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Xmas Budgeting
Posted on 2009-12-09
Christmas is a comin' and if you're anything like us at SYN, you're flat broke! Reporter Alison Hickerson had a chat with Barefoot Investor Scott Pape to learn a bit about budgeting.
St Kilda Triangle: SCRAPPED
Posted on 2009-12-09
The controversial plans for the St. Kilda Triangle development along the St. Kilda foreshore were scrapped by Port Phillip Council this week at a cost of $5 mil. Naomi Black found out more.
COP15 Day 1
Posted on 2009-12-09
Linh Do from Change and Switch speaks with Naomi Black about the first day of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
life after uni - part two
Posted on 2009-11-18
Panorama asks seven fresh graduates what their plans are for this year. We'll be following them as they get through their first year in the workplace.
life after uni - part one
Posted on 2009-11-18
We ask seven of this year's uni graduates to tell us their hopes and fears for their first year in the workplace.
Youth Homelessness in Victoria
Posted on 2009-11-16
Over 6000 young Victorians are homeless due to family poverty, neglect, drug and alcohol abuse and mental illness. Here are some of their stories.
Melbourne Cup and the stock market
Posted on 2009-11-03
Gambling in the Islam world is haraam - forbidden. But the stock exchange is all about risks and bets. How do faithful financiers reconcile their work and their religion?
renewable energy in Kuwait
Posted on 2009-10-30
Even though Kuwait has 10 percent of the world's oil, they're putting loads of money and willpower into renewable energy. Can Australia learn from Kuwait's example?
First Impressions and First Shisha
Posted on 2009-10-29
There are no pubs in Kuwait, so we found ourselves a shisha and tried to wrap our heads around this crazy place. And Matt chokes a little bit.
tassie devils and face cancer
Posted on 2009-10-05
Tasmanian Devil numbers are declining as Facial Tumour Disease has been killing off the last devils in Tasmania. Jenni Henderson spoke to Healesville's Christina Castellano.
A shoulder for struggling students
Posted on 2009-08-25
Panorama's Nick Toscano and Beau Donelly ate Indian lentil filos, lamb kebabs and party-pies at Melbourne's new international student drop-in centre on Bourke Street.
Outstayed your welcome?
Posted on 2009-08-25
Panorama's Beau Donelly asks property author, Alex Brooks, about the best age to fly the coop. Nick Toscano does a survey of his own...
Panorama: YOUTHink You Say
Posted on 2009-06-30
What is the government doing to re-engage disenfranchised youth in Australia? Kara Irving speaks to Federal Minister for Youth, Kate Ellis and also some young people from the Salvos and refugee Hip-Hop project 'grounded' about these issues
compassion fatigue
Posted on 2009-06-25
There's so much bad news in the world, disasters, fires, wars. How can you cope in the face of so much badness? Hsin-Yi Lo spoke with Dr Douglas Lorman.
defence force youth summit
Posted on 2009-06-18
Panorama's Paul Serratore dropped into the ADF's youth summit early in June. In this SYNcast, he talks Carmel Rodda through the day's events.
looking at child labour
Posted on 2009-06-12
Queen Vic market is hosting a photographic exhibition centred around the issue of child labour. Panorama's Beau Donelly had a look and chats with some of the people who put it together.
GM G-Web - future of SYN
Posted on 2009-06-12
Meet our glorious leader - Georgia Webster. A long time SYN media-maker, she now steers the good ship SYN through obstacles legal and financial. She talks here about where SYN's going next...
Dan Dan the Music Man
Posted on 2009-06-10
Dan is the music manager at SYN. He (and his team) choose which music gets featured on our flagship music programs.
talking TV with Anita
Posted on 2009-06-10
Anita is all over SYN's televisual output... Get Cereal, 1700, Postcodes, Naughty Rude TV.
prom queen to lonely spinster
Posted on 2009-06-02
In the first of our weekly business chats with Marcus, he tells a cautionary tale of General Motors and her inevitable decline.
65 roses - cystic fibrosis
Posted on 2009-05-28
From the day she was born, she's struggled with breathing and digestion. She's been in and out of hospital, and she may die young. Samantha Durrant has cystic fibrosis.
project toto with stilgherrian
Posted on 2009-05-22
Extreme blogger stilgherrian is on his way to Tanzania. His mission: to bring new media to the heart of Africa.
has Facebook ruined your life?
Posted on 2009-05-19
Facebook, Twitter, MMORPGS... have they taken over your life? Panorama asked three young people how the internet fits into their social lives.
ETS: environment vs business
Posted on 2009-05-19
In early May, the Government postponed the emissions trading scheme. Panorama spoke with Ellen Sandell, a young environmentalist, and Bridget Ryan, from the business world.
Samson and Delilah
Posted on 2009-05-15
Exploring the social, political and cultural issues raised in new Australian film Samson and Delilah
fairtrade fun and games
Posted on 2009-05-14
We all know about fairtrade coffee and chocolate, but Melbourne businessman Nick Savaidis is making fairtrade footballs. Tamzin Byrne finds out what inspired him.
study in Australia - too expensive
Posted on 2009-05-14
Brazillian student Macello Biazolli tells Simon Marrow why he's given up on his dream of studying in Australia.
jumps racing kills horses
Posted on 2009-05-14
Five horses died at jumps racing events in May 09. Glenys Oogjes from Animals Australia wants the sport banned. Steph Roden reports.
1 plastic bottle = 10 cents
Posted on 2009-05-14
Greens MP Colleen Hartland wants a 10c deposit on bottles like they have in South Australia. Alice Coulson asked her why.
swanston st - what a mess
Posted on 2009-05-14
Swanston St is confusing and dangerous. Melbourne City Council has a plan, but the RACV doesn't like it. Zoe Lehner interviewed Brian Negus.
ride the village bicycle
Posted on 2009-05-14
Sick of riding somewhere and being too lazy to ride home again? Ben Landau has the solution: Alice Coulson reports.
having a fat day
Posted on 2009-05-14
Having a fat day is one thing, but starving yourself because you feel fat is not right. Adrian Schembri explains his research to Paul Serratore.
drawing attention to autism
Posted on 2009-05-08
Can pictionary help you understand autism? Wojciech Nadachowski thinks so. He speaks here with Panorama's Tamzin Byrne.
Easter Special part 2
Posted on 2009-04-13
Heading home for Easter? Where is home for you? Where did you spend Easter Sunday? Do you call that place home? This show looks at what home means to you.
Easter Special part 1
Posted on 2009-04-12
We asked a Catholic, a Jew and a Pagan to tell us what Easter means to them.
current affairs wrap - March
Posted on 2009-04-10
living on the streets --- Indonesia: too dangerous? --- choir of hard knocks --- alcohol-fuelled violence
current affairs wrap - Februrary
Posted on 2009-03-04
Charles Darwin's 200th Birthday --- marketers invade Facebook --- what (who) bugs you at work --- how Vanessa might save your life.
How to bypass an internet filter
Posted on 2008-10-22
Tom Wood, a Melbourne year 10 student, managed to break the Government's
Buying a blimp
Posted on 2008-09-13
With other commercial organisations using blimps as a means of advertising, reporter Duncan Byrne finds out the costs involved in getting our very own blimp.
Who Killed Channel 9?
Posted on 2008-07-18
The release of the book "Who Killed Channel 9" by Gerald Stone has ignited debate about the once great television network. Viv Nunis spoke to the author and some ex-channel 9 workers.
journalism vs the PR machine
Posted on 2008-06-05
Panorama had a little run in with a PR message-nazi this week, which got us thinking about the line between 'us' and 'them', and the boundaries between news and hype, journalism and PR.
Emerging Writers Festival
Posted on 2008-05-05
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but festival guru Steve Grimwade might disagree with you on that.
Redfern Host to ANZAC March
Posted on 2008-05-03
The march is being organised by the Aboriginal Churches Partnership of Redfern and Waterloo in order to honour the aboriginal and Torres Strait islander men and women who fought for Australia, but whose contribution has largely been forgotten.
Media Integrity Interrogated
Posted on 2008-05-02
There is an idealistic belief that journalism is about the quest for truth. But when media stories are paid for, a practice commonly known as chequebook journalism, questions arise as to whether the exchange of money taints the story's integrity.
Cancer Council on Solariums
Posted on 2008-04-26
Claire spoke to Kylie Strong, Manager of Sunsmart at the Cancer Council Victoria about a recent study of solarium use across Australia, and the inherent health risks.
The Red Cross in the Solomons
Posted on 2008-04-25
The Solomons have been severely affected after experiencing an earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter Scale and then a tsunami. Susie Chippendale from The Red Cross, has just returned.
Miner Tales
Posted on 2008-04-16
Reporter Paul Serratore caught up with Scott Jeffery to find out a little more about life in the mines and how he found himself in this continually-growing industry.
The Cannabis Conundrum
Posted on 2008-04-15
When it comes to negative impacts of drugs, most of us will concentrate on the more illicit drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy and ice. Yet many people will have tried cannabis at some stage in their life without really considering the harms it too can cause.
Your Rights As A Digi-freak
Posted on 2008-04-14
In the wake of peer-to-peer software programs such as Kazaa, or Bit Torrent the music industry has done all it can to combat music piracy.
The Melbourne Model
Posted on 2008-03-27
With a generic undergraduate course becoming compulsory before entering a further study, Dr Pip Patterson of Melbourne University discusses some of the ensuing issues with Panorama's Tiffany Rogers.
Refugee Worker Speaks Out
Posted on 2008-03-27
Tracy Maize is a registered migration agent and has run her own practice in Melbourne for the past six years. As a result of her background and her work, she deals frequently with migrants from Zimbabwe suffering the after-effect of Mugabe's regime.
Probe Into Breach of Electoral Act
Posted on 2008-03-18
Panorama reporter, John Ronan, investigates the allegations of foul play at the hands of political support group 'Friends of Indi'.
Homeless Youth in Melbourne
Posted on 2008-03-18
Panorama's Alesha Capone spoke to Dr Karen Crinall of Monash University about the experiences of homeless youth and what can be done to help.
Student Nation System of Sweden
Posted on 2008-03-18
Panorama foreign correspondent, Kate Fazio, compares the Australian Voluntary Student Union model with Sweden's system of Nations. Can Australia compete or should we be taking cues from the great northern land?
Sudanese Refugee Students
Posted on 2008-03-04
Panorama spoke to Claire Lynch from Noble Park Secondary College. Claire heads a special program which helps Sudanese refugee students, begin their new lives in Australia.
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