Correspondent's Notebook
Archive for June, 2009
Continuing Indonesia’s democratic miracle
26 June 2009
Campaigning for the Indonesian presidential elections are drawing to a close with voters set to choose their leader on July 8.
Radio Australia reporter Girish Sawlani has been travelling throughout the country as part of the “Understanding Near Neighbours Fellowship” run by the Melbourne-based Asia Pacific Journalism Centre and reports on his experience with a nation that continues to advance on its democratic ideals.
Recession hits south island hard
19 June 2009
Like everywhere else, the global economic crisis is hitting hard in the Pacific.
But as Pacific correspondent Campbell Cooney reports, one of the places where the effect on the Pacific is the worst, isn’t, strictly speaking, a smaller island nation.
Fiji’s new legal order
12 June 2009
As well as extending emergency law, Fiji recently put in a place a new set of terms and conditions for the country’s lawyers.
Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat presenter Geraldine Coutts reports on the new legal landscape in Fiji.
Australia against economic trend
5 June 2009
News, this week, that Australia was not in a recession grabbed headlines across the country, given the state of the world economy.
Figures were released that showed the Australian economy grew by 0.4 per cent in the March quarter.
Radio Australia’s business correspondent, Karon Snowdon reports on whether the figures are just temporary blips on the recession radar or the beginning of a permanent recovery.