Items filtered by date: June 2015

Professor Steve Keen explains how Greece and Europe reached their stand-off, and what he thinks will happen next.

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Monday, 29 June 2015 19:10

David Cameron Wants To Stay In Europe

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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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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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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Monday, 29 June 2015 18:55

Two More Nutjobs For President

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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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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Monday, 29 June 2015 18:43

NZ's Five Eyes Compromise

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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If you thought Sydney house prices have gone through the roof, Auckland is an even worse storey (sorry, story)

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Monday, 29 June 2015 18:37

NZ's Child Worker Vetting Backlog

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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Monday, 29 June 2015 18:30

What's The Big Idea? Stopping ISIS

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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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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