Radio Australia Today Editorial
Archive for March, 2010
Stern Hu and the subtle art of bribery
23 March 2010
(Source: Rio Tinto supplied)
Briber or political victim?
According to some analysts, Stern Hu is probably a bit of both.
Yesterday the Rio Tinto executive made some addmissions in court in relation to two bribery charges laid against him. But the question remains: why were the charges laid against him in a country where under-the-desk payments have been a way of life in many dealings?
Steve Fielding. A senator in the middle.
22 March 2010
Steve Fielding has been controversial. He is one of the Australian senators who stopped the government’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from going through.
Actually a lot of government legislation has not been getting through the Senate lately.
This morning I sat down with Steve Fielding face-to-face to talk about how far a small party should go to stop an elected government from governing.
Melbourne F1 Grand Prix. We’ll be there
19 March 2010
(Source: Australian Grand Prix Corporation)
Mark Webber looks rather serious here. No wonder. The 2010 Formula One season has started and all Australian eyes are on him for success, especially after his maiden two wins in last year’s season.
This year we will be at the site of where it all started for him all those years ago: The Melbourne GP. Next Thursday and Friday we will be broadcasting from behind the pit lane, and we can confirm that we will be speaking with a whole raft of drivers, including..
The Siev explosion becomes political
18 March 2010
(Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation news)
This very blurry image is from a video of the explosion on an asylum seeker boat off the coast of Australia. The frame here shows the second when the petrol was ignited. On the boat, SIEV 36, were several Australian service personnel (to the right and on the roof of the cabin) and 47 Afghan asylum seekers. This was shortly after the boat was intercepted by the Australian navy in April last year. The explosion killed five people and left many others injured, including some of those defence force personnel.
Now a coroner has made a finding about the explosion.
Putting blood where their mouth is: Thailand
17 March 2010
(Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation News)
This picture says it all. People, many wearing red t-shirts, offer their arms to medical workers in Bangkok so blood can be taken.
But this blood is not being taken to help out hospitals and the injured. This is blood that is going to be thrown on the streets of Bangkok
