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Last updated at 14:40 BST, Thursday, 09 July 2009

Maleny in Queensland, Australia

Aussie town gets own money

Find out about one small town's rather unusual attempt to protect itself from the global financial crisis

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Programmes from 2009

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  11 June 2009
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  28 May 2009
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  21 May 2009
- Spring cleaning
  14 May 2009
- Horoscopes
  7 May 2009
- Smells & memories
  30 April 2009
- St George's Day
  23 April 2009
- Staycations
  16 April 2009
- Happiness
  9 April 2009
- April Fool's Day
  2 April 2009
- A good night's rest
  26 March 2009
- Keeping in touch
  19 March 2009
- Disappearing words
  12 March 2009
- Cutting down, eating up
  5 March 2009
- Love Drug
  26 February 2009
- Barbie's 50th anniversary!
  18 February 2009
- Mr Smith or John?
  11 February 2009
- Private Fostering
  4 February 2009
- Obama inauguration party
  28 January 2009
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  21 January 2009
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  14 January 2009
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  7 January 2009

Programmes from 2008

- Warm hands, warm heart?
  31 December 2008
- Jargon
  24 December 2008
- Aboriginal cricketer
  10 December 2008
- Blind Masseurs
  3 December 2008
- BFM International Film Festival
  26 November 2008
- Nuclear script
  19 December 2008
- Poetry
  12 November 2008
- Adult children
  29 October 2008
- The wisdom of keeping quiet
  29 October 2008
- Asteroid mission
  22 October 2008
- Problem pronunciation
  15 October 2008
- Big hills and small mountains
  8 October 2008
- Dhaka traffic
  1 October 2008
- Living abroad
  24 September 2008
- Day trip with a difference
  17 September 2008
- Cryptozoology
  10 September 2008
- Credit crunch
  20 August 2008
- Cost of living
  13 August 2008
- Drinking laws
  6 August 2008
- Stress at work
  30 July 2008
- Pygmy hippo
  25 June 2008
- Ghost writers
  18 June 2008
- Dieting
  11 June 2008
- Mobile phones
  4 June 2008
- Social business
  30 April 2008
- Why save worms?
  23 April 2008
- Manager
  16 April 2008
- Six-word stories
  9 April 2008
- Are you intelligent?
  2 April 2008
- Cyber crime
  26 March 2008
- Mosquitoes and teenagers
  19 March 2008
- Air travel
  12 March 2008

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