''Correspondents Report'' was a weekend news and current affairs program broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's

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and

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networks, from at least 1974 until 2019.

History

''Correspondents Report'' has been running since at least 1974.

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reporter Roger East was covering the Indonesian insurgence in 1975, and was first to file the story of the killing of the

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in October. He was the sole remaining foreign journalist in

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at the time, He filed his last report for ''Correspondents Report'' on afternoon of 7 December 1975 before he was executed by Indonesian soldiers the following day. The last available episode of ''Correspondents Report'' is dated 10 February 2019, presented by Thomas Oriti. After this date, the program appears to have been incorporated into ''

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'', hosted by

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* Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio programs ABC News and Current Affairs Australian news radio programs 1970s Australian radio programs 1980s Australian radio programs 1990s Australian radio programs 2000s Australian radio programs 2010s Australian radio programs {{Australia-radio-show-stub

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