13 Jul 2015
European economists are having a go at New Zealand for falling short on emission reductions. Harder to do, though, when the problem largely comes out the back end of farm animals.
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13 Jul 2015
Abbott blocks the Clean Energy Finance Corporation funding wind power projects. So what happened to the CEFC's own board and governance processes?
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13 Jul 2015
The presence of so many Scottish MPs in Westminster has raised a question. Should they be able to vote on English laws?
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13 Jul 2015
Scottish police are under fire after an emergency call was left unanswered. Three days after a victim was found in a crashed car, alongside her dead partner.
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13 Jul 2015
Workers in County Durham turn up to represent coal mines that closed two decades ago. Plus, how much would you pay for Queen Victoria's knickers?
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13 Jul 2015
Technical problems brought down the NY stock exchange, the Wall Street Journal website and forced United Airlines to ground aircraft. Insert your conspiracy theory here, says Richard Kazimer.
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13 Jul 2015
Richard Kazimer reports on a Florida Courts ruling that makes it illegal to live in the state without being hooked up to the water system.
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29 Jun 2015
Professor Steve Keen explains how Greece and Europe reached their stand-off, and what he thinks will happen next.
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29 Jun 2015
The UK Prime Minister promised a referendum on Europe to get himself elected. Now he's got the job his views seem clear and he's ready to campaign to stay in.
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29 Jun 2015
The UK has been rocked by the massacre on a beach in Tunisia. Balls Radio asks John Dobbie if the tourist industry there can expect to survive?
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29 Jun 2015
The ABC quickly apologised for featuring Zaky Mallah on Q and A last week. But, to resolve the issue of radicalism, don't you need to hear from a few of them?
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29 Jun 2015
Bobby Jindal and Chris Christie are two more GOP candidates adding comedic value to the Presidential race in the US. Richard Kazimer has more.
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29 Jun 2015
The Confederate Flag has become a symbol of hate in the US, particularly after last week's hate crime in South Carolina. As Richard Kazimer reports, many retailers now refuse to sell it.
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29 Jun 2015
What do you do when you don't want to upset a big trading partner, without snubbing your mates in the spy-ring. Perhaps New Zealand has the answer.
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29 Jun 2015
If you thought Sydney house prices have gone through the roof, Auckland is an even worse storey (sorry, story)
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29 Jun 2015
Schools in New Zealand are short of staff because of a backlog created by a new law requiring vetting of workers responsible for children. More than 50,000 are in the queue!
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29 Jun 2015
This week Phil Dobbie and Brian Haverty have two great ways of stopping ISIS in its tracks. You'll be amazed at the simplicity of the solution.
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29 Jun 2015
England is doing well in the Womens World Cup, even if, as John Dobbie contests, some of the commentary is a little condescending.
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Balls Radio is like talk radio, but for thinking people. Now a short daily occurrence, Phil Dobbie offers his opinions on what's happening, in the UK and overseas: politics, social policy, economics, science, religion. Yes, it's another, slightly overweight middle-aged white man telling the world how it should be. But there's nothing alt-right about Balls Radio. And we try and have fun along the way.

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