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May 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Alex Barwick |Blythe Moore |Piia Wirsu |Grant Wolter |Elsa Silberstein
Protesters chanting: Long Live Palestine, Free Free Palestine Gem Walsh: We have chosen to block the road to Pine Gap U.S. military facility because of their direct involvement in supporting the Israeli genocide of Palestinian people. Protesters chanting: Shame Gem Walsh: Palestinian civilians. Protesters chanting: Shame Gem: Palestinian children. Protesters chanting: Shame Gem Walsh: Hospitals. Protesters chanting: Shame Gem Walsh: Convoys. Protesters chanting: Shame Gem Walsh: Ambulances.
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May 7, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Alex Barwick |Grant Wolter |Piia Wirsu |Blythe Moore |Elsa Silberstein
(Ghost sounds at Halloween) Alex Barwick: How's the lolly haul? June Barwick: Um, good. We just went to a house that gave a whole handful of chocolate. Alex Barwick: Alright, let's have a look at what you've got in there. June Barwick: There's a lot of lollies which I've never heard of. They might be American. Alex Barwick (VO): I'm dressed as a zombie pirate with my 11-year-old daughter and her friend. We've all got fake blood on our faces and cobwebs in our hair.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Alex Barwick |Piia Wirsu |Grant Wolter |Blythe Moore |Elsa Silberstein
Alex Barwick: How different does all of this look? Sue Fielding: Looks really different. Jenny Taylor: There's the automated gates that look pretty sturdy with a stop sign on them. Alex Barwick (VO): I’m standing outside the gates of the most sensitive intelligence facility in Australia with two women as they remember some wild times from their 20s. I’m a journalist in Alice Springs, and I’ve driven down most streets here, but this one’s always felt off limits.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Alex Barwick |Piia Wirsu |Grant Wolter |Blythe Moore |Elsa Silberstein
Alex Barwick: What did you all do at school today? Bernie Barwick: Um, did some maths, we did Arrernte. Alex Barwick (VO): There’s a bowl of teriyaki chicken, some corn, avocado and noodles in the middle of our wooden kitchen bench. It’s dinner time, it’s chaotic but my sandy haired eight-year-old is always up for a chat, often while chewing. Alex Barwick: So what did you learn in Arrente? Alex Barwick (VO): He learnt a song, Arrernte is the local Aboriginal language.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Alex Barwick |Piia Wirsu |Grant Wolter |Blythe Moore |Elsa Silberstein
Alex Barwick: All right, we're gonna try and climb a little bit higher. This is such beautiful country. Alex Barwick (VO): When I first rolled into Alice Springs/Mparntwe, I was surprised by the hills. My outback Australian town is nestled in ranges that fold and stretch out to the east and west. Alex Barwick: There are so many natives, Sennas and Mulga trees. Alex Barwick (VO): The air is dry, there’s a light breeze and the sky is endlessly blue.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Piia Wirsu |Grant Wolter |Blythe Moore
Piia Wirsu (VO): It just was a regular Wednesday for Rod Smith clocking on at 6am to be in the bush by 8…He's a logging contractor one of those old Tasmanians the sort who might call you cobber they don't stand for bullshit and have a heart of gold. He was in his late 20s. Rod Smith: I was only a young whippersnapper, I'll put it that wayPiia Wirsu (VO): A whippersnapper. Who at lunchtime sat in the bush and pulled out his sandwiches and Saladas with margarine and Vegemite.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Piia Wirsu |Grant Wolter |Blythe Moore
Piia Wirsu (VO): It's a grey, drizzly day in Melbourne…An excited crowd jostles around the parade ring for a good squiz at the horses, about to race the Caulfield Cup…Ladies lining up for fashions on the field, while gents avail themselves of a beverage … or four. And bookies shout their odds to the punters…Piia Wirsu (VO): The race is on. ARCHIVAL RACE CALLMick Doleman: Malcolm McCarroll, was a, a mad punter, loved a punt, betting on horses.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Piia Wirsu |Grant Wolter |Blythe Moore
Tony Parsey: the wind would actually scream. Just like a, a loud screaming roar. And sometimes to get into the lighthouse door, we would have to crawl on our hands and knees to get to the door before we could stand upPiia Wirsu: Wow. That's some pretty savage weather. Tony Parsey: It was, yeahPiia Wirsu: Almost 25, fit and energetic, Tony Parsey had thrown in his job as a driver for the postmaster generals department to take up a gig as a lighthouse keeper in one of the wildest places on earth.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Blythe Moore
Mr Janho, who immigrated to Australia from Lebanon in 1969, is keeping in regular contact with his extended family in Lebanon.
They often talk about the crisis unfolding across the border in Syria, and the effects on Lebanon.
"(The Syrians) can't wait to go back to their country until all the war stops, that's what my cousin tells me, they're feeling like more or less homeless," Mr Janho says.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Piia Wirsu |Grant Wolter |Blythe Moore
Boat Captain Kane: Team, quick safety briefing’s gotta be done. I'm Kane, that's Lily, if you need us sing out . Piia Wirsu (VO): I'm sitting strapped into a 40-seater power boat. I've been given a ginger tablet to hold off the sea sickness and am getting full book on the safety briefing from Captain Kane. Boat Captain Kane: That's pretty much it, except I have to by law show you how to wear a life jacket. Piia Wirsu (VO): We're headed out into the inhospitable ocean around Tasmania.
