Correspondent's Notebook

Reconciliation leader named Australian of the Year

30 January 2009

This week, our Canberra Correspondent Linda Mottram looks at Australia Day, January 26th, which for the country’s indigenous population is more often marked as invasion day, or survival day.

Fiji and the Pacific Forum

23 January 2009

Is the proposition that Fiji be suspended from the Pacific Islands Forum fair?

How has the situation degenerated to the point suspension is being considered?

Pacific Beat presenter Geraldine Coutts looks at the gulf between Fiji, the Forum and the international community deepens as Fiji continues to delay elections and return the country to a functioning democracy.