Piia Wirsu
Reporter at ABC Northern Tasmania
Passionate Tasmanian and journalist for ABC. Views expressed are my own. Got stories? [email protected]
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Dec 6, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Danielle O'Neal |Piia Wirsu
It's 1982, and a young UFO researcher is sitting in a director's office at the Department of Defence headquarters in Canberra eager to get his hands on information he's been dreaming of for years — the Australian government's UFO files. Wearing slacks and a tie, with a tidy short haircut, Bill Chalker wants to demonstrate this is a serious scientific endeavour. Then he sees two postal sacks full of files being dragged into the austere government room. There they are. Loading...
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Nov 29, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Danielle O'Neal |Piia Wirsu
Cutting-edge observation facilities, rigorous scientific research, and peer-reviewed data are among the aims for an Australian institute wanting to better understand unidentified anomalous phenomena – UAP. The Non-Human Intelligence Research Institute (NHIRI), based in Australia, is funding independent scientific research projects into UAP. "It's asking the biggest question of all: Are we alone?" NHIRI head of projects Ross Coulthart said.
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Nov 23, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Chris Calcino |Danielle O'Neal |Daniel Franklin |Grant Wolter |Dominic Cansdale |Piia Wirsu | +1 more
Loading... There's a sugar cane farm in far north Queensland. It feels isolated, private. About five minutes' drive from the farmhouse is a lagoon. These days bullrushes just cling to the edge of the murky brown water. But 60 years ago it was thick with them. Something happened in those bullrushes that is still unanswered today. In fact, the questions it raised ended up becoming so much bigger than the mystery itself.
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Jul 29, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Kelly Fuller |Piia Wirsu
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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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There was a lot I didn't know about Pine Gap before spending months with @_AlexBarwick diving into what happens at this outback spy base. Including that @pgarrett was a protester back in the day. Check out this podcast for the crazy story of Pine Gap. https://t.co/WqMwaVfHtl
Richard Tanter from the @Nautilus_Inst shared fascinating insights with @_AlexBarwick into the scope of spying at a joint US/Australia base in the outback for the Spies in the Outback podcast. What is really happening in the heart of the country? https://t.co/WqMwaVfHtl
So incredibly grateful to the amazing minds that spoke to @_AlexBarwick for the Spies in the Outback podcast all about Pine Gap. @PeterCronau poses some very pertinent questions. Listen to his take on the spy base in outback Australia in Episode 5: https://t.co/WqMwaVfHtl