Fiji media controls ‘appalling’
The serious decline in media freedom in the Pacific was passionately condemned yesterday by veteran ABC foreign correspondent Sean Dorney. “The situation confronting journalists in Fiji at the moment is positively appalling,” Mr Dorney said. “There have been military appointed censors in every newsroom for more than 12 months now.” Mr Dorney, a keynote speaker at the UNESCO World Press Freedom conference in Brisbane, said he was stunned that the regional... Read More
Gen Y waiting to get into Godot
Tickets to Queensland Theatre Company’s educational production of Waiting For Godot sold out last week, proving the 1949 play still has appeal for Generation Y. The play is a dense absurdist drama about two characters waiting on a desolate road for someone called Godot, who (plot spoiler!) never arrives. Queensland University of Technology Drama Discipline Leader Dr Christine Comans said this week the play combined philosophy with comedy and humour in a way that was still... Read More