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Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today

Move beyond the headlines to see how the past defines our world.

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30:00

Golf war—LIV and the battle for pro golf

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/09/04

LIV, a new professional golf competition backed by Saudi Arabia, has created bitter division among players, challenging the future shape of the game.

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30:00

If microchips are the new oil, Taiwan is the new...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/08/28

Taiwan today produces ninety per cent of the world’s most sophisticated microchips that power everything from our smart phone and laptops to military equipment, electric cars and rockets that go to Mars. But Taiwan is also in the eye of a political storm, caught between China on the one side and the United States on the other. How did the tiny island of Taiwan come to dominate the production of microchips and what happens if something goes wrong?

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30:00

Hostage diplomacy

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/08/21

Secret trials and overblown sentences are the hallmarks of state hostage-taking. What can governments do when their citizens are wrongfully detained overseas?

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30:00

Under Review—The Reserve Bank of Australia

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/08/14

Decisions made by the Reserve Bank affect so much of our lives—from our mortgage repayments to the cost of supermarket items. For the first time in decades, how it operates is up for review.

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E-books—winners and losers

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/08/09

The e-book has turned the book industry upside down affecting bookshops, publishers, authors, libraries and readers.This program was first broadcast on 24 October, 2021

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29:33

How history can help shape the debate about an...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/08/03

In the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are calling for an Indigenous Voice to parliament. While they haven’t set out how that would work there are models we can look back on.Ever since the referendum of 1967 federal governments have attempted and failed to set up administrative organisations to give Indigenous Communities a say in their own affairs.As we once again debate how we acknowledge Australia’s first people - what if anything can we

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29:06

Britain after Brexit

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/07/31

Britons were promised an economy free from European regulation and the right to make their own laws once they left the EU. Instead, British businesses are setting up in Europe and holidaymakers are stuck in traffic as they try to get to France.

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29:10

The ozone hole—how the world averted an environmental...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/07/24

In the 1970s, scientists warned of a potential natural disaster – the destruction of the ozone layer by CFCs, chemicals commonly used in fridges and spray cans. The world came together to protect the ozone layer. Why hasn’t this happened with climate change?

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28:54

Binge drinking and Dry July - Two sides of...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/07/17

Choosing to not drink is a pretty big thing in this country. Globally we’re well up there in terms of consumption levels and risky drinking - alcohol is entrenched in almost all aspects of society. But there’s growing interest in staying dry past July. Australia has a long history with alcohol but are we seeing a change in drinking habits?

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29:05

Papua New Guinea’s Election—Democracy with a difference

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/07/10

PNG has hundreds of languages groups, almost a thousand tribes and is one of only four nations globally that doesn’t have any women in parliament. Over three weeks the country is holding its national election – the 10th since it gained its independence from Australia in 1975.

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29:05

How did it come to this — the energy crisis we had to...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/07/03

Australia has everything it needs to produce electricity - coal, gas, sun, and wind. Yet we've wound up with energy shortages and huge price hikes. How did we get here - why is our energy system in such a mess? And what can we do to fix it?

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29:40

United States Supreme Court

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/06/28

The selection of a new justice to the United States Supreme Court is frequently controversial and almost always political. It’s a 'captain's pick' for the US president and one that can shape American society long after the president’s gone.

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29:07

The economics of Inflation—Science, Craft, or Snake Oil

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/06/26

None of us need to be told that prices are going up or that interest rates are following. We are clearly now in a period of inflation which may or may not lead to a recession. But what exactly is inflation, why does it occur, how does it relate to interest rates and what if anything can we learn from past inflationary periods?

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29:06

Not Quite Australian - What’s Australia’s problem...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/06/19

Despite being the closest of neighbours, for the last decade there’s been a worsening Trans-Tasman spat as New Zealanders in Australia are refused basic services and often deported. The new Albanese government has signalled this may be about to change, but what caused the spat in the first place, and was race the underlying issue?

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29:05

The NRA—Its history and its influence on the gun...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/06/12

It’s hard-to-understand America’s relationship with guns. Gun deaths and school shooting are commonplace in American communities – yet US politicians seem incapable or powerless to implement any type of gun reform. So, what’s going on and what role has the NRA, played in this political debate?

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29:06

Predicting the weather—a history of the forecast

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/06/05

We take for granted the accuracy of predictions and warnings put out by our weather forecasters. Once, weather predictions were the butt of jokes but today the Bureau of Meteorology can accurately forecast the weather for the next seven to ten days. How did this happen?

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29:03

Zero-COVID in China—the social economic and political...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/05/29

While the rest of the world is learning to live with COVID-19, China is still following its zero-COVID policy with citywide lockdowns, mass testing and quarantine. But there’s a social and economic cost and, potentially, also a political one. Why is the Chinese leadership sticking with the policy?

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29:08

Sri Lanka—failed state

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/05/22

Street protests and violence have accompanied Sri Lanka’s worst economic downturn since independence in 1948. What is behind the blackouts and acute shortages of food and fuel?

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29:06

Trouble in the ‘family’—Australia’s relationship with...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/05/15

The recent signing of the security pact between China and the Solomon Island has sent shock waves through the Federal election campaign. Questions are being asked about our relationship with the Solomon Islands and with other Pacific nations. What is behind Australia’s relationship with the Pacific nations?

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29:05

The Marcos revival—from pariahs to the presidency in...

Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today ·

2022/05/08

If Ferdinand Marcos Junior wins this week’s presidential election as expected, it will cap off a most remarkable come-back for a family exiled in the 1980s after stripping the country of billions and driving the economy into the ground.

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