Janine Hosking
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Janine Hosking is an Australian documentary film maker. She won a Walkley Award in 1997 for a Seven Network
television report entitled Tjandamurra, the story of Tjandamurra O'Shane
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Hosking has made several other well received documentaries including:
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
television report entitled Tjandamurra, the story of Tjandamurra O'Shane
Tjandamurra O'Shane
Tjandamurra "Janda" O'Shane is a Murri Indigenous Australian who at age six was the victim of a fire attack whilst playing at a schoolyard in Cairns, Queensland on 10 October 1996. He is the nephew of New South Wales magistrate Pat O'Shane, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner...
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Hosking has made several other well received documentaries including:
- My Khmer Heart. Ikandy Films (2001) - story of an Australian nurse and her work in an orphanage outside Phnom PenhPhnom PenhPhnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...
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- Mademoiselle and the Doctor. Ikandy Films (2004) - story of the suicide of 80-year-old French-Australian woman Lisette Nigot and euthanasiaEuthanasiaEuthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering....
advocate Dr Philip NitschkePhilip NitschkeDr. Philip Nitschke is an Australian medical doctor, humanist, author and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia law passed in Australia's Northern Territory and assisted four people in ending their lives before...
. A scene from the film showing the use of a suicide bagSuicide bagA suicide bag, also known as an exit bag, is a device consisting of a large plastic bag with a drawcord used to commit suicide. It is usually used in conjunction with an inert gas like helium or nitrogen, which prevents the panic, sense of suffocation and struggling during unconsciousness ...
was controversially edited from the ABC screening by CompassCompass (TV program)Compass is an Australian weekly news-documentary program screened on ABC Television on Sunday nights. Presented by Geraldine Doogue, the program is devoted to providing information about faith, values, ethics, and religion from across the globe....
presenter Geraldine DoogueGeraldine DoogueDr Geraldine Doogue AO is an Australian journalist and radio and television host.Doogue was the host of Radio National's Life Matters program for 11 years. She received a United Nations Media Peace Prize and two Penguin Awards for her role in ABC TV's coverage of the Gulf War...
and was the subject of a separate report on Media Watch.
- With This Ring (2005) - aired on ABC Television's Australian StoryAustralian StoryAustralian Story is a national weekly documentary series, produced and broadcast on ABC Television.Since 1996 Australian Story has featured many Australians from diverse backgrounds and reputations...
- Ganja QueenGanja QueenGanja Queen is an Australian documentary film about the arrest, trial, and imprisonment of Schapelle Corby released in 2007. An expanded version titled Schapelle Corby: The Hidden Truth, was aired by the Nine Network in Australia in June 2008...
(2007) - about the arrest, trial, and imprisonment of Schapelle CorbySchapelle CorbySchapelle Leigh Corby is an Australian woman convicted of drug smuggling who is imprisoned in Indonesia.Corby is serving a 20-year sentence for the importation of of cannabis into Bali, Indonesia...