The comments have alarmed farm groups - and that's prompted Senator Boswell to take a swipe at his political adversary. Simon Tennant, senior economist with the Housing Industry Association, talks about a new houring market survey by the National Australia Bank that has revealed the amount of money we're borrowing to get into 'bricks and mortar' has fallen for the first time in 20 years. And while the drop seems negligible, it nevertheless ends a period of unprecedented growth in the home loan market. But according to Simon, there are some extenuating circumstances to explain the turnaround. Chris Bullock reports on the state of the Falun Gong movement in China.
Next week is significant for millions of Chinese people considered outlaws in their own country.
It was a protest that stunned leaders, because of the size and organisational discipline of the crowd. In the subsequent 'crackdown', tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been jailed, or put into mental hospitals - and dozens are reported to have died in custody. Amid an intense propaganda war around Falun Gong, concerns are emerging in the West about claims that the group and its leader are indoctrinating followers and breaking up families. Trevor Waters, heritage architect, talks about the project he is managing to restore and revitalise Dawes Point Park - the site that was one of the main defensive outposts on Sydney Harbour in 1788. It was a 'gun battery' containing five cannons created by Lieutenant William Dawes.