Jarrod Watt

Dear Australia, from Hong Kong, China

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For nearly a decade Jarrod Watt has been the “Australia affairs” reporter on RTHK3 radio in Hong Kong, delivering a weekly summary of significant events in Australia's politics, economy, culture and society, often focusing on the historic and contemporary geopolitical and economic relationships between Australia, Hong Kong and mainland China, including the deeper influence of Cantonese language and culture that began in the goldfields of Ballarat and Bendigo in the 1850s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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AFL Grand Final preview; Albo and Biden, Chalmers in Beijing; Rupert vs the Murdoch kids 24.09.2024 18:05

With the AFL Grand Final coming up, a look at the historic match-up between two teams whose last Grand Final together was the year 1899, as well as the Cantonese connection of one of the Brisbane Lions' star players; Aussie PM Anthony Albanese meets with Biden for a Quad meeting which announces a "moon shot" to cure cervical cancer, and why Australia's experience eradicating HPV is important; Auss...

Melbourne protesters vs Land Forces 2024; Musk versus Albo (again); Aussies versus magpies 18.09.2024 15:44

What happened when a weapons convention of American, British, South Korean and Israeli arms manufacturers was held in Melbourne, a city where thousands have protested against the Gaza "war" every weekend since early October; Elon Musk declares the Albanese government "fascist" for its planned legislation to force the removal of misinformation from social media platforms in Australia; why Aussies a...

AFL finals vs Katie Perry; Albanese's plan to restrict teens on social media; William Barton in Hong Kong 10.09.2024 13:51

A historic Aussie rules finals season beckons with only one Melbourne-based team left, and questions over why Katie Perry was chosen for the pre-game entertainment for the AFL Grand Final on September 28. PM Anthony Albanese makes headlines with a policy to limit access to social media for teens, but how will it work? Meanwhile his government loses support for their lack of action on climate chang...

Stormy times for Australia; Hong Kong's Paul Chan in Melbourne; Shirley and Jimi 03.09.2024 15:01

A 350 km/h jetstream through Bass Strait means floods, windstorms, bushfires - and weirdly, an historic week where more of Australia's electricity was generated from renewables than coal. Hong Kong finance secretary Paul Chan in Melbournf for a keynote speech in Melbourne calling for more investment while the Albanese government announces a crackdown on student numbers and Australia faces down a p...

Hong Kong to Mallacoota; Australia's right to disconnect; record breaking warm winter (August 27) 27.08.2024 18:03

Talking in Cantonese in Mallacoota, a tiny fishing town on Victoria's far south eastern coastal tip and how one small brewery in Orbot is making beer from seaweed, sea urchin and oysters; the details and the realities of the new right to disconnect laws protecting Australian workers from forced unpaid overtime and how the pandemic and the history of Melbourne's involvement in the 8 hour work day c...

Reacting to Raygun; Australian women win the gold; Olympics BMX history (August 13) 27.08.2024 17:27

Everyone from Australian PM Anthony Albanese to singer Adele and hip-hop legend Ice-T had something to say about Raygun and her zero score breakdance performance at the Olympics (and then there was the social media reaction...) - hear how she is fast becoming an Australian cultural and sporting legend; hear analysis of how Australian women dominated the gold medals in Australia's greatest Olympics...