DISCHORD: MUSIC SCHOOL IN TURMOIL Reporter: Di Martin One of Australia's top music schools is in upheaval. Worsening debt and a very public fight over the direction of teaching has plunged the ANU School of Music into uncertainty and acrimony. Half the teaching staff will go. For some this is a battle between good and evil. For others it is an inevitable cultural shift, away from traditional classical music. (Originally broadcast on 17th June 2012.)
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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. (Originally broadcast on 16 September 2012)
FATAL SHORE: THE DEATHS OF THREE TEENAGE LIFESAVERS Reporter: Wendy Carlisle Matthew Barclay, Saxon Bird and Robert Gatenby all died while competing at national surf championship events on the Gold Coast. Their deaths occurred in different years but at the same beach, and all in heavy surf conditions. Were their deaths preventable? Did Surf Life Saving Australia fail in its duty of care? There's grief, anger and calls for a Royal Commission. (Originally broadcast on the 13th May 2012.)
LEAD POISONING: A SILENT EPIDEMIC Reporter: Ian Townsend There's growing evidence that lead poisoning shaves IQ points in children and has an insidious effect on behaviour. While experts debate safe exposure, a boom in home renovations could increase the risks. The suburbs of Queensland flooded earlier this year are lead-dust hot spots but residents haven't been warned. (Originally broadcast on the 6 May 2012)
FROM CATTLE TO CARBON Reporters: Caddie Brain and Di Martin Once a cattle empire, Henbury Station in Central Australia is now a multi-million dollar, carbon farming experiment. But with the cattle gone the neighbours are angry, and while the government says restoring land can be a good business, the future of this taxpayer assisted project is in doubt.
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