Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday announced that a new asylum seeker policy would set up a regional processing centre in East Timor instead of Christmas Island. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the political debate over asylum seekers is merely to gain votes. But how will this affect people seeking refuge? Will the policy actually happen or is it just to win back votes against the controversial new Prime Minister? In this story: Refugee Council of Australia president John Gibson, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and Deakin Professor Damien Kingsbury.

The Hindmarsh Bridge affair of the 1990’s is long forgotten by manypeople but not the Najarrandjeri. The bridge links Hindmarsh island to the mainland and they fought long and hard against it on the grounds that it interfered with sacred women’s business in the area . A Royal Commission rubbished their claims, causing great distress. In 2001 Justice Von Doussa ruled that the secret women’s business was genuine, but noone seemed to listen and 'secret womens business' continued to be a running joke for many. Yesterday as part of NAIDOC week South Australia’s Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Paul Caica spoke by the bridge and acknowledged that the royal Commission findings were wrong- Anthropologist Di Bell who wrote a book about the Hindmarsh Bridge affair was there. Ngarrandjeri elder Ellen Trevorrow chose to walk across the bridge for the first time yesterday and said it was a day of great healing.

People from around Australia gathered in Adelaide today to tour the offices of the big players in the uranium industry, protesting for a nuclear free Australia in a unique way. Joel Philp went along to investigate.

The Fairwork Ombudsman launched it's first pregnancy related discrimination case in the Federal Court today, alledging a woman was told her pregnancy "caused an inconvenience" and that she may not be able to return to her clerical position. In response, the Fairwork Ombudsman today launched a national awareness campaign to target the issue. In this story are: Acting Fairwork Ombudsman, Leigh Johns and Dr. Sara Charlesworth, Social Policy Researcher at RMIT.