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Title Lateline: 04/10/11
Published Australia : ABC, 2011
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Summary ICAC PROBES 'PERVASIVE WEB OF CORRUPTION'New South Wales's Independent Commission Against Corruption has launched its largest ever inquiry, into more than 100 Government authorities accused of receiving kick-backs from suppliers.ALMA LAUNCHES NEW GOLDEN AGE OF ASTRONOMYThe world's biggest and most complex telescope array is being built from 66 moveable radio telescopes on a remote mountain plateau in northern Chile.NINE NETWORK INVESTIGATED OVER POKIES COMMENTSThe Communications and Media Authority has launched an investigation into allegedly political comments made during a Nine Network broadcast of rugby league.SARTOR CHALLENGES ALP TO RETHINK UNION POWERFormer New South Wales government minister Frank Sartor says the ALP must rethink the power held by unions, reform the process of preselection and step back from constant engagement with the media.TAX FORUM PRODUCES PROPOSALS, NO DECISIONSThe Government insists its tax forum will help drive reform for the decade ahead but the Opposition claims it is a gabfest that is only producing hot air and paperwork.THE WEALTHIEST SHOULD GIVE BACK: CARNEGIEBusinessman Mark Carnegie is calling for the wealthiest 15 per cent of Australians to pay an extra 15 per cent in tax, ideally into a sovereign wealth fund.AUSTRALIAN SHARES PHYSIC NOBEL PRIZECanberra-based astrophysicist Brian Schmidt has shared the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate.KNOX ACQUITTAL LEAVES KERCHER FAMILY CONFUSEDAmerican student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend have been acquitted on appeal of murdering Meredith Kercher in Perugia four years ago
Event Broadcast 2011-10-04 at 22:25:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Corruption investigation.
Labor unions -- Government policy.
Local government -- Corrupt practices.
Mass media -- Political aspects.
Radio telescopes -- Design and construction.
Australia.
Chile.
New South Wales.
Form Streaming video
Author Baird, Mike, contributor
Brown, Bob, contributor
Campbell, Steve, contributor
Canane, Steve, host
Carnegie, Mark, contributor
Chalmers, Ian, contributor
De Graauw, Thijs, contributor
Fraser, Andrew, contributor
Henry, Ken, contributor
Hill, Richard, contributor
Iggulden, Tom, reporter
Kercher, Lyle, contributor
Knox, Amanda, contributor
Knox, Deanna, contributor
Lawrence, Jeff, contributor
Margetts, Jayne, reporter
McLaren, Alexander, contributor
Mignini, Guiliano, contributor
Oakeshott, Rob, contributor
Rathborne, Jill, contributor
Ridout, Heather, contributor
Sartor, Frank, contributor
Schmidt, Brian, contributor
Swan, Wayne, contributor
Vincent, Michael, reporter
Westacott, Jennifer, contributor
Williams, Phillip, reporter
Xenophon, Nick, contributor