en-au ABC radio news and current affairs afternoon program reporting on Australia and the world. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +1100 Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation. currentaffairs@your.abc.net.au currentaffairs@your.abc.net.au http://www.abc.net.au/pm/ http://www.abc.net.au/pm/img/pm_55x55.jpg no An inquiry in Sydney heard that a 'predatory culture' had existed on the navy supply ship HMAS Success - in which junior female sailors were bullied or coerced into having sex. New women on board were especially vulnerable. The ship's former commanding officer Simon Brown says it was rumoured that one group of male sailors was placing bets on who would be first to have sex with new female crew members. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844564.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:10:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM1-.mp3 250.583 Anti whaling activist Pete Bethune was arrested by Japanese Customs officials when he arrived in Tokyo this afternoon. His family says he's prepared to go to gaol if necessary while the Japanese whaling industry says public opinion in Japan is demanding that Sea Shepherd protesters be dealt with by the full force of the law. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844565.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:14:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM2-whale-arrest.mp3 306.791 The United Nations Refugee Agency is looking at changing its international protection guidelines for Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers. The changes would pave the way for Australia to send many more of the detainees on Christmas Island back to where they started. The Tamil Association is urging against any change to the guidelines. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844566.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:18:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM3-tamils-deport.mp3 321.455 The Immigration Minister Chris Evans says the Governemnt has already started sending back more Sri Lankan asylum seekers. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844677.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:22:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM4-evans-tamils.mp3 217.488 'Repo 105': That was the name of the device that Lehman Brothers used to hide its true leverage levels and create a false picture of its financial health. Dick Fuld - the man who ran the bank whose failure ushered in the global financial crisis - is one of a series of executives accused of gross negligence in a long-awaited report on Lehman's bankruptcy. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844568.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:26:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM5-lehman-scam.mp3 288.600 The Reserve Bank says Australia's big four made more money from loans during the global financial crisis. Small retailers say it's proof they're being price gouged. However analysts say the banks are becoming more risk averse. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844573.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:32:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM6-bank-shame.mp3 268.055 A group of former Bush administration lawyers have leapt to the defence of the Obama administration's Justice Department over an advert. The unusual alliance has been formed because of a controversial ad from a conservative lobby group headed by Liz Cheney, the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney. The ad targeted lawyers who took the job of defending Guantanamo Bay detainees during the Bush era and now work in the Department of Justice. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844574.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:37:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM7-lawyer-deabates.mp3 307.104 China's refusal to allow an HIV-positive Australian author to enter the country has led to calls for the Beijing Government to change the law. Last night, a Chinese Government spokesman said he hoped that writer Robert Dessaix could understand China's decision. But the author says he was trapped into declaring his HIV status when preparing his visa application. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844577.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:41:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM8-author-crisis.mp3 205.800 An inquiry into a seemingly fake consultation process for a controversial development has begun. But Victoria's Attorney-General directed a key witness not to appear. Instead the Planning Minister, Justin Madden, gatecrashed proceedings. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844579.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:45:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM9-planning-inq.mp3 335.351 Just a few years after Vega came on the air, its owners have replaced it with a classic rock format, saying the station's format failed to lure new listeners. But former presenters say the format was never the problem. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844582.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:52:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM11-vega-death.mp3 231.815 Business and finance. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2010/s2844585.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:55:00 +1100 http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/201003/20100312-PM11-finance.mp3 102.263