A discussion about Gough Whitlam's high-stakes 1971 visit to China. As Leader of the Opposition, with an Australian population that feared China and communism, Whitlam took the gamble of trying to establish formal diplomatic relations with the People's Republic. Listen in full

Urban living is getting denser, so how safe are you if there is a fire? Asks Fenella Kernebone on Radio Nationals By Design. Hardly a week goes by when the news doesn’t report a fire in a house, or an apartment, and often someone being killed. It is just one year since 11 elderly people...

When the NSW Government decided it wanted to hear what people really thought about energy policy they turned to the New Democracy Foundation, a privately funded research venture, states Natasha Mitchell on Life Matters. They established two citizen juries to meet over a period of four Saturdays to consider issues like what might be the...

An innovative project which aims to rejuvenate the industrial city of Newcastle is embarking on its biggest challenge, David Marks discusses the Renew Newcastle Project. Over the past four years, Renew Newcastle has successfully installed around 90 artists in disused store fronts and offices in the NSW coastal town. Now they're taking over the former...

Brisbane urbanist and transport planner Rachel Smith puts her case for reconsidering transport models - particularly cycling. Rachel is one of four international experts involved in the latest leg of the BMW Guggenheim Lab, a think tank, public forum and community centre that's travelling the world.