triple j's Hack

triple j's hack: Head Injuries at John Hunter Hospital

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Unfortunately it's not uncommon to hear about young people getting killed in car crashes. But what about the young people who don't get killed in car accidents, but are seriously injured? We hear a lot less about those people with brain injuries who need constant care for the rest of their lives. Ronan Sharkey spent a day at John Hunter hospital in Newcastle. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 17/08/2005

triple j's hack: Freakonomics #3 - Legalised abortion

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Steven Levitt, the author of Freakonomics argues that the massive drop in crime across the United States was not because of 'get tough' policies but rather, it was because of legalised abortion. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 17/08/2005

triple j's hack: Dumpster divers

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Australians wasted over 5 billion dollars worth of unused food last year, which according to the Australia Institute is more than 13 times the amount of food Aussie households donate to overseas aid organisations. In protest to this wastefulness, theres a growing movement of dumpster diving. Reporter, Kaitlyn Sawrey spent a few hours rummaging around Brisbane shopping centre dumpsters. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 16/08/2005

triple j's hack: East Timor veterans

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Matthew Stewart, is the former Australian soldier suspected of being in an Al-Qaeda video. At the moment he is only a suspect, but if the man in the balaclava were indeed Matthew, many people would find hard to believe that a man who served with Australian forces in East Timor can suddenly jump ship and join Al Qaeda. However it mightn't seems that strange if you knew what those who served in East Timor in 1999 went through and how they were treated when they returned. East Timor veterans had real problems adapting back into Australian life. Many have left the army disillusioned, some have committed suicide, and others have ended up in jail or just flipped out. Guests: Shane Vanduren - East Timor Veteran, Gabi Piscioneri - His lawyer This story was first broadcast on triple j on 16/08/2005

triple j's hack: Freakonomics #2 - Drug dealers living at home

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Why do drug dealers live with their mums? Economist Steve Levitt and author of the book 'Freakonomics', has a theory that most drug dealers who work on American streets earn very little at all. As it's their bosses who make the most of the cash, the dealers are left looking for other work. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 15/08/2005

triple j's hack: Freakonomics #1 - The bagel man

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What can the American Bagel seller tell us about white-collar crime? Economist and author Steven Levitt says it's quite a lot. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 15/08/2005

triple j's hack: Saturday Night: McDonalds carpark

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In Part 2 of her Saturday night series, Ali Benton spent Saturday night in a McDonalds Carpark. Between the hours of 10pm and 3am she learnt about 17 inch rims, talked terrorism with a young Iraqi guy and helped hail a cab for an Australian idol finalist. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 15/08/2005

triple j's hack: Street press and paid coverage

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triple j is part of the ABC and it is against ABC editorial policies to receive money and goods in return for playing music, granting interviews or covering stories. So how does triple j promote gigs and festivals like Splendour in the Grass without exchanging any money? Steve Cannane put this question to triple j's program director Chris Scaddan. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 11/08/2005

triple j's hack: Saturday night: girls toilets in a nightclub

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As part of a series on Saturday nights, Ali Benton spends 5 hours finding out exactly what happens when the girls head to the toilet. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 11/08/2005

triple j's hack: Ex-Gay therapy in Australia

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Does gay conversion happen here in Australia? John was 16 when his parents took him to the Australian branch of Love-in-Action, which is known here as the Exodus group to 'help him deal with his sexuality'. The Australian Exodus Group says they do not try to turn people straight. They do however see homosexuality as a sin and is something than can be overcome. Luke Williams spoke with John and with Christian Pastor and Counsellor with Exodus, Nick Keiper. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 11/08/2005

triple j's hack: Payola - Commerical Radio

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In our on-going series on pay for play in the Australian music industrry, today Ronan Sharkey takes a look at the freebies in commerical radio. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 02/08/2005

triple j's hack: Sugar Daddies

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Luke Williams meets a Sydney girl who advertised for a sugar daddy - basically, an older man you go out with because he has agreed to buy you lots of stuff. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 02/08/2005

triple j's hack: Payola - triple j - Linda Bracken

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As part of our series on pay for play in Australia, triple j's Station Manager Linda Bracken responds to criticism that the station refuses to let community radio take part in music festivals or band give aways. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 01/08/2005

triple j's hack: Payola - Street Press - Adam Zammit - Right of Reply

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As part of our series on pay for play in the Australian music industry, Adam Zammit, the editor in Chief of, "The Brag," (a free music magazine) joins us to discuss whether they charge people for interviews and gig reviews. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 01/08/2005

triple j's hack: Latin America goes left

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South of the American border, leftist governments have swept to power right across Latin America. Most of them are not fans of George W Bush and the policies of their neighbour to the north. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 29/07/2005

triple j's hack: Pill Testing at Nightclubs

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A happy hardcore dance party usually means school uniforms, fluros, smiling faces, ridiculous dancing and plenty of drugs. These days however, don't be too surprised when you notice one corner of the dark and colourful party occupied by two men on a desk with a laptop, a lamp and a scanner. They are not party-goes doing their homework on a break from the dance floor, but two pill testers from the group Enlighten. The guys from Enlighten offer revellers the chance to have their Ecstasy tablets chemically tested for undesirables like the anaesthetic ketamine. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 29/07/2005

triple j's hack: Mysterious Skin up for re-classification

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As Mysterious Skin goes up for re-classification on August 1st, many people still have mixed feelings about the messages in the film. Cathy Kezelman, Chairperson of Survivors of Child Abuse, saw it and says it is amazing. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 29/07/2005

triple j's hack: Payola and triple j

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We have been covering the issue of payola this week on Hack and some people have been asking whether triple j receives money for promoting gigs like Splendour in the Grass and Big Day Out. Steve Cannane asks triplej's program director Chris Scaddan. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 28/07/2005

triple j's hack: Free Zach

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Coming out to your folks is rarely easy, but what about when your parents go as far as shipping you off to a Christian camp to try and turn you into a heterosexual? That's what happened to sixteen year old Zach Stark and it has lead to a massive international campaign to FREE ZACH. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 28/07/2005

triple j's hack: Payola and community radio stations

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Yesterday Hack reported on the $10 million fine Sony BMG received for bribing radio stations in the United States. Although, not all payola involves large commercial radio stations. A small under funded community radio station in Melbourne has also been soliciting for sponsorship deals with bands and record companies. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 27/07/2005

triple j's hack: Payola - Sony BMG fined in USA

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One of the world's biggest record companies has been fined $10 million for bribing American radio stations to play their music. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer spent a year looking into the activities of Sony BMG and found that music directors at radio stations received cash, holidays and electronic goods in exchange for playing certain songs on the radio. Eric Boehlert is a journalist who's written on the subject. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 26/07/2005

triple j's hack: Avi Lewis on Employees Taking Over Workplaces

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Canadian film maker Avi Lewis talks about his film "The Take" which explores a movement in Argentina where workers have taken over businesses and factories after the original owners went bust or deserted. So far around 200 workplaces have been taken over by the staff and many have been extremely profitable. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 15/07/2005

triple j's hack: Suicide bombings: who does them and why?

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The first ever database of every suicicde bombing over the past twenty years is full of surprises, like that religion is rarely the main cause of suicide attacks. Robert Pape is the Director of the Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism and the author of, 'Dying To Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism'. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 14/07/2005

triple j's hack: Teenagers Who Sexually Abuse

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A Victorian police study found that 12% of people who access child porn on the internet are actually under 18 years of age. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 14/07/2005

triple j's hack: What Actually Happend At The G8?

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Overshadowed by the London bombings, after all the build up about the G8 and Move Poverty History campaign, what actually went down? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 11/07/2005

triple j's hack: Ban Homework

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According to Martin Comte, homework should be banned. He says if Schools need to give homework on top of having students in class between 9 and 3 every weekday for most of the year, then something is wrong with the education system. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 07/07/2005

triple j's hack: Hillsong Christian Conference

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Tens of thousands of people from more than 20 Christian denominations and 80 countries around the world have gathered in Sydney for a week of seminars, workshops and rockin' rallies. We take you there and hear arguments for and against this high energy and economically-savvy form of Christian worship. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 06/07/2005

triple j's hack: Jewish Settlers and the Withdrawal from the Gaza Strip

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This August all Jewish settlers will be forced to leave their homes in the Gaza Strip as it returns to full Palestinian control. So what does this mean, who are these settlers, and what about that other much bigger Palestinian Territory - the West Bank? We attempt to explain and de-mystify the situation with the help of Dr Andrew Vincent This story was first broadcast on triple j on 05/07/2005

triple j's hack: Paint Sniffing

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Australian Federal government surveys of secondary school students show that 21 percent of teenagers have tried inhalants of paint, glue and petrol. The Queensland state govenrment is trying to help sniffers by setting up safe houses when they can dry out, spend the night and get help with quitting inhalants if they're ready. Ronan Sharkey visits one of these safe houses in Townsville. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 05/07/2005

triple j's hack: Depression epidemic

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In the second Quarterly Eassay of 2005, Gail Bell investigates Australia's depression epidemic. Why, she wonders, do well over a million Australians now take antidepressant drugs? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 27/06/2005

triple j's hack: Overcoming Addiction

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It's not easy getting off anything that you are addicted to. But today we hear stories of people who have kicked their drug habits and how they managed it. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 24/06/2005

triple j's hack: Sports wrist bands

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Reporter Michael Atkin takes a look at the latest fashion accessory from Nike, bright yellow wrist bands. All proceeds go to cancer victims and research but after paying over $3 supporters wear the bands non-stop, so has the gimmick overtaken the cause? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 24/06/2005

triple j's hack: iPods Part 2 - technical problems

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Following a big repsonse to yesterday's story, today we hear from people like Ric, an authorised iPod technician who says problems are often the fault of the user. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 16/06/2005

triple j's hack: iPods Part 1 - are they shoddy?

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We got a listener email from Naomi who asked us to do a story about dodgy iPods. She reckons of about 130 people in her year 12 class, 100 have iPods, and she doesn't know of anyone who hasn't had some sort of technical problem or had to have their iPod replaced. So we decided to see if there's any truth to claims that the must-have portable music player is a dud. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 15/06/2005

triple j's hack: Debt and the world's poorest nations

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced that 18 of the world's poorest countries could have their foreign debts cancelled when the G8 meets in July. So what does it mean and what about poor countries who didnt make the list? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 15/06/2005

triple j's hack: Mental Health in Australia - Part 5

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Cath Dwyer reports on how prisons have become the new asylums. Plus we hear from a mental health worker who started out more than a decade ago working in psychiatric hospitals. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 10/06/2005

triple j's hack: Mental Health in Australia - Part 4

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We've heard all this week about how the mental health care system is turning people away because there's not the money to help everyone who needs it. The Matthew Talbot hostel in inner city Sydney is one of the biggest unofficial mental health centres in the country. For workers at the hostel this means dealing with all kinds of crises on a daily basis. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 09/06/2005

triple j's hack: Mental Health in Australia - Part 3

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All this week we are looking at the unofficial mental health system and the people who look after the mentally ill when the health system fails them. Today, the police who are often the first people to be called in when someone is critically mentally ill. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 08/06/2005

triple j's hack: Mental Health in Australia - Part 2

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The shortage of hospital beds for the mentally ill around the country is so great, that doctors and mental health workers talk of a revolving door for patients, who are turned out of hospital before they have been properly treated. And for some people, the consequences are tragic. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 07/06/2005

triple j's hack: Mental Health in Australia - Part 1

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The Federal government has launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the state of our mental health system, so HACK presents a 5 part series for HACK on what's gone wrong. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 06/06/2005

triple j's hack: Young Liberals

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We hear about claims that the Young Liberals have been taken over by the more Conservative Christian members, leaving young moderates out in the cold. We also hear about what went on at the recent national conference of the Young Liberals. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 03/06/2005

triple j's hack: "Selling Sickness" - Ray Moynihan

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How the world's leading pharmaceuticals are turning common ailments and everyday ups and downs into frightening conditions requiring treatment and medication. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 03/06/2005

triple j's hack: Palm Island boxer

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In some indigenous communities in Australia, boxing is one of the more popular sports for young men. Recently Ronan Sharkey visited a gym on Palm Island off the far north Queensland coast, and he chatted to a young boxer, 18-year-old Moa, during his afternoon training session. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 03/06/2005

triple j's hack: Peak oil

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This half hour special looks at a topic that's crucial to the future of the planet - the future of oil supplies. Peak oil is when the world's oil supplies reach the peak of production. Many people are arguing we're there now, and that production is in decline. This will have a major impact on the economies of the world. Some people argue that it could lead us into recession and political instability. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 02/06/2005

triple j's hack: Water crisis special

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Australia is a drought stricken country but still manages to have the highest water usage per capita in the world. Hack investigates the ongoing water crisis in Australia. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 26/05/2005

triple j's hack: Young sugar cane farmers

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Recently, Hack covered a story about the drought affecting a large part of Eastern Australia. One place that farmers aren't concerened about water shortages is Ayr in far North Queensland - one of the largest sugarcane growing regions in the country. But still, young people are leaving the farms in droves and heading off to the mines. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 19/05/2005

triple j's hack: Transit police

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What would you do if a ticketing officer on a train threatened to arrest you? You struggle to get away, but they grab and throw you to the ground. Well, you might be pissed off, but in some parts of Australia this is not actually against the law. Luke Williams spoke to a guy who had this very experience at Flinders Street station in Melbourne and discovered that ticketing officers have in many ways, the same power as police. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 18/05/2005

triple j's hack: People who don't masturbate

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It's time to put your hands down your pants with pride because May is national masturbation month in the US. There's going to be a masturbate-a-thon where people try and break a record for the longest wanking session. This got the Hack team wondering about the people who have absolutely no interest in wanking, and never have? Are they a minority? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 16/05/2005

triple j's hack: Splendour Sell Out

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This year the Splendour In The Grass festival sold out in record time. As a result, there was an influx of tickets available on the Ebay website at exhorbitant prices. Although not all of the bids were genuine. Ronan Sharkey investigates the hype surrounding Ebay, scalping and some very unhappy music fans. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 11/05/2005

triple j's hack: Boot camp fitness regimes

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Why would someone who isn't in the military pay money to be yelled at and ordered around in a quasi-military boot camp? One reason is to get fit! Growing numbers of young people are signing up for boot camp. A couple of times a week recruits meet outdoors at the crack of dawn for an hour's worth of hard core exercise. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 10/05/2005

triple j's hack: Lawrence Lessig interview

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A bit of a cult figure in the world of cyber politics and technology is writer and Stanford Law Professor, Lawrence Lessig. His book, 'The Future of Ideas' which looks at the counter revolution against internet freedom. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 06/05/2005

triple j's hack: Body fascists

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If you've ever had someone look you up and down with a frown on their face, you may have just experienced the wrath of the body fascist, those people that project their own insecurities about their body, onto yours! Ali Benton decided to look into the illness that seems to be sweeping the western world. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 05/05/2005

triple j's hack: Pub fights

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Sometimes a pub fight can be deadly. In southern Sydney on the weekend a 25-year-old man died after a fight outside a pub at Mortdale. So how is it that some fights can end up getting someone killed, when other times people just walk away with a bruised ego? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 02/05/2005

triple j's hack: Children of Vietnam war vetrans

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April 2005 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war. Hack asked the children of Vietnamese war vetrans to make contact in order to find out what their lives have been like growing up with Dads who served in the war. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 29/04/2005

triple j's hack: Teenage Catholic seminarians

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As the new Pope settles into his vestments and gets to know the ropes of his new job, a few much younger guys have also been getting used to their new jobs in the Catholic church. They're seminarians - or trainee priests - and this year, they're getting younger. Greg and Luke, who are 18 and 19 respectively, have signed up to a life of devotion. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 28/04/2005

triple j's hack: TV Turnoff week

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This week is TV Turnoff Week. It's being promoted by the Canadian-based Adbusters group. Mitch Altman is an electrical engineer who has invented a device called TV-B-Gone - a small keyring remote control which can turn off all television sets within a certain range. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 27/04/2005

triple j's hack: Real sex in films

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In the old days there was no such thing as a sex scene in a film. A controversial new British film by Michael Winterbottom called 'Nine Songs' shows real sex...and a lot of it! Why film real sex when everything else in the film is fake? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 27/04/2005

triple j's hack: Drug smuggling

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At least two of the nine Australians currently held in Bali for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into Australia are using the 'stupid' defense. Their lawyer claims her clients were not major clients in drug-trafficking, but were picked to be couriers because of their ignorance. So why would a person smuggle drugs? Steve speaks to UK author, Cameron West who wrote a book called 'Mr Nasty' about the underworld of drug trafficking. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 20/04/2005

triple j's hack: Performance and image enhancing drugs

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The National Drug and Alchohol Research Center says that not a lot is known about steroid use in Australia. A survey in 2001 found only 0.3 percent of the population admitted to using performance and image enhancing drugs. But experts think that usage is a lot higher - it's the drug users who are reluctant to talk about it. Ronan Sharkey headed to the gym in Sydney to talk to a couple of competetive body-builders who use steroids. Following that, Steve talks to Paul Dillon from The National Drug and Alchohol Research Center, and they take talkback from listeners who have had experiences taking PIEDs. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 12/04/2005

triple j's hack: Emergency Sex and other Desperate Measures

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Andrew Thompson is a doctor who works for the UN. In the mid 90's he dug up the graves of those murdered in the Rwandan genocide. He was fired for his criticisms of the UN only to be reinstated after he challenged the decision. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 07/04/2005

triple j's hack: World of spin: part 3

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When you watch the news you might think that a journalist has researched and written the story they're presenting. That's not always the case. Increasingly, news rooms are relying on video news releases produced by PR companies to get their message across. In the US recently, it was revealed that bogus news reports produced by companies or government departments were getting free runs on tv networks. Cath Dwyer reports on the blurry lines between news and PR. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 23/03/2005

triple j's hack: Voluntary student unionism

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Uni students in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide took to the streets in mid-March to protest the introduction into Federal Parliament of voluntary student unionism. VSU in a couple of different versions has operated in Western Australia for 11 years. Zoie Jones takes a look at how voluntary student unionism has been working in WA. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 21/03/2005

triple j's hack: World of spin: part 1

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In part one of Hack's series of spin, we delve into the world of political pin doctoring. Hack talks to Glen Byers Mark Latham's ex media advisor. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 21/03/2005

triple j's hack: Politics of the word poof

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Is the word poofter offensive? Recently MP Chris Burns apologised for mouthing the word poofter 3 times towards fellow MP John Elferink. Last year two Sydney radio presenters got into trouble for using the word. Ronan Sharkey has been looking into the politics of poof. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 16/03/2005

triple j's hack: Racial divides in prison

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Victoria's Port Philip prison was in lock-down mode for a few days in mid-March 2005. Prisoners were stuck in their cells after a fight between Aboriginal inmates and Pacific Islanders. According to triple j listeners who've done time, racial divides in prison are pretty common. Rachel Kerr spole with a Vietnamese Australian, Neon, just a few days before he went back in for the ninth time. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 15/03/2005

triple j's hack: Nightclub security in Australia

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Just over a year ago, cricketer David Hookes died after a run in with a bouncer outside a St Kilda hotel. His death triggered alot of talk about bouncer behaviour and a national forum was held to try and sort out the security industry. A year on, what's changed? In Queensland, they have just released a 17 point plan to combat violence in nightclub areas. One of the things they want to do is improve crowd control. In Adelaide, a man died at the Ramsgate Hotel at Henley Beach, after he was allegedly placed in a headlock by a hotel bouncer. So how has the security industry responded to these events? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 08/03/2005

triple j's hack: Sister Helen Prejean

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Sister Helen Prejean is a nun who believes in televising executions. She has witnessed 6 death row prisoners be executed in the US, and was played by Susan Sarandon in the film, Dead Man Walking. She's in Australia to talk about her new book, The Death Of Innocence. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 03/03/2005

triple j's hack: Jelly wrestling in Marrickville

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Sydney's Marrickville Jelly Wrestling Federation held thier annual meet last month. Over 500 people packed themselves into a warehouse, took their seat in the makeshift grandstand made out of milk cartons and witnessed the annual mixed gender jelly wrestling. Ali Benton was there to cover the story. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 28/02/2005

triple j's hack: Sex and the elderly

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Imagining your parents or grandparents having sex isn't something that most of us want to think about, but with an aging population, it's an issue we may hear a lot more about. Rachel Kerr visits a sex worker who specialises in providing sexual services for the elderly. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 28/02/2005

triple j's hack: Kerry Packer's profits

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This week Packer's company PBL announced a half year net profit of 340 million dollars, up 70 million from the year before. Some of this profit is derived from the multi-million dollar government contracts that Packer companies have secured. So is Kerry Packer Australia's king of government handouts? Ronan Sharkey tested the theory for Hack. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 25/02/2005

triple j's hack: Slogans non-truths

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When a company slaps a snappy slogan on their product how true does it have to be? Does the claim have to be proved before being published or broadcast? Ronan Sharkey got the "hottest story in town" for Hack. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 21/02/2005

triple j's hack: Girls who fight

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Do girls fight differently than boys? When a girl starts a fight at school, a chant always goes up and everyone within a kilometre sprints to the action to catch a few airsprings before the teachers bust it up. But what happens when girls punch on with other girls? When girls fight girls, are the tactics dirtier? This story was first broadcast on triple j on 17/02/2005

triple j's hack: Marketing to youth

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Whether it's main stream cool, or cutting-edge cool, one thing's for sure - youth marketers will stop at nothing to get at your wallet. They'll even simulate the drug trade to sell their product! According to insider knowledge, once you know the 'whys' of youth culture, you can better meet their needs with the 'what'. Ali Benton takes a look at the latest techniques marketers are using to get the youth dollar. This story first went to air in 2004. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 07/02/2005

triple j's hack: Men and sexual violence

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"...You know it's always amazed me that blokes will hit or sexually abuse women, yet if anyone else did the same thing to their girlfriends or wives or their sisters or mothers they'd wanna kill them..." Ian Barker. Hack talks about what men can do to stop violence against women for White Ribbon Day: eliminating violence against women. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 07/02/2005

triple j's hack: Finding a flatmate

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Ali Benton explores the ins and outs of finding a new flatmate. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 07/02/2005

triple j's hack: Living with a brain injury

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During this half hour special, Hack investigates what it's like to live with a brain injury. What happens when one of your friends gets brain damage? How do you communicate with them? How can you stick by them? How do you remain friends with someone who can't speak? This story includes interviews with Chris Wright (who suffered brain injury as a result of a fight outside a pub in Ireland), and a story about Chris Nolan who cannot see, speak or move. Chris lives in an aged care faciltity. Finally, Steve chats to Hamish Farndon (who spent time in a nursing home) and Bronwyn Morkham, Director of Young People in Nursing Homes project - a group that wants a better deal for young people in nursing homes. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 04/02/2005

triple j's hack: Sex workers on the Great Western Hwy

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**Warning: this story contains strong language and content that some may consider disturbing listening** Steve Cannane spent a night hanging out with sex workers on the Great Western Highway in Sydney's Western suburbs. The women who work there face violence and abuse almost on a nightly basis. It would have to be one of the most dangerous places to work in Australia. This story first went to air on December 3, 2005. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 03/12/2004

triple j's hack: Obesity

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We often hear about how teenagers think they're too fat, probably thanks to a diet of super skinny celebrities who eat little and spend most their days at the gym. But actually many teenagers who are overweight or obese don't realise they are. That's one of the findings of Leah Brennan a PhD student at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. This story was first broadcast on triple j on 11/11/2004

triple j's hack: marijuana psychosis

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/podcast/audio/potpsychosis_170105.mp3

Reporter, Rachel Kerr talks to some people who've seen and have suffered from cannabis psychosis. You'll hear from psychiatric nurse, Beaver Hudson in this story. Following that, Steve Cannane talks to Dr Louisa Degenhardt from the Australian National Drug and Alcohol Centre at the University of New South Wales, and Richard McClean, author of "Recovered, Not Cured" on his journey through schizophrenia.

triple j's hack: dangers of crystal meth

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/podcast/audio/crystalmeth_0702.mp3

Hack has been hearing about increasing cases of people having serious mental and physical reactions to crystal meth.Doctors have described people on crystal meth as the most violent and destructive users that they see. Hack sent Ronan Sharkey down to an emergency ward at an inner city hospital to see how they're coping with users of crystal meth. First went to air on triple j, August 24, 2004.