Tweet Poisoned Fruit and vegies are supposed to be the healthy option. But what if we were to tell you that Australia’s fruit and vegetables are sprayed with chemicals that are considered so dangerous they’re banned around the world? Liz Hayes spent a hellish few weeks, witnessing the effects of these poisons in other countries. [...]
Tweet Loungeroom Safari Here’s a question for you. Which country has the world’s most tigers? India? Indonesia? Not even close. Try America. Yes, America. Now, these tigers aren’t roaming the wilds of the mid west and they’re not even in zoos. No, these are household pets. In all, there are some 7000 tigers being kept [...]
