Radiothon! Hong Kong protests; China's influence in Australia; Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project; Federal Police raids on the ABC

Monday, 10 June 2019 - 7:00am to 8:30am

Monday Breakfast Radiothon! rundown 10-06-2019

7:04 Thousands protest in Hong Kong against the proposed extradition law 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/hong-kong-sees-umbrella-protest-china-extradition-bill-190609072541194.html

7:15   China's influence in Australia: Dr John Garrick, Senior Lecturer in Business Law at Charles Darwin University, looks at the leasing of the Darwin Port to Chinese company Landbridge, the uptake of Chinese surveillance technologies by the city of Darwin and the Chinese government crackdown on reporting of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
https://theconversation.com/agents-of-foreign-influence-with-china-its-a-blurry-line-between-corporate-and-state-interests-112403

ABC Four Corners report on the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/tremble-and-obey/11174758

7:30  All we have is uncertainty: Brigid Arthur comes into the studio to tell us about the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project and the support they provide to refugees and asylum seekers.
https://basp.org.au/

8:00  Australian Federal Police raids on the ABC   Dr Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University phoned in to talk about the Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on the ABC  and weak protection for journalists and their sources in Australia.
https://theconversation.com/media-raids-raise-questions-about-afps-power-and-weak-protection-for-journalists-and-whistleblowers-118328