Correspondent's Notebook
Archive for October, 2008
The sanitation challenge
31 October 2008
This week, Melbourne hosted a conference on water and sanitation. Speakers from around the world talked about the challenge of sanitation and water development in East Asia and the Pacific, and ways in which to deliver large scale sustainable solutions.
The presenter of Pacific Beat, Geraldine Coutts, was among the delegates.
Controversy over Malaysia’s choice of chief justice
24 October 2008
Presenter of Radio Australia’s Connect Asia program, Sen Lam takes a looks into the controversial appointment of the new Chief Justice of Malaysia’s Federal Court.
Global financial meltdown
17 October 2008
Radio Australia’s Business and Finance correspondent, Karon Snowdon, reports on the story that keeps getting bigger and bigger – the home loan crisis that became a credit crunch, and is now an international meltdown.
Fiji’s lawful coup
10 October 2008
On the October 9, Fiji’s High Court handed down its judgement on the action taken by Laisenia Qarase, the man removed from the Prime Minister’s office by Military Commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama, in the December 2006 coup.
New newspaper looks to shake up Indonesian press
3 October 2008
Backers of an ambitious plan to launch a new newspaper in Jakarta are hoping to turn Indonesia’s press on its head.
The presenter of Radio Australia’s Asia Pacific program, Linda Lopresti, looks at the planned launch of the Jakarta Globe.
