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From: Graham Mott Sent: Friday, 18 March 2011 5:02 PM To: Sally Virgoe Subject: MEDIA WATCH

Sally,

I am responding to your questions on behalf of 2UE, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR.

1. Have your breakfast, morning, afternoon and drive programs (Mon-Fri) interviewed any Australian scientists about climate change since 1 January this year, aside from Professor Ian Plimer and Professor Bob Carter? If so, could you please tell us which scientists and when the interviews took place?

A: Since 1 January 2011 the people our stations have spoken to in regard to environmental issues are:

2UE – list to be provided on Monday morning.

3AW - has not spoken to Professor Ian Plimer or Professor Bob Carter; 3AW - has spoken to various politicians and economists, especially regarding the carbon tax; 3AW Breakfast - has not spoken to any scientists re climate change; 3AW Mornings - 6 January - *David Jones, National Climate Change Centre; 3AW Mornings - 6 January - *Max Rhees, Australian Environment Foundation (*On-air debate between David Jones and Max Rhees); 3AW Afternoons – includes a regular spot with environmentalist, Aaron Woods (Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year 2007); 3AW Drive – has not spoken to any scientists re climate change.

4BC - has not spoken to Professor Ian Plimer; 4BC Breakfast - 28 February - Hon. Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency; 4BC Mornings – 18 February - Professor Bob Carter, Climate Change Academic James Cook University; 4BC Mornings – 25 February - Tony Abbott, Federal Opposition Leader; 4BC Mornings – 28 February - Professor John Quiggin, University of Queensland Economics and Climate Change Expert; 4BC Mornings – 28 February – Ziggy Switkowski, Former Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation; 4BC Mornings – 1 March – Terry McCrann, News Limited Economist; 4BC Mornings – 1 March – Ross Fitzgerald, Political Commentator; 4BC Mornings – 2 March – Professor Sinclair Davidson, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT; 4BC Mornings – 3 March – Geoff Carmody, Canberra Economist; 4BC Mornings – 8 March – Bjorn Lomborg, Adjunct Professor Copenhagen Business School, Director of Copenhagen Business Centre, Former Director of the Environment Assessment Institute; 4BC Mornings – 9 March - Greg Hunt, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage; 4BC Mornings – 10 March – Paul Monk, AusThink Consulting; 4BC Mornings – 11 March – Tim Wilson, Institute of Public Affairs; 4BC Drive - 28 January 2011 – Senator Christine Milne, Greens Party; 4BC Drive - 25 February 2011 - Senator Bob Brown, Greens Party Leader; 4BC Drive - 28 February - Professor Bob Carter, Climate Change Academic James Cook University; 4BC Drive - 1 March - Mark Dreyfus QC, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change; 4BC Drive - 1 March - Tony Windsor, Independent Federal Member for New England; 4BC Drive - 9 March - Doug Cameron, Labor Senator; 4BC Drive - 10 March - Tim Wilson, Director of Climate Change Policy at the Institute of Policy Affairs; 4BC Drive - 17 March - David Hetherington, Executive Director of Per Capita, a progressive think tank.

6PR Breakfast – 12 January – Associate Professor Roger Stone, University of Southern Queensland; 6PR Mornings – 20 January – Dr Harvey Stern, Head of Victorian Climate Services Centre; 6PR Mornings – 25 February – Professor Ray Wills, CEO Sustainable Energy Association of Australia; 6PR Mornings – 28 February – Frank Jotzo, Deputy Director ANU Climate Change Institute; 6PR Mornings – 28 February – Adolf Stroomburgen, Chief Economist with New Zealand’s Infometrics (re NZ Carbon trading scheme); 6PR Mornings – 11 March – Professor Bob Carter, Climate Change Academic James Cook University; 6PR Mornings – 14 March – *Professor Ian Plimer; 6PR Mornings – 14 March - *Senator Scott Ludlum, Greens Party; *On-air debate between Professor Ian Plimer and Senator Scott Ludlum; 6PR Afternoons – includes a regular spot with environmentalist, Aaron Woods (Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year 2007); 6PR Drive – 8 March – Professor Ian Plimer; 6PR Drive – 8 March – Matthew Wright, Executive Director Beyond Zero Emissions and Environment Minister’s Young Environmentalist of the Year 2010.

2. Do you believe the programs listed above are covered by the Commercial Radio Code of Practice 2 (News and Current Affairs Programs)? If not, can you please explain why?

A: Breakfast, Morning and Drive are current affairs programs. Afternoon is an entertainment based program on 3AW, 4BC and 6PR and current affairs on 2UE. Code of Practice 2 (News and Current Affairs Programs) is applicable when we discuss any issue that comes under news and current affairs regardless of the type of program the discussion takes place in.

From: Graham Mott Sent: Monday, 21 March 2011 12:06 PM To: Sally Virgoe Subject: RE: MEDIA WATCH

Sally,

The 2UE information follows.

A: Since 1 January 2011 the people 2UE has spoken to in regard to environmental issues are:

2UE – has spoken to various politicians and economists, especially regarding the carbon tax; 2UE Breakfast – Professor Ian Plimer; 2UE Breakfast – Mark Dryfus MP (Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy); 2UE Breakfast – Greg Evens, Chamber of Commerce Economist.

Regards,

Graham

GRAHAM MOTT General Manager Fairfax Radio Network

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