Correspondents Notebook
Each week, a Radio Australia journalist or commentator offers a personal perspective on a major news story or current issue from the Asia Pacific region.
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4 Episodes of this Podcast:
The Pacific’s mystery temple
Published: 2009-11-13 01:51:32It is not very often in a reporter’s career that he or she gets the opportunity to trace the steps of Indiana Jones. However, Australia Network’s Pacific Correspondent, Sean Dorney, recently returned from one of the most mystifying places in the Pacific Islands – the ruins of the temple city of Nan Madol on Pohnpei [...]
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New Delhi’s charm
Published: 2009-11-06 00:15:50Australia Network’s South Asia correspondent, Michael Edwards takes a look at New Delhi and it’s preparations for next year’s Commonwealth Games. There are big question marks over New Delhi’s ability to host next year’s Commonwealth Games. For the most part they’ve been about the facilities. The fact that many are well behind schedule for completion has been [...]
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Malaysia: united or divided?
Published: 2009-10-30 02:25:06Radio Australia’s Sen Lam considers Malaysia’s political future and whether the Pakatan alliance can bring the country’s diverse ethnic groups together. There was a time when posters selling Malaysia as a holiday destination featured four models in ethnic dress. A beaming Chinese lady, in a cheong-sam, with high Mandarin collar. A sari-clad Indian siren, draped in swathes [...]
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Moths descend on Australian capital
Published: 2009-10-23 03:16:49Radio Australia’s Linda Mottram considers the annual migration of bogong months to Parliament House in Canberra. They are moths. Agrotis Infusa is the Latin name. They are plain and brown, about two or three centimetres long, and one of the few moth species that migrates annually to a particular place and then returns to its [...]
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