The Balibo Five, the journalists who were killed during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor in 1975 are in the news again today. Britain is being urged to order arrest warrants for their killers, members of the Indonesian military who were named last November in an Australian coronial enquiry into the deaths. Four were named but only two survive, Christoforos Da Silva and Captain Yunus Yosfiah Justice John Dowd is President of the International Commission of Jurists. He explained the chances of the two being tried as war criminals after all this time. Widow of Australian journalist Greg Shackleton, Shirley Shackleton, says it's good news but she's not getting her hopes up too soon.
Earlier this week it was the lack of women on the steering committee of the Federal Government's new think tank 20/20. Today it's the new health reform commission on which women are under- represented in an area employing a majority of women. Eva Cox from the Women's Electoral Lobby says she's hearing outrage not just from older feminists but from young women as well.
Next week world champion whitewater kayaker Tanya Faux will use her skills to raise awareness about the dangers that oil exploration is currently posing to the Kimberley area of Western Australia. Tanya will paddle off along the crocodile infested rivers of the area on a journey as part of the Save The Kimberley campaign
Tribe FM is a radio station in the southern suburbs of Adelaide. They're waiting to be granted a community licence and have big plans to be ecologically sound and set a new standard by running the station on alternative energy.
The Adelaide Fringe Festival goes beyond making people laugh; it tackles serious issues too. "Who do you think you are" is an educational show with comedians from various cultural backgrounds looking at what it means to be Australian.