Correspondent's Notebook
One year on
5 February 2010
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It’s a year since the horror and devastation of the Black Saturday bushfires in country Victoria. Among those who reported on those wrenching events was ABC reporter Michael Vincent, who returned this past week to the town of Kinglake. This is what he found.
Looking to the future on Australia Day
29 January 2010
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Canberra correspondent Linda Mottram looks at this week’s celebration of Australia Day, with hundreds of citizenship ceremonies conducted around the country and some renewed debate about the Australian flag and a republic.
Asia: A reporter’s experience
18 December 2009
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As she prepares to return to Australia reporter Katie Hamann reflects on her four years in Asia and why she believes motherhood has been a blessing for her career.
Reflections of a correspondent
11 December 2009
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The ABC’s South East Asia correspondent, Karen Percy reflects on her time reporting on the events which shaped the region and the world.
Turbulent time for Turnbull
27 November 2009
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Radio Australia’s Linda Mottram takes a look at a week where political brinkmanship over climate change triggered political drama in the Australian opposition Liberal Party.
The Pacific’s mystery temple
13 November 2009
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It 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 Island in the Federated States of Micronesia.
New Delhi’s charm
6 November 2009
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Australia Network’s South Asia correspondent, Michael Edwards takes a look at New Delhi and it’s preparations for next year’s Commonwealth Games.
Malaysia: united or divided?
30 October 2009
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Radio Australia’s Sen Lam considers Malaysia’s political future and whether the Pakatan alliance can bring the country’s diverse ethnic groups together.
Moths descend on Australian capital
23 October 2009
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Sorrow of Samoa’s White Sunday
16 October 2009
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Pacific correspondent Campbell Cooney thought he was prepared emotionally for reporting the disaster of the Samoan tsunami. But the reality, he discovered, was different.