SPF in the Media

2012

NOVEMBER 2012 – Senator Sekai Holland is awarded the Sydney Peace Prize

Sydney Peace Prize Lecture, ABC Big Ideas, 26th November 2012 (full lecture available here)

Sydney Peace Prize on Channel 10′s The Project, 8th November 2012. (Click on the link and then look for the clip dated Thursday 8th November 2012.)

Peace prize winner condemns NSW Taser use, 8th November 2012, Tahmina Ansari for ABC News, & Yahoo 7 News

Sekai Holland to receive Sydney Peace Prize 2012, 7th November 2012, ABC 702 (radio interview with Linda Mottram)

Sekai Holland: a model for non-violent change  World News Australia Radio, SBS, 4 November 2012 (radio)

Survivor on a mission of peace, Sydney Morning Herald – News Review, Deborah Snow, 

OCTOBER 2012 – Senator Sekai Holland in Sydney

Sekai Holland’s Australian story, ABC’s The Drum, 30 October 2012 (online article by Dr Meredith Burgmann)

Forgiveness and Reconciliation, ABC’s Q&A, 29 October 2012 (55 min video – panel discussion)

Zimbabwe’s Sekai Holland shares vision for peace, SBS World News, 29 October 2012 (video 8min)

Our Torture was a Victory, Sydney Morning Herald – Good Weekend, 6 October 2012 (newspaper article by Nikki Barrowclough)

Sekai’s Journey, SBS Dateline, 2 October 2012 (video 13 min with Yaara Bou Melhem)

MAY 2012 – Senator Sekai Holland Announced as 2012 Sydney Peace Prize Recipient

Lessons from Zimbabwe’s great healer, ABC’s The Drum, 25th May 2012

Sekai Holland wins Sydney Peace Prize, World News Australia, 4 May 2012

Sydney Peace Prize: Sekai Holland, Radio National Breakfast, 1 May 2012

‘A Time of Heroes’, The Global Mail, 1 May 2012

‘Distinguished graduate wins 2012 Sydney Peace Prize’, UTS: NEWSROOM, 3 May 2012

Raising issues of Peace with Justice in the Media

Govt must do more for Assange: Greens, SBS, 17 Aug 2012

 Julian Assange: the freedom of free speech, Online Opinion, 7 June 2012

2011

Raising Peace with Justice in the Media

‘The Language of Derision: Targeting Noam Chomsky’, ABC The Drum, August 3rd 2011

‘The Debasement of Public Debate’, Online Opinion, August 24th, 2011

‘Justice for Bradley Manning’, Australia Online, July 21st, 2011

‘Noam Chomsky- A Brilliant Peace Prize Choice’, ABC The Drum, June 6th, 2011

‘We stood up for Hicks because Australia failed to when it mattered’
Mary Kostakidis, Sydney Morning Herald Opinion, May 25, 2011: Full text here
Mary Kostakidis is a journalist and member of the advisory panel to the Sydney Peace Foundation.

‘Gold Medal for Assange: A Rationale’, The Conversation, May 18th

‘Vengeances is Never Sweet: the Assassination of Bin Laden’, New Matilda, May 5th 2011

‘Muhammad Yunus: Empowering the Poor’, The Conversation, April 15th 2011

‘More Mendacity from Mendes: Israel Palestine Conflict’, Gallus Australia, March 27th 2011

‘The Company of Whistleblowers’, New Matilda, February 10th 2011

JUNE 2011 – Professor Noam Chomsky Announced as 2011 Sydney Peace Prize Recipient

‘Ideologue on a peace pedestal’, Stephen Matchett, The Australian, June 03, 2011: Full text here

Renowned journalist Adam Spencer, host of Breakfast ABC 702, speaks in depth with Professor Noam Chomsky. June 2, 2011: Full audio here

‘Controversy dogs Chomsky as he accepts Sydney Peace Prize’, John Huxley, Sydney Morning Herald, June 2, 2011: Full text here

‘Noam Chomsky Wins Sydney Peace Prize’, ABC News Online, June 2, 2011: Full text here

‘Chomsky Wins Sydney Peace Prize’, SBS Online News, June 2, 2011: Full text here

MAY 2011 – The Sydney Peace Foundation’s Gold Medal Award to Julian Assange was covered by:

Plus innumerable community publications, blogs and tweets.

International coverage included
The USA, the UK, India, Malaysia, Canada

2010

Sydney Peace Prize winner Dr Shiva joins Lateline (video)