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Title Lateline: 23/08/13
Published Australia : ABC, 2013
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Summary BOMB BLASTS ROCK TRIPOLIAt least 13 people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in two explosions outside mosques in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli. The coordinated explosions went off outside two mosques as Friday prayers ended.SYRIA FACES INTERNATIONAL PRESSUREPressure is growing on Syria to allow an investigation into this week's alleged chemical weapons attack. The United Nations is sending a senior official to Damascus to demand inspectors be given access to the area. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has warned that the use of chemical weapons could result in serious consequences for the perpetrator.AGED CARE ACCREDITATION IN THE SPOTLIGHTTonight a former senior Victorian public servant whose mother died recently in a nursing home speaks out against a system he says is failing Australia's most vulnerable elderly. Lawyers believe families might be able to sue the Commonwealth for not safeguarding adequate standards of care in nursing homes. Some families are pushing for a class action.THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING RESPONDSA full statement of response from the Department of Health and Ageing.DAY 19 ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAILThe Coalition has unveiled a "cash for boats" plan with Indonesia which it says will tackle people smuggling. The plan, which is expected to cost $420 million, also includes increasing the number of Australian Federal Police officers working overseas, boosting Indonesia's search and rescue capabilities, and supplementing Australia's border protection fleet.LATELINE'S FRIDAY FORUM - JOYCE VS FITZGIBBONOur regular Friday Forum at the end of a political week which has seen both leaders criss cross the country in a frenetic build up to the elections. Emma Alberici was joined by Barnaby Joyce, Nationals Senate Leader from Brisbane, And Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon who was in Newcastle.FORMER GUNNS BOSS FINED $50,000 FOR INSIDER TRADINGShareholders and environmentalists have slammed the fine imposed on former Gunns boss John Gay who's been sentenced for insider trading. The former chairman of the Tasmanian timber company walked free from the Supreme Court in Launceston after being fined 50-thousand dollars.BO XILAI CALLS HIS WIFE INSANE AT MURDER TRIALChina's one-time political high-flier, Bo Xilai, is putting up a fight on his trial on corruption charges. In a break from convention, details of the trial are being reported on Chinese social media and Bo's own wife gave evidence today about corrupt payments he's alleged to have received
Event Broadcast 2013-08-23 at 22:35:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Human smuggling.
Nursing homes -- Administration.
Old age homes -- Standards.
Parental leave -- Government policy.
Refugees -- Rehabilitation.
Small business -- Government policy.
Northern Territory.
Form Streaming video
Author Alberici, Emma, host
Baker, Andrew, host
Iggulden, Tom, reporter
O'Neill, Margot, reporter
Abbott, Tony, contributor
Bradbury, David, contributor
Burke, Tony, contributor
Entsch, Warren, contributor
Fitzgibbon, Joel, contributor
Joyce, Barnaby, contributor
Keating, Paul, contributor
Ki-Moon, Ban, contributor
Morrison, Scott, contributor
Nye, Adrian, contributor
Obama, Barack, contributor
Ried, Patrick, contributor
Rudd, Kevin, contributor
Salter, Petrea, contributor
Shorten, Bill, contributor