Past Programs
Public Sector - 2008
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The Minister and public broadcasting
06/11/2008
We ask the Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy, about the current economic downturn and the impact it might have on the likelihood of the SBS and the ABC getting the sort of funding increases they want and need to properly take them into the digital future. A future the Rudd government has been urging them to embrace.
The size of the spin
12/06/2008
There's lots of anecdotal evidence that we live in a world of spin. But rarely do we get statistical information on the size and scope of the various spin machines that work for those in power. Recently, the Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh, was asked in parliament to detail the size of her government's media machine. And in the response she gave, she conceded that her administration employs in excess of 360 full-time media and public relations officers.
For his perspective on this, we talk to Bob Burton, the Hobart-based author of a recent study into the public relations game in Australia. It's called 'Inside Spin: The dark underside of the PR industry'.
Trapped in paradise, reporting hell
22/05/2008
Kathy Marks is the Asia-pacific correspondent for The Independent (UK). She's just detailed her experiences covering one of the most unusual trials of recent times. Her Book is called 'Pitcairn: Paradise Lost'.
