Half truths by Sharon Smith-Johns about Radio Australia broadcasting again.
Fiji considers switching Radio Australia back on
Fiji’s coup-installed military government has suggested it is looking at allowing Radio Australia to broadcast there again.
Power to the two transmitters, one in Nadi and the other in Suva, was switched off by the interim government in 2009.
But Fiji’s permanent secretary of information, Sharon Smith-Johns told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat on Friday that she is looking at reversing the policy.
“Well look, I want you to come back online because I have to listen to you through the Internet. We’re looking at that currently; we’d welcome having you back on our airways,” she said.
Radio Australia’s CEO, Mike McCluskey has welcomed her statement but says Radio Australia’s parent company, the ABC, will not make any deals about news coverage of Fiji in exchange for getting the transmitters back on.
“No, because the ABC already has arrangements in place to ensure fairness and accountability. We have the arrangements of our code of practice, we have the arrangements of our editorial policies,” he said.
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FijiToday has been informed that Fiji’s permanent secretary of information, Sharon Smith-Johns failed to state that the policy is for the ABC stations to be given permission to transmitt only after the election. If content is deemed to breach the Decree then ABC will be prosecuted under Fiji law as the transmitters are on Fiji soil.
There it is in a nutshell.
“If (post election)content is deemed in breach to breach the Decree’s then ABC will be prosecuted under Fiji law”.
Election or no election – these people have no intentions whatsoever of giving up power – ever.
“Well look, I want you to come back online because I have to listen to you through the Internet.”
Excuse you fuckhead but what YOU want means nothing in the bigger scheme of things.
You are expendable just like the rest of your fellow treasonous PS’s and without a doubt many are anticipating the day when you have fallen from grace and walk the streets like a normal person just so they can jeer in your face – seen Pita Driti lately outback trailer trash?.
In case haven’t got the memo yet, you are actually a liability because you muck up all Aiyaz’s anti-colonial jibes. And what Aiyaz wants, Aiyaz gets – seen Sila Balawa lately country bumpkin?
Have a timtam & cuppa chat with Filimoni Kau, I’m sure the back of his daks are still sweaty from almost losing his job.
“the ABC already has arrangements in place to ensure fairness and accountability. We have the arrangements of our code of practice, we have the arrangements of our editorial policies”
Of course we all know that he said that to stave off any hope the Sharon, Aiyaz & Co would have to enact their own half-arsed brand of censorship. Pote!