Australians Digging up Ecuadorean Traditional Lands; A Blow to Australian Journalism?

Wednesday, 12 September 2018 - 7:00am to 8:30am

On the show with Eiddwen, Judith and Will || 


The Melbourne Rainforest Action Group (Facebook) is supporting the indigenous A'i Cofan people against Australian mining interests in the precious Ecuadorean rainforests. Anthony Anis comes on the show to tell us what's at stake and how we can support the Indigenous-led legal action || 


We look back at the Monday arrest of two Pussy Riot members, allegedly in response to the punk-rock/activist collective's on-field protest at the recent Russia football World Cup || 


Veteran journalist and media commentator Dr Dennis Muller comes on the show to give us his prognosis on the takeover of Fairfax by Nine (formerly Nine Entertainment). What does this mean for the health of good journalism in Australia?