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Marrying Out Part 1 - Not In Front Of The Altar, Siobhan Mchugh
Marrying Out Part 1 - Not In Front Of The Altar, Siobhan Mchugh
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
MARRYING OUT: 11 and 18 October 2009 Hindsight, ABC Radio National Part 1, 11 October 2009
A woman is denied a deathbed visit to her father. A couple’s honeymoon vehicle runs off the road, sabotaged. Children practise their faith in secret. A quarter of the population is barred from applying for jobs.
The cause: religion. The place: Australia. The time: until the 1960s.
Just two generations ago, before the term multiculturalism became the norm, Australian society was polarised between two main groups: Protestants and Catholics. Religion was code for identity, with tensions fuelled by historical grievances that dated back long …
Marrying Out Part 2- Between Two Worlds, Siobhan Mchugh
Marrying Out Part 2- Between Two Worlds, Siobhan Mchugh
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
MARRYING OUT: a documentary radio series about mixed marriage and religious bigotry: 2 x 55mins
A woman is denied a deathbed visit to her father. A couple’s honeymoon vehicle is sabotaged. A man is cut out of three wills. Children practise their faith in secret. A quarter of the population is barred from applying for jobs.
The cause: religion. The place: Australia. The time: until the 1960s.
Just two generations ago, before multiculturalism was the norm, Australian society was polarised between two groups: Protestants and Catholics. Religion was code for identity, with tensions fuelled by historical grievances that dated back …
Filipino Journalists Speak Out And Pay The Price, Eric Loo
Filipino Journalists Speak Out And Pay The Price, Eric Loo
Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)
There's the shepherd, the flock and the sacristan. Together they drive the media machine with their paymaster, in the back seat brazenly directing the way through the back alleys of Philippine politics.' The 'shepherds' are former journalists turned media publicists. 'Shepherds' take care of reporters covering the election campaign trails - from arranging accommodation to providing food and 'night' entertainment. This can rake in as much as 40,000 pesos monthly (about US$729) for 'shepherding' a presidential election. That's equivalent to how much a broadsheet senior reporter earns in three months. Another story tells of editors pocketing P20,000 to P50,000 a …