Thailand is going to the polls this weekend but for the past two months thousands of protesters have been demanding a cancellation of the election and have been calling on Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawarta to resign. Thaksin seems guaranteed to win the vote despite the allegations of abuse of power and corruption. Professor Carl Trocki from the Queensland University of Technology spoke to Danijel Malbasa about the political turmoil that the protests have caused.

The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is set to arrive on Australian shores tomorrow and there are big plans for his visit, including the expected signing of a much anticipated uranium agreement. But what if, a few years down the track, we could get back what we were giving away? Dr Geoff Hudson seems to think we can, by making Australia the world's storage ground for nuclear waste.

An interfaith program exploring the commonalities between Christianity, Islam and Judaism called Project Abraham will be held this weekend in the South Australian town of Murray Bridge, and will feature speakers from all three communities. Over the next eight months it will travel to Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. One of the speakers, Rabbi David Kopstein from the Beit Shalom Synagogue in Adelaide explained the story behind the name, Project Abraham.

Over thousands of years Australian Indigenous peoples taught themselves how to build a sustainable society in our challenging environment. A book on this topic called 'Treading Lightly' came into being as a result of a unique collaboration between a Swedish knowledge management expert and an Aboriginal cultural custiodian. Professor Karl-Erik Sveiby and Aboriginal painter, educator and custodian of traditional stories told Andrea Johansen about their journey.