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ABC News
2 days ago
- Health
- ABC News
Palestinian supporters protest at gates of Pine Gap intelligence facility
On today's show: The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Australia will formally recognise a state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly next month. The decision comes after an international outcry over the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. Even in the outback town of Alice Springs/ Mparntwe there has been a growing voice of concern about the Israel/Gaza war. On Sunday about 100 locals protested at the joint US/Australian defence and intelligence facility, Pine Gap. With the permission of traditional owners, they are now protesting closer than ever before to the facility imposing front gates. Reporter: Alex Barwick (Alice Springs) The Western NSW Local Health District has responded to senior doctors' warnings about issues within Orange Hospital. The surgeons warned in May that cancer surgeries were being downgraded to avoid breaching waiting list targets. The Local Health District says it will reassess the viability of robotic-assisted surgical services and examine whether the hospital and its medical services will be Joanna Woodburn (Orange) Two NSW councils are calling for a halt on future renewable energy projects in their areas. The Upper Lachlan and Yass districts are home to 42 per cent of the state's wind turbines. A wool producer says the latest wind farm proposal would turn the region into an "industrial junkyard". Reporter: Hamish Cole (Orange)
ABC News
7 days ago
- Politics
- ABC News
Garma celebrates 25 years as the gap widens for Territorians
Politicians and First Nations leaders have gathered in remote Arnhem Land for the country's largest Indigenous Festival Garma, and this year it celebrates 25 years. But there's not a lot to celebrate in the latest Closing the Gap report, particularly in the Northern Territory - the worst performing jurisdiction in the country. Closing the Gap is the key policy agreed to by federal, state and territory governments that aims to improve the health, education, employment and social outcomes for Indigenous Australians. The latest release of data this week, shows that nationally, only four out of the 19 targets are on track to be met by the deadline of 2031. Reporter: Alex Barwick with John Paterson, Ngalakan man, Chair of APONT, the peak body for Aboriginal organisations in the NT and CEO of AMSANT, the peak body for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health in the NT
ABC News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
ABC podcast Spies in the Outback takes top gong in New York
Friday 23 May 2025 ABC podcast Expanse Series 3: Spies in the Outback, hosted by Alice Springs journalist Alex Barwick, has won the top gong at the New York Festivals Radio Awards. Announced today at the gala ceremony, Spies in the Outback won gold and Expanse Series 4 Uncropped is a finalist in the documentary / history category. The prestigious Awards celebrate creative storytellers from across the globe and recognise exceptional quality in broadcast audio content. The Grand Jury chose the podcast series from a field of thousands of entries across six continents. The story starts in the Cold War era and examines the secretive US/Australian defence base Pine Gap, hidden in Barwick's back yard of Alice Springs. Barwick, who pitched the winning audio concept to the ABC, has been a reporter in the region for 17 years. She says she wanted to tell a story from regional Australia that would capture the imagination of a global audience. 'Working with an incredible team – Piia Wirsu, Grant Wolter and Elsa Silberstein, and led by our Executive Producer Blythe Moore, we were able to explore just how significant Pine Gap is in the Australia/US defence relationship,' Barwick says. 'It was important to tell the history of Pine Gap and how it's shaped my town with care, while also examining what role it may have played in past and present global conflicts.' EP Blythe Moore: 'The ABC's strength and its point of difference is that we have boots on the ground in some of the most remote and far-flung places in Australia. 'We couldn't have told this story for a global audience without Alex's extensive experience reporting for ABC Alice Springs, her incredible local contacts and connection to the community, and her doggedness to understand what is going on at Pine Gap. That's what took this investigation to a whole other level.' Media contact: Emma Brown | ABC Communications
