In some developing countries, children are being used as slave labour to help their struggling families put food on the table. The Oaktree Foundation is Australia's only youth-run aid organisation, which this year has put their spotlight on ending child slavery. A British government minister Meg Munn has just witnessed the face of child poverty as she travelled through South-East Asia. While in Australia, Caroline Davey asked her, how big is the problem of modern day slavery.

The history of boxing in Australia has always been linked to the Aboriginal community. For many, it offered a way out of poverty and racism. Peggy Giakoumelos interviews two of the greats of boxing, George Bracken and Tony Mundine, who both share what it takes to become the best at one of the toughest of sports. She also speaks to sports promoter, radio producer, and boxing fan Patrick Skene for this look at a much misunderstood sport. (Official selection European Broadcasting Union's International Features Conference 2008) First broadcast 13/6/07

Time for another look at media around the world and this week we're going to the Philippines, where free to air TV networks dominate. Radio is even more diverse with more than 700 radio stations, many of them broadcasting in various dialects. The country also has a reputation for being a dangerous place to work, according to the US based Committee to Protect Journalists, the Philippines is as dangerous as Afghanistan for media workers. To find out more Peggy Giakoumelos speaks with Filipino language broadcasters Ronald Manilla and Jamaica De La Cruz.

In this podcast we take a look at rising food prices.

With fuel prices on the rise, governments around the world are having to make tough economic decisions. Indonesia is no exception as it struggles to contain inflation and curb its growing subsidy bill because of rising global oil prices. The government there is considering a fuel price increase of between 20-30 percent with the news already starting to effect food prices, and causing social unrest as our correspondent in Indonesia Rebecca Henschke reports.

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