Inside Story
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago -Inside Story combines original, high-quality journalism and rigorous analysis to bring its readers a distinctive view of Australia and the world. Drawing on a network of Australian writers and academic researchers, together with correspondents in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas, Inside Story investigates the forces shaping politics, society and culture.
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Uniting the opposition in Iran (Inside Story)
July 08, 2009 10:00 - 21 minutes - 24.9 MBThe Iranian presidential election campaign had many of the trappings of a western democratic election, including mass rallies and live television debates. The incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was handicapped by his inept economic management, Iran's reduced oil income and the changed geo-political narrative with the election of Barack Obama. Election night brought a shock result: Ahmadinejad was returned in a first round landslide, out-polling the reformist, Mir-Houssein Mousavi, two to one. Si...
State of anticipation (Inside Story)
July 06, 2009 10:00 - 17 minutes - 19.9 MBQueenslander's will have a chance to pass judgment on the Bligh-Beattie Labor government at the polls on 21 March - and to respond to the newly minted, hybrid conservative Liberal National Party led by Lawrence Springborg, out for his third trot around the paddock seeking the Sunshine State premiership. If she can hold off the LNP challenge during a global financial crisis while presiding over a chronic deficit in state-wide infrastructure, Anna Bligh would become the first woman elected to o...
Democracy gains momentum in Iran (Inside Story)
June 10, 2009 10:00 - 39 minutes - 45.4 MBIran goes to the polls on 12 June 2009 to elect a president of that Islamic Republic, and surprisingly the outcome is in some doubt. The ultra-conservative president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seeking re-election for a second four year term, but the drop in oil prices and the faltering Iranian economy have left him weakened. And the new Obama administration in the United States has put significant pressure on all the presidential candidates to be clear about how they would manage this new era of ...