Nine To Noon for Friday 29 February 2008
On Nine to Noon Today
9:05 ABC Learning Centres in financial trouble
Scott Emerson, ABC Learning Centres spokesman; Louise Tarrant, from the Australian childcare union; and Deborah Brennan, Professor in Social Policy at University of NSW
9:20 ABC Learning Centres share price troubles
Nancy Bell, NZ Childcare Assocation - Chief Executive
9:25 Captured - Hunt for Nai Yin Xue (Pumpkin's father)
9:30 Glass chomping native cockatoos take bites of Melbourne's Arts Centre:
Jeremy Vincent, Manager, Corporate Communications the Arts Centre in Melbourne
9:45 Asia correspondent Phil O'Sullivan
10:05 Capture of Nai Yin Xue, Pumpkins father
Ed Millar, from America's Most Wanted television show
10:15 Forever Blonde
Sunny & Greg Thompson, actress and writer/director of one woman play about Marilyn Monroe which is being staged in New Zealand
10:35Children's Book Review with John McIntyre
'Weather Watch New Zealand' by Sandra Carrod
(Reed ISBN 978-1-86978-027-2)
'Tahi One Lucky Kiwi' by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by John O'Reilly/ Ali Teo
(Random House ISBN 978-1-86941-930-1)
'Out of the Egg' by Tina Matthews
(Walker Books ISBN 978-1-921150-35-7)
10:45 Book Reading: 'The Quince Café' by Sue Francis
( Part 4 of 5 )
11:05 Music with Manu Taylor
Jeffrey Foucault - 'Ghost Repeater' - Signature Sounds Recordings
Eilen Jewell - 'Letter From Sinners And Strangers' - Signature Sounds
Recordings
Solal Presents - 'The Moonshine Sessions' (Philippe Solal from Gotan
Project) - Filter Music
11:30 Sports commentator Richard Becht
11:45 Week That Was with Radar and Gemma Gracewood