Israel has today announced they will freeze settlement construction in the West Bank. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says this proves Israel is serious about peace, the freeze does not include East Jerusalem or housing that has already been approved. Featured in this story: Moamma Mashni from Australians for Palestine Group

ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN is a Jewish-Australian freelance journalist and co-founder of advocacy group Independent Australian-Jewish Voices. The Wire asked him what difference he thinks the Obama Administration has made to the peace process.

Last year’s National Apology to the Stolen Generations was seen at the time as a major step forward for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. But many now think it was nothing more than a symbolic gesture and has done little to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. One year on from the Apology, the Government has introduced a Healing Foundation. Featured in this story: GREGORY PHILLIPS, Chair of the Interim Board of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation.

For the past three years a group of young performers have been visiting South Australia's remote Anangu Pintjatjantjara Yankunytjatjara Lands teaching fimmaking, music and performance to young people who otherwise didn't have a lot to do. The program run by Adelaide's Carclew Youth Arts has had remarkable success with young petrol sniffers and substance abusers, with an 80% drop in drug abuse. Almost all the participants in the project have also gone on to finish school and start careers.

You are what you eat…. how many times have you heard that before? More and more people each day are realising that the energy used to produce food and the transport needed to get it to your door makes food a huge environmental issue. In Melbourne a couple of groups are working to get inner city folks producing their own food. Featured in this story: ADAM GRUBB from Very Edible Gardens and Urban Reforestation's EMILY BALLANTYNE-BRODIE.