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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 …
The selection of a new justice to the United States Supreme Court is frequently controversial and almost always political. It’s a …
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 …
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 …
It’s hard-to-understand America’s relationship with guns. Gun deaths and school shooting are commonplace in American communities …
We take for granted the accuracy of predictions and warnings put out by our weather forecasters. Once, weather predictions were …
While the rest of the world is learning to live with COVID-19, China is still following its zero-COVID policy with citywide …
Street protests and violence have accompanied Sri Lanka’s worst economic downturn since independence in 1948. What is behind the …
The recent signing of the security pact between China and the Solomon Island has sent shock waves through the Federal election …
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 …
A draft ruling leaked to the press suggests the US Supreme Court is preparing to overturn Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling …
For over one hundred years, the Ruhr region was the grimy, polluted heart of Germany’s coal and steel. Today it has no coal …
In this year’s election campaign, well-funded independents are arguing for a better approach to managing climate change. What …
Chocolate is one of our most popular indulgences but there is a darker side to the industry – one connected with colonialism, the …
Five years ago, Emmanuel Macron became France’s youngest-ever president at the age of thirty-nine. It was a stunning victory, the …
Human history is littered with atrocities and genocides committed during war and for centuries civilised nations have struggled …
The two far-right candidates, Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour, are expected to do well in the forthcoming French presidential election. Why is the Right so strong in France and what is its connection …
Brisbane is a city all too familiar with floods, despite decades of dredging, straightening and dam building. Although each flood is remembered for the community spirit and resilience shown by the …
Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin early on Christmas morning in 1974. Within hours, a coordinated national response was underway and within three years the city had been rebuilt - better than before. How did …
At thirty-six, Chile’s new president is only just old enough to hold the job. Does he have what it takes to help Chile finally …
China and Russia have what they describe as a very special relationship, one that some analysts claim is establishing a new world …
In November, Barbados, a tiny Caribbean island, replaced the Queen as its head of state with a Barbadian president. How did Barbados succeed where Australia failed and what does it mean to be a …
For weeks, Russian troops have massed on the Ukrainian border. It’s still unclear if Europe will be plunged into war or if a …
As Fortress Australia crumbles, Rear Vision dusts off the history of the passport.
Since the onset of the Covid pandemic, state and territory leaders have emerged as key players in dealing with the crisis. They have also increasing taken the lead on issues like climate change, gay …
Most of the drug companies that developed Covid vaccines have made massive profits. But where does the money and scientific research for these medical breakthroughs come from and who shares in the …
China is one of the key diplomatic and economic power on the planet today. Yet just 50 years ago it was one of the poorest and …
Around the world there is a rapidly growing body of scientific evidence suggesting that psychedelic drugs are safe and highly effective when used under medical supervision. Why did promising …
For fifty years, governments have cut taxes for corporations and the wealthiest people, arguing that this will stimulate the …
Barnaby Joyce’s return to the leadership of the National Party is bound to stir things up in Australian politics. Where does he …
The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most vital trade routes. It’s the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe and about 12% of global trade passes through it each year. But the Canal is situated …
Prince Harry’s decision to renounce his royal role was not the first time a member of the British monarchy decided to opt out. …
What are calories and can you lose weight by eating fewer of them? The story of the calorie shadows the Western struggle with diet and obesity.
Fifty years ago, a genocidal crackdown, a war of liberation, an overwhelming flood of refugees and finally, military conflict between India and Pakistan, gave birth to a new nation.
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Despite popular belief, medical conspiracy theories aren’t new. What can we learn from their ancient history and about the people …
Pharmacists stopped making their own medicines and began selling ready-made drugs almost a century ago. In Australia, it led to an unusual arrangement that has put chemists at odds with doctors and …
Commentators are talking about a new Cold War between the world’s two great powers but are there any similarities between the …
What role do these agencies play in ensuring that politicians and the rest of our public sector behave the right way?
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Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, elected earlier this year, is taking a strong stand on climate change, challenging the Australian government to do more to cut carbon emissions.
The e-book has turned the book industry upside down affecting bookshops, publishers, authors, libraries and readers.
Taiwan is one of the world’s key economies, yet it belongs to no international organisations and isn’t a member of the UN. Why is …
While working from home during the pandemic has been a novel and sometimes difficult experience for office workers, companies and …
While cybercrime and cybersurveillance are commonplace today, how many of us understand their effect our everyday lives? What’s revealed in the history of cybercrime, from its rudimentary beginnings …
Many Germans have only ever known one chancellor – Angela Merkel. Voters are about to choose a new leader for the first time in sixteen years and the election is being described as the most open and …
The spread of the delta variant of Covid from the cities to rural and regional Australia has exposed weaknesses in the health system. Rear Vision traces the story of rural health care from bush …
Almost three thousand people died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. All planes were grounded and rumours and conspiracy theories swept the internet as a shocked nation tried to make …
The federal government believes the way to lower Australia’s carbon emissions is through technology and one of the technologies …
Barnaby Joyce’s return to the leadership of the National Party is bound to stir things up in Australian politics. Where does he …
Afghanistan has been invaded by foreign armies five times in less than 200 years. Every occupation ultimately failed. What can we …
The Taliban emerged from the rubble of the Soviet-Afghan war and in turn were ousted by the US led War on Terror. Twenty years on, the Americans and their allies gone and the Taliban are once again …
In the early 1990s, Nelson Mandela and his political party, the ANC, ended apartheid peacefully but the leaders of the new …
The Tokyo Olympics have gone ahead despite the global pandemic, but it’s the not the first-time world events have conspired …
The Caribbean nation of Haiti, whose president was recently assassinated, is the world’s poorest and most unstable country. Yet this was not always the case. For over a century it was France’s …
Bolsonaro's right-wing politics, boorish comments and mishandling of the Covid pandemic have invited comparisons with Donald …
In 2018, Ethiopia had a new, reformist prime minister and was opening up politically and socially while forging a peace deal to …
Orangemen—with their distinctive bowler hats, white gloves, and orange collarettes—are a Protestant Irish organisation. For …
For fifty years, governments have cut taxes for corporations and the wealthiest people, arguing that this will stimulate the …
A scheduled Ryan Air flight from Athens to Vilnius was diverted as it flew over Belarus and told to land at Minsk because of a …
In 2018 Australia signed a Treaty with Timor-Leste establishing sea boundaries based on a line equidistance from each other’s coasts. Yet Australia’s seabed boundaries with Indonesia, established in …
Around the world there is a rapidly growing body of scientific evidence suggesting that psychedelic drugs are safe and highly effective when used under medical supervision. Why did promising …
Pentecostalism is a Christian religious movement with over seven hundred denominations world-wide and Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, is a believer. What do Pentecostalists believe and …
The US operates a global network of overseas military facilities that dwarfs that of any other country. How does Australia fit into this picture and what are the risks and benefits?
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This week Palestinians should have been voting in their first election for 15 years, but the election was cancelled and now they …
It’s unlikely that any of us will be hit by space junk here on earth but collisions in space are a real threat to the satellite …
Prince Harry’s decision to renounce his royal role was not the first time a member of the British monarchy decided to opt out. …
The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most vital trade routes. It’s the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe and about 12% of global trade passes through it each year. But the Canal is situated …
The Irish border—running along five hundred kilometres of rural land—is a paradox. Both visible and invisible, it’s vital to peace in Ireland.
One of the most secretive organisations on the planet, Myanmar’s military has ruled the country with an iron fist for over 50 …
The recent accounts of bullying, sexual harassment and worse from women who work in federal politics would come as no surprise to …
For a couple of hundred years rural and urban communities relied on their local paper for the news that mattered to them. Now those papers are shutting down readers are turning to sites like Facebook …
At the end of the month the COVID supplement to the dole ends, leaving thousands of Australians facing bleak choices: …
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, set out to deregulate the county's traditional agricultural markets. But he faced an …
It was the only human infectious disease we've ever managed to wipe out. Smallpox, a disease of fluid-filled blisters, was frequently fatal. It was defeated by the world's first vaccine. Are there …
The first 100 days of any US presidency are critical, so what can President Biden learn from Franklin Delano Roosevelt? FDR led the United States through the depression and in his first 100 days he …
When Mao died in 1976, China was unable to feed its people, cut off from the rest of the world. How did it become today's economic giant?
Since the rise to power of Xi Jinping in 2013, governments across the globe are having to learn how deal with an assertive and …
Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House of Representative and third in line to the President of the United States. For over ten …
Joe Biden has just become the 46 President of the United States. Twice before he ran for the Democrat presidential nomination twice and both times been defeated soundly.
Born in 1942 he has spent …
Yoga goes back thousands of years in India but as its popularity spread around the world, its practice diversified to incorporate …
As the coronavirus sweeps across the globe, people everywhere are turning to cycling. In cities like London, Milan, Paris, and …
Cruise holidays were once only for the wealthy. In recent decades they've found a mass market, but how and at what cost?
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This time last year fires raged from Queensland, down the NSW coast to Victoria, and across parts of Western Australia and South Australia. But fires are not new - we live in a country that has been …
The NBN was supposed to provide all Australian homes with reliable, super-fast internet connections. As many of us adjust to living and working from home, connected with our jobs, friends and family …
Human history is usually understood through wars, economic changes, technological development or great leaders. What’s frequently …
What light can those who study cults - most of which can be more properly described as new religious movements - shed on their …
Centrelink’s 'automated debt recovery system' - or Robodebt - sparked two Senate inquiries, an Ombudsman inquiry, numerous court cases and caused enormous stress to thousands of Australians. The …
Although Australia is not doing particularly well when it comes to addressing climate change, there is one bright spot — the …
Today electricity produced by wind and solar is as cheap if not cheaper than any other form of energy. But 20 years ago, it was a …
In a few weeks, six hundred million people will bid a political adieu to their troublesome neighbour. How has the EU handled …
Since 1982, a group eight small island nations in the Western and Central Pacific have collectively taken control of their major …
What’s to become of petrol stations when electric vehicles take over? How did today's servo evolve from the garages of the …
Once travel was only for the elite but as trains, cars and planes eventually opened the door for almost everyone to take a trip, mass tourism really took off.
The selection of a new justice to the United States Supreme Court is frequently controversial and almost always political. It’s a …
The Universal Postal Union created the global postal territory that has allowed letters and parcels to travel around the world for almost 150 years.
Now challenged by email and private couriers as …
The deal brings to four the number of Arab nations who have normalised diplomatic relations with Israel. It was a triumph for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for US President Donald …
Tesla is now the world’s most successful car company, although it might be more accurate to call it a tech company that makes …
In the upcoming US presidential election voters will cast their ballots in myriad ways, from mail-in-voting to computerised voting machines. And if it’s a close election, there will be court …
Regional Forest Agreements were supposed to settle what could be logged and where, but recent court challenges and protests show …
Australian universities are confronting a firestorm, the loss of foreign students, the layoff of academics, the underpayment of staff and radical changes to domestic university fees.
Why is our …
The COVID pandemic has put the spotlight on aged care homes, already under scrutiny after evidence of neglect and abuse was laid bare in the Royal Commission. Who is responsible and how did it happen?
The hard lockdown of nine public housing towers in Melbourne last month raised many questions. When were they built? Why were they only built in Sydney and Melbourne? And why did we think tower …
Australia is home to plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet. How did a law designed to protect our rich environmental heritage fail so badly?
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 75 years ago, led to the end of WWII in the Pacific. How did that war and the post-war …
Fishing became the lightning rod for Brexit but without a deal, the UK could catch plenty of fish but have nowhere to sell them. …
For over 200 years the right to vote in the US has been a contested issue, especially for African Americans and other people of …
President Donald Trump appears a perhaps unconvincing Christian but the support of religious conservatives is crucial to his re-election in November.
As the coronavirus sweeps across the globe, people everywhere are turning to cycling. In cities like London, Milan, Paris, and …
Vaccines are one of the greatest medical advances in modern history but it usually takes decades to develop one that is both safe and effective. Can we beat the clock with Covid-19?
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The recent killing of two African American men at the hands of white police has raised questions about policing across the United …
Yoga goes back thousands of years in India but as its popularity spread around the world, its practice diversified to incorporate …
Would you volunteer to be a human guinea pig in a clinical trial for Covid19 vaccine? Would you be more likely to volunteer, if …
The US suggestion that the corona virus came from a Chinese lab - although unsupported by any evidence - prompts the story of our …
There was a time in the 1960s when Australia manufactured almost everything – washing machines and fridges, footwear and clothes, cars and steel. It was a major part of our GDP and employed almost a …
Joe Biden is now President of the United States. He has been involved in U.S politic for almost 50 years and twice before ran for …
Cruise holidays were once only for the wealthy. In recent decades they've found a mass market, but how and at what cost?
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Human history is usually understood through wars, economic changes, technological development or great leaders. What’s frequently …
Around two thirds of the infectious illnesses we humans suffer are caused by pathogens we’ve picked up from wild or domestic animals. They’re called zoonotic diseases and these kinds of illnesses go …
Joe Biden has emerged as the Democratic nominee for the United States Presidential race in November. But he’s run twice before and both times been defeated soundly. Why did he win this time and how …
Find out how match fixing works. It's ubiquitous and now recognised as the biggest threat to sport integrity.
The NBN was supposed to provide all Australian homes with reliable, super-fast internet connections. As many of us adjust to living and working from home, connected with our jobs, friends and family …
For over 60 years the World Health Organisation has been the pre-eminent international health organisation but questions have been asked about its response to several infectious diseases. This is the …
Singapore and South Korea – partly because of their experience with previous corona virus outbreaks – have managed this pandemic without locking people in their homes or shutting down their …
After a month of almost unprecedented drama on global financial markets due to the spread of the Coronavirus, Rear Vision revisits the 1920s and the events that led to the stock market crash of 1929.
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In the fourteenth century, the plague killed about half the population of Europe and Asia, making it one of the most devastating …
On the 17th March Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Prime Minister of Israel will appear in court, charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Despite the charges his party won the most seats in …
With coronavirus most likely having jumped from animals to humans at a wet market in China, here’s what you need to know about …
Last week as President Donald Trump was visit to India - the national capital New Delhi erupting in communal violence. It’s a …
Shifting political dynamics have given new life to the question of the reunification of the Republic in the south with Northern …
At the heart of the recent US impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump was Trump’s personal lawyer and former Mayor of …
In December, one of the car industry’s most powerful figures fled from Japan where he was awaiting trial, apparently hidden in a …
Most Australians have been impacted by bush fires this summer. But fires are not new - we live in a country that has been shaped …
E-cigarettes first appeared as a healthier alternative to smoking, maybe even a way to quit, but they soon escaped the medical framework and have become a public health nightmare in the US. Yet some …
Why do some parents choose not to vaccinate their children, despite the safety and success of vaccines?
In the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are calling for an Indigenous Voice to parliament. …
Who decides what a painting is worth? The history of the art market and how it works.
Earlier this year the Indian parliament has revoked Article 370 of the India Constitution — which had guaranteed some form of …
Assassination has a very long history yet each one is as singular as the life taken. Do they change the course of history, as …
Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House of Representative, and the most powerful woman in the United States. For the past two years …
GPS—where did this handy and incredibly accurate system come from and how did it become so thoroughly integrated into our lives?
Parts of Australia are in the grip of one of the worst droughts in decades and water security is a key issue. While Sydney is about to go onto level 2 water restrictions, some towns like Cobar, …
The desire for independence is driving politics in places as far flung as Catalonia, Scotland and New Caledonia. Will the people …
For over a month Lebanon’s streets have been brought to a standstill by protesters. The demonstrators are demanding a complete …
On the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, hear the whole story—why was it built, how did affect the lives of …
Since the first Gulf War in 1991 the Kurds have been a key player in the Middle East first in Iraq and later in Syria.
But, who …
Francisco Franco, an ally of Hitler and Mussolini, remains a controversial figure in Spain. The exhumation of his remains is the …
Senior police officers in NSW are making the case for decriminalising drug use and possession. But they're not alone — across …
Divorce in Australia can be a straightforward matter if both sides agree but if not, it can be expensive as well as destructive. The Family Law Act has been the subject of dozens of reports and over …
Iran and America have despised each other for decades. The Americans see Iran as a nation of Islamic extremists and terrorists, while Iranians believe America is an imperial power determined to …
How did the Communists pull off an unexpected victory in China?
Zimbabwe is potentially one of the richest nations in Africa — it has productive agricultural land, a vast array of mineral …
Farming and soil - how can we get the most out of agricultural land?
While the world’s focus has been on the trade war between China and America, you might have missed the economic stalemate brewing between Japan and South Korea.
But unlike most trade disputes their …
Following the failure of President Trump’s clumsy attempt to buy Greenland from Denmark, here's the longer story of US land …
The Indian parliament has revoked Article 370 of the India Constitution — which had guaranteed some form of independence for …
Public demonstrations and vigils have long been part of political life in Hong Kong, but nothing matches the current protests.
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In the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are calling for an Indigenous Voice to parliament. …
The movement to protect Australia’s rich environmental heritage shifted from polite, backroom persuasion to sometimes violent …
As a nation we have a great affection for our farmers and the family farm. But rural Australia is changing, and there’s an …
A history of interest rates from Ancient Babylon to today.
Boris Johnson, the gaffe-prone showman of British politics, is about to get the job he’s always coveted.
There’ve been numerous American interventions in the Middle East. But does anyone remember the 1919 King Crane Commission, …
The Treaty of Versailles was signed 100 years ago - it ended WWI and was supposed to end all wars.
But as we all know it didn't end war and arguably laid the foundation for a century of ethnic …
The Paris Peace Conference of 1919, held just months after the end of WWI, gathered together the leaders of the world. Their …
In the United States there is concern about the power and market share of tech companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and …
Royal families have survived colonialism, occupation and democratisation but will they last?
States across America are passing heartbeat laws, which aim to outlaw abortions at any stage of pregnancy with no exceptions for rape or incest.
They are reigniting debate in the US around abortion …
Anti-vaxxers - despite the safety and success of vaccines, why do some parents choose not to vaccinate their children?
The recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka shocked the world. Yet terrorism in our region has a very long and bloody history, one …
Who decides what a painting is worth? The history of the art market and how it works.
What's behind New Zealand's impressive political response to the Christchurch terrorist attack?
Members have included racists, religious zealots and gun lovers, but are they vital for Australia’s democracy?
INTERPOL facilitates worldwide police cooperation - where does it come from and how does it work?
What lessons can be learned from the US experience?
Now the Chinese government is rounding up and interning large number of Uyghurs — the Muslim ethnic group from the western Chinese province of Xinjiang. While for decades there have been tensions, …
Justin Trudeau - Canada’s charismatic leader - struggles with a political scandal that has cost him some of his political gloss.
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Two weeks ago, Algeria citizens took to the streets demanding that the aging, ill president - Abdelaziz Boteflika stand aside and not run for a 5th term as president.
While he has now agreed to this …
Why has Britain's relationship with Europe been a poisonous obsession in the Conservative Party?
Why is membership of the EU such a divisive political issue for Jeremy Corbyn and many Labour Party voters?
As the last fighters of the Islamic State group are forced from land along the border with Iraq, Rear Vision looks both back at eight years of war and at what lies ahead.
Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House of Representative and third in line to the President of the United States. For over ten …
What do we know about assassins and their motivation? Do they change the course of history, as many assassins hope?
Venezuela is stuck in political turmoil – it has two legislative bodies claiming to right to pass laws, and two Presidents both …
A decade into the most ambitious program to save the Murray-Darling river system from ecological disaster, hundreds of thousands …
The large number of migrants arriving on the Mexico/United States border come from El Salvador, Honduras or Guatemala. These three central American nations have in common high poverty rates, wealth …
What is known about the earliest encounters between the Aboriginal people and the British of the First Fleet?
The third and final part of Rear Vision’s series tracing the story of the relationship between indigenous and nonindigenous Australians. In this program we trace the story from the Tent Embassy in …
In post WW2 Australia the key policy adopted by all state and territories in relations to Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders …
The story of the relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians is contested and complex. Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders are the first people and their land, way of life and …
Russians in the UK – spies and billionaires, mysterious deaths and money laundering - and the long arm of Vladimir Putin.
Volkswagen and the story of its success.
The Irish border—running along five hundred kilometres of rural land—is a paradox. Both visible and invisible, it’s vital to peace in Ireland.
What does it mean to be a citizen? And what’s the story behind the passport, the most tangible proof of citizenship?
Continuing the story of the radical left, from the 1930s to a new breed of openly left-wing politicians.
Trace the emergence of the radical left in the US, from 1830s Utopian socialists to 1930s Communists.
What was Australia’s role in World War I and what happened at home during the war and after it ended?
Is it a power for peace? Or is it leading toward armed conflict in the Indo-Pacific?
A story of corruption, bitter political rivalries and ultimately, astonishment.
Can a reassessment of the history of human rights help us explain current threats to personal freedoms?
Increasingly wildfires, bushfires and megafires are extending fire seasons around the world.
What would a First Nation Voice to parliament look like?
What features do megacities share and how do they differ?
Stolen islands, colonial bullies and a US military base.
Ten years ago Lehman Brothers, one of America’s largest banks, collapsed, threatening the entire global financial system.
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Europeans have been living in Australia for over 200 years, and it has taken us that long to realise that drought isn't an aberration, but rather a recurring part of life on this continent. So why …
It’s 200 years since the first documented Chinese settler arrived in the fledgling Australian colonies.
The Opium Wars, between Britain and the Chinese Qing Empire resulted in the opening of china to western trade and the …
Can a man whose political popularity rests on his sporting success transform his country?
A revolution is sweeping the Horn of Africa - not one involving guns and bombs, but rather compromise and peace. For over 20 …
Working time , how the technologies of time keeping have shaped our working lives from the punch clock of the 19th century to …
The United States of America and many other Western powers, including us here in Australia, are starting to get concerned about the growing influence of the Chinese in the Pacific Region.
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The story of Edward Said’s book of literary and cultural criticism, Orientalism. And how it became one of the most controversial …
Volkswagen and the story of its success.
Why are the countries with the highest taxes the happiest?
In this program we trace the story from the Tent Embassy in 1972 through to the Uluru Statement of the Heart in 2017.
Rear Vision traces the story of the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians — assimilation to activism.
Rear Vision traces the story of Australia's relationship with its Indigenous people — from the time of Federation in 1901 through to the Uluru Statement in 2017.
North Korea and the United States of America have been in conflict since 1945.
FIFA - a tale of bribery, racketeering and money laundering and Australia’s role in the corruption behind the world’s most …
For the past two decades most two-thirds of nations of Latin America, have consistently elected progressive or radical left governments. But is that about to change?
Suharto — Indonesia's strong man — toppled from power 20 years ago, after more than three decades in office.
In 1968 in almost every nation student unrest and protests became the norm and nowhere more so than in France. What were all these students protesting about?
Russians in the UK – spies and billionaires, mysterious deaths and money laundering - and the long arm of Vladimir Putin.
The patterns of debate about live exports – the economic argument versus the animal welfare questions – have run through Australia’s long history of shipping sheep and cattle overseas.
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Rear Vision looks at trade wars of the past and how President Trump’s trade war might play out.
Australians spend around $24 billion dollars a year on gambling.
The world's worst flu pandemic killed around 50 million people worldwide — including many healthy young adults, not just those …
Twenty years ago, the Good Friday Agreement brought an uneasy end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Kidnapping, bombing and murder - the battle over Northern Ireland.
No-one knows exactly how many guns there are in America; but we do know it's a billion-dollar business.
A controversial new law makes it illegal to accuse Poland of complicity in the Holocaust.
Donald Trump is at war with the FBI, but he's not the first. The relationship between the presidency and the FBI has long been …
In the wake of the panic caused in Hawaii last month over its false nuclear alert, we’re looking at past false alarms.
Is economic inequality increasing?
In December, Cyril Ramaphosa became the new president of the ANC and probably South Africa’s next president.
Beginning in December 2017 and continuing into January, a series of public protests erupted in cities across Iran. The protests were the most intense domestic challenge to the Iranian government …
What is known about the earliest encounters between the Aboriginal people and the British of the First Fleet?
The recent clash between white nationalists and protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia reminds us that race is and always has …
The recent clash between white nationalists and protesters in Charlottesville Virginia reminds us that race is and always has …
In the shadow of slavery: The roots of racism in the US.
Reporting from the White House: how the media has covered the president and how the president has managed the press.
As the UK enters negotiations over its departure from the European Union, Gibraltar fears that it could become a bargaining chip.
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The story of plastic is the story of the modern world. It's endlessly useful but an environmental headache.
Australia in the Antarctic and the story of Heard Island, a tiny, volcanic dot on the map.
Citizenship is a western notion, and is in many respects like a membership in a fancy club - where decisions are made about who is to be included and who is not. But what does citizenship mean in the …
How should Timor-Leste and Australia divide the gas and oil wealth under the Timor Sea?
The independence referendum last month highlighted the deep division within Catalonia and the political gulf between Catalonians …
Karl Marx - who was he and why was he so influential?
The Bolshevik or Russian Revolution of October 1917 (by the Russian calendar), was one of most significant moments in modern …
Rear Vision traces the story of car making from the Ford production line to today’s global industry.
The 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibited race discrimination, yet 50 years it remains stubbornly entrenched in America.
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