(Unredacted) Submission to the Aus Govt Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific
As a leader of a team of broadcasters and content makers going live-to-air, Radio Australia program makers needed to know where our audience was.
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The crowded Pacific: re-considering the sharp edge of broadcasting’s soft power
By Geoff Heriot Long before the ABC abandoned shortwave broadcasting to PNG and the Pacific, its programming for indigenous audiences (as distinct from Australian expatriates) had become risible. For those concerned with Australia’s status as the region’s principal security partner, this should matter.
AC/DC, Saturday November 2, 1996
Burswood Dome Was accompanied by one of those famous The Australian cartoons of a slobbering Brian Johnson and Angus Young at 2/3 of the broadsheet’s page. In color in the Eastern States. Brian Johnson, lead vocalist of arguably the world’s greatest rock and roll band, AC/DC, knew just how to whip this parochial crowd into … Continue reading “AC/DC, Saturday November 2, 1996”
Anzac Treasures
MELBOURNE–My family should never have to pay for rosemary.
Trial of China activists a test of reform
The trial of a grassroots group calling for reforms to China’s legal system has been put on hold after they attacked the legality of the court.
Hornet attacks in China kill 40 people
More than 40 people have been killed across China’s southern provinces over the past three months in a surge of hornet attacks in cities and villages.
Ban Ki-moon fires back over Khmer court
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says it will be up to the the UN-backed war crimes court to decide whether to pursue more former Khmer Rouge leaders.
Oil impact for years on Gulf Coast
The US President Barack Obama says it is going to take years for the Gulf Coast to recover from the worst oil spill in the nation’s history.
Police enforce Aceh women dress code
Sharia police have begun enforcing a new law on the wearing of inappropriate clothing in Indonesia’s devoutly religious province of Aceh.
Belgium prepares ban on face veil
Belgium is set to ban the wearing of full face veils in public after a vote on the controversial proposal passed the lower house of parliament.
