To modern-day Australians, heatwaves mean potential fires, crowds at the beach, thirsty koalas, crippled public transport services and frenzied Twittering about how goddamn hot it is. But what about in 1939?
Black friday
The lost opportunities of NITV
Communications Minister Helen Coonan launched the new National Indigenous Television network (NITV) on Friday the 13th of July. But black media politics in Australia can be vicious and the launch has left some noses seriously out of joint, particularly those from the existing Indigenous Community Television (ICTV) network, whose content looks to have been pinched by the new initiative, writes Bob Gosford.
