The church, the clubs and their pokies

Coming up this Sunday 23rd September 2012 The church, the clubs and their pokies THE CHURCH, THE CLUBS AND THEIR POKIES Reporter: Wendy Carlisle The Catholic church and Catholic clubs are at odds over gambling reforms. The church backs them but the clubs oppose them, insisting they don't profit from problem gamblers. Wendy Carlisle investigates the 'Catholic casinos' Background Briefing is now broadcast after the 8am news bulletin on Sunday morning. Recently on Background Briefing: FLIGHT OF THE DRONES Reporter: James Woodford Unmanned aerial vehicles have spread from war zones to toy shops. Now anyone can use a drone to point a camera into your private spaces and privacy laws can't stop them. ATTACK OF THE ALGORITHMS Reporter: Stan Correy Robot traders are dominating stock markets using high speed computer algorithms. Human traders and government regulators can't keep up, and markets could be one programming glitch away from the next big crash. AN UNSPEAKABLE ACT Reporter: Will Storr Rape is a primary weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Lake Kivu region is called the 'rape capital of the world'. Men, women and children are victims but when it comes to male rape international aid agencies don't want to talk about it.  Please note that due to copyright restrictions there will be no podcast or transcript of this program. THE BIG BINGE Reporter: Di Martin More pubs and more bars, open for more hours, more extreme binge drinking, more extreme violence and more hospital admissions! What is being done to stem the alcohol tide?  A DEADLY WAIT Reporter: Brendan King Hundreds of heroin addicts in NSW have been at risk of dying from an overdose because of long waiting lists for methadone treatment. Others have been forced to move hundreds of kilometres to get treatment. There are claims that addicts in the city of Newcastle have died as a direct result of an acute shortage of methadone places. Background Briefing stories in the news again: AMA AND ALCOHOL    The AMA has come out on AM this week to criticise social media platforms over their alcohol advertising policies and also call for a raising of the age limit for drinking alcohol to 25 years. Di Martin looked at our alcohol culture in her program The big binge . GUN CULTURE Triple J's Hack program did a great story on the growing gun culture in Australia this week - in particular amongst young people. Ian Townsend also looked at the huge numbers of guns being imported into Australia last year in his program Guns are back.   To access the Background Briefing website go to: Home | Contact | Newsletter Subscribe or Unsubscribe

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