Peter Garrett has announced more funding for Indigenous rangers on Cape York in Queensland for the "Working on Country" program. But even as the Federal Government supports people who live in remote Indigenous communities to manage the environment, their Northern Territory counterparts are turning their backs on the homelands. Featured in story: Kathleen Mackey- manager of the Working on Country program, Ken Parish - lecturer in law at Charles Darwin University, Jon Altman - Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research and Bob Gosford- freelance writer based in Yuendumu.

In the wake of the financial crisis there have been many calls for increased regulation of the sharemarket and the finance sector. Experts welcomed new regulations this week, but said that the new regulations won't put a stop to large scale financial instability. In this story- Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at the University of Western Sydney, Steve Keen, and Professor of Finance at UNSW, Fariborz Moshirian.

Australian Palestinian action groups are calling for Israel to face war crime charges. They’re angry that seven months on from the Gaza conflict, Israel is not being made accountable for its illegal use of white phosphorus. Palestinian civilians are still suffering from the effects of these chemical burns. During the 22 day conflict more than 1400 Palestinians died and many were injured and lost their homes. Featured in story: Michael Shaik, public advocate with Australians for Palestinians; and Associate Professor Felix Patrikeeff, Department of Politics, University of Adelaide

The Iranian regime has been conducting televised trials of people accused of supporting Opposition protests after June’s disputed election. Reports of the torture, rape and deaths of imprisoned protestors have caused Opposition leader Mousavi to join with Mehdi Karoubi, who finished fourth in the election. They have denounced the regime, including the Supreme Leader, and are gaining support from influential Iranian clerics. Iran hasn’t seen a wave of show trials like this since the 1980s. Featured in story: Peter Murphy, co-secretary of Australian Supporters of Democracy in Iran.

The release of the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds has sparked outrage around the world. So why show compassion to a killer? Abdelbaset ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was convicted of bombing Pan AM flight 103 in 2001. The attack claimed the lives of 270 people over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. Al-Megrahi is now dying of prostate cancer and has returned home to Libya to live out the last three months of his life. - Featured in story - Greg Barnes, Criminal lawyer and director of the Australian Lawyers Alliance - Ian Hunt, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Flinders University