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Media Dimensions
''George Negus Tonight'' (formerly titled ''Dimensions'') was an Australian current affairs television series hosted by George Negus, which ran on ABC Television from 2001 to 2004. ''Dimensions'' The program was initially launched in 2001 as ''Dimensions'', pitched as a low-cost stream of tenuously linked programs to run in the 6.30pm timeslot from Monday to Thursday before the ''ABC News'' 7pm bulletin. ''Dimensions'' had a particular focus for each day of the week: Monday was ''Media Dimensions'', hosted by Annette Shun Wah, which focused on the Australian media; Tuesday was ''Health Dimensions'', hosted by Dr Norman Swan, which concentrated on health matters; Wednesday was ''People Dimensions'', hosted by James O'Loghlin, which profiled prominent Australians and overseas guests; and Thursday was ''Dimensions on the Move'', hosted by Dave Morley, which looked at motor vehicles. ''Media Dimensions'', ''People Dimensions'' and ''Dimensions on the Move'' were all axed in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Negus
George Edward Negus AM (13 March 1942 – 15 October 2024) was an Australian journalist, author, television and radio presenter specialising in international affairs. He was a pioneer of Australian broadcast journalism, first appearing on the ABC's ''This Day Tonight'' and later on ''60 Minutes''. Negus was known for making complex international and political issues accessible to a broad audience through his down-to-earth, colloquial presentation style. His very direct interviewing technique occasionally caused confrontation, famously with Margaret Thatcher, but also led to some interviewees giving more information than they had given in other interviews. Recognition of his unique skills led to him hosting a new ABC show, '' Foreign Correspondent'', and '' Dateline'' on SBS. He often reported from the frontline of dangerous conflicts and described himself as an "anti-war correspondent" who wanted people to understand the reasons behind why wars were senseless. He was awarded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Singer
Jill Leonie Singer (1957 – 8 June 2017) was an Australian journalist, writer and television presenter. Career Singer began her career in journalism as an ABC radio trainee in 1984. She eventually became a senior reporter for '' The 7.30 Report'' on the ABC and later presented the Victorian edition of ''Today Tonight'' on the Seven Network. She presented ''The 7.30 Report'', ''The Arts Show'', ''2-shot'' and ''People Dimensions'' (ABC TV). She was the executive producer of ABC TV's national morning news and current affairs program'' First Edition''. She wrote a weekly column for Melbourne's ''Herald Sun'' newspaper between 1997 and 2012, and lectured in television journalism at RMIT University in Melbourne. She made regular appearances on ''The Conversation Hour'' ( ABC 774) and on Sky News Australia's ''Melbourne Report''. In 2005 she published a book about commercial surrogacy, ''Immaculate Conceptions : Thoughts on babies, breeding and boundaries''. Awards In 1992, Singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Non-fiction Television Series
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse) Australian (1858 – 15 October 1879) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was exported to the United States where he had modest success as a racehorse but became a very successful and influential breeding stallion. Back ..., a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from tax revenue. SBS operates six TV channels (SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies, SBS Food, NITV and SBS WorldWatch) and seven radio networks (SBS Radios 1, 2 and 3, Arabic24, SBS Chill, SBS South Asian and SBS PopAsia). SBS is also home to SBS On Demand video streaming service. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect Australia's multicultural society".SBS: Frequently Asked Questions SBS Corporation, accessed 26 May 2007 SBS is one of five main free-to-air networks in Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dateline (Australian TV Program)
''Dateline'' is an Australian television international current affairs program broadcast on SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS Television. Since its debut as ''Dateline World'' at on Friday 19 October 1984, it has focused largely on international events, often in developing or warring nations. In 2015 the program changed its format, changing from one-hour episodes featuring multiple stories, to half-hour single subject episodes. The series focuses on under-reported stories from around the globe, with a documentary style. It is broadcast on Tuesdays at 9.30pm following Insight, and all episodes are available to view on SBS On Demand. It is the longest-running international current affairs program in Australia. History ''Dateline World'' premiered at on Friday 19 October 1984, changing its name the following year to simply ''Dateline''. Since its inception, ''Dateline'' has focused largely on international events, often in developing or warring nations. It covered topics such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister paper ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.4 million. , this had fallen to 4.55 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Noble
Guy Noble is an Australian musical composer, conductor, pianist and broadcaster. Noble studied piano in the early 1980s at the Sydney Conservatorium. On a scholarship from the Australia Council he travelled to London where he worked for four years, including a stint as presenter on BBC Radio 3. In 1984, he was pianist in the Sydney Youth Orchestra and from 1984 to 1986 in the Australian Youth Orchestra. Noble was the inaugural recipient of the Brian Stacey Memorial Trust Award for emerging Australian conductors in 1998; the trust, in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, financed the composition and recording of Noble's Flute Concerto, written for Jane Rutter. In 2022 he was appointed as the conductor and host of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that he conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, West Australian, Tasmanian, Queensland and Canberra symphony orchestras, the Auckland Philharmonia, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Malaysian Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James O'Loghlin
James O'Loghlin (born 1966) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter. He works for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Local Radio evening program in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Career Previously a commercial and criminal lawyer (he studied law at the University of Sydney), he was for some years a professional stand-up comedian and writer, and hosted his own television show ''O'Loghlin on Saturday Night'' on ABC Television and ''Inside the Arena'' on Foxtel. He also hosted ''The New Inventors'' on ABC Television. O'Loghlin has also written and performed in the live comedy shows ''Lawyer Lawyer'' (which concentrated on his years as a criminal lawyer) and ''Caught in the A.C.T.'' Works O'Loghlin has written books for adults and children including: Adults *''A Month of Sundays: How to Go Travelling Without Leaving Town'', (2004) *''Umm--: A Complete Guide to Public Speaking'', (2006) *''How to Balance Your Life: Practical Ways t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Swan
Norman Swan (born Norman Swirsky in 1953) is a Scottish-born Australian physician, journalist and broadcaster. Life and career Swan was born in Glasgow, Scotland as Norman Swirsky. Datelines: Norman Swan, ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 7 November 1998, Spectrum, p. 2s He wanted to be an actor, but instead went to medical school at the University of Aberdeen graduating in 1976. He later tried unsuccessfully to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then continued his postgraduate studies by specialising in paediatrics. Swan moved to Australia to continue his training but transitioned from medicine when he became a producer and broadcaster with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1982. He was the general manager of ABC Radio National (RN) for three years from 1990 and in that time increased the audience by 30%. He overhauled the schedule, created the RN current affairs breakfast program and recruited Phillip Adams, Geraldine Doogue and Wendy Harmer as program presenters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Shun Wah
Annette Shun Wah (born 26 March 1958) is an Australian freelance writer, director, actress, and broadcaster. she has an extensive career in the Australian screen and performance industries, particularly in television, film and theatre. Since 2013, she has been executive producer of the Contemporary Asian Australian Performance at Carriageworks in Sydney. Early life A fourth-generation Chinese Australian, Annette Shun Wah was born in Cairns, Queensland. She has an interest in Chinese Australian history, and her family's narrative is included in the National Archives of Australia (NAA) collection, ''Family Journeys,'' and featured on their website. Career Early in her career, Shun Wah produced and presented for a number of television series on the ABC and SBS. These include '' The Noise'', ''Eat Carpet'', ''The Movie Show'', '' Studio 22'', '' Media Dimensions'', and ''The Big Picture''. As well as television, she has appeared in a range of films, including documentaries. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
