Correspondents Report
Correspondents Report
ABC Radio
The ABC's overseas reporters give their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events.
The European Super League debacle
The attempt by 12 of Europe’s biggest football clubs to form a breakaway super league collapsed within 48 hours after a furious reaction from fans and players. So what was it all about?
Apr 24, 2021
12 min
It's the end of Hong Kong as we've known it
Beijing’s security laws, the expulsion of pro-democracy legislators, and an ongoing police crackdown on opponents has effectively killed off the notion of one country-two systems.
Dec 12, 2020
13 min
How Taiwan is dealing with disinformation on social media
In Taiwan the government and the biggest social media app have formed a public-private-partnership to tackle disinformation, predominantly from China, through the use of AI and fact checking.
Dec 5, 2020
15 min
Angela Onwuachi-Willig's 'The fire this time' - balancing personal and professional responses to the murder of George Floyd
Angela Onwuachi-Willig is Dean of the Boston University School of Law. As the first African-American to hold that position she grappled with how to speak to her students about the murder of George Floyd and the broader issue of racial inequality in the US.
Jun 13, 2020
12 min
A true story of slavery and restitution in America
The story of former slave Henrietta Wood who successfully sued the man who abducted her and sold her into slavery has won the 2020 Pulitzer history prize.
May 23, 2020
16 min
Under fire WHO meets at a critical time in the pandemic
The World Health Organisation is holding its annual assembly at a critical juncture in the COVID 19 pandemic and while facing sustained criticism over its response
May 16, 2020
19 min
Concerns over new mothers and babies during COVID 19
Giving birth alone, without pain medication and forced separation from the baby is every pregnant woman’s worst nightmare. How the pandemic has changed birth practices
May 9, 2020
13 min
Blue Mountains charity feeding 18,000 daily
A charity in the Blue Mountains is feeding 18,000 people a week during the COVID 19 crisis.
Apr 25, 2020
10 min
In Israel the coronavirus is adding to a political and legal crisis
The coronavirus has overshadowed an unprecedented political and legal crisis that has left Israel without a government and with an un-elected prime minister who is now ruling by decree.
Mar 28, 2020
6 min
Coronavirus pandemic creates a dilemma for ABC correspondents
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the ABC's Jakarta correspondent to evacuate.
Mar 28, 2020
6 min
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