Balls Radio
16
Mar
2015
Swedish prosecutors have done a u-turn and agreed to come to Julian Assange's place at the Ecuadorean embassy in London. So, could he face assault charges?
16
Mar
2015
Is Tony Abbott right to suggest that indigenous people are living in remote communities as a 'lifestyle choice'. And what's with the onion?
09
Mar
2015
A licence for those using the self-service queue in supermarkets is one of the many ideas discussed in this week's 'What's the Big Idea?'
09
Mar
2015
A Sierra Leone athlete who came to Britain for the Commonwealth Games, is facing deportation. It's reminiscent of a 1960s Aussie athlete who also found himself trapped in the UK.
Written by
Phil Dobbie
Published in
Segments
09
Mar
2015
The Tory MP at the centre of Plebgate has had to pay out £80,000 in damages to the policeman he called a Pleb.
09
Mar
2015
In a populist move ahead of the next election, the UK government is calling for more leniency when it comes to traffic fines.
09
Mar
2015
New Zealand customs has made a request for powers to demand the right for travellers' laptop passwords.
09
Mar
2015
Whilst Australia seems unconcerned about the TPPA, over the ditch the Kiwis are up in arms and have taken to the streets.
09
Mar
2015
The Bay of Plenty Haka group, called Te Whanau-a-Apanui, won the National Haka championships this weekend.
09
Mar
2015
Residents of West Auckland have rallied together to protect a 500 year old Kauri tree. Local authorities want it to be chopped to make way for two new houses.
09
Mar
2015
One of Americas biggest travelling circus companies is ditching the Elephants, and not before time.
09
Mar
2015
Two years ago the city of Boston was rocked by the explosion of two bombs, both close to the finish line of the annual marathon. Now, the trial for the surviving bomber.
09
Mar
2015
Last week Joe Hockey released the Intergenerational Report. It is a thinly veiled attempt to show that the government's last budget was the only way to save our future.
09
Mar
2015
Senator James Mountain Inhofe - yes, middle name is Mountain - reckons there's no such thing as climate change because it's snwoing outside.
09
Mar
2015
The BBC has run a human interest story on Nigel Farage. My God, you could even end up liking the guy.
Written by
Phil Dobbie
Published in
Segments
09
Mar
2015
When it comes to televised debates there's no guarantee that the British Prime Minister will be there.
09
Mar
2015
The people of Alabama are rightly confused. If you are gay, can you marry or not? Judges are spending a disproportionate amount of time on the issue.
09
Mar
2015
Richard Kazimer reports on how the police officer who shot an unamed black teenager has been cleared by the Justice Department.
Written by
Phil Dobbie
Published in
Segments