Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent coverage of industrial, environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts every Monday and Friday at 8pm. Phone (03) 9525 3551 to contact the producers or make a donation.
Frontier: 1830-1860 Worse that Slavery itself — This program recalls the sharp moral change in London when the British public was stirred by an anti-slavery campaign. "British subjects" — including Aborigines — indeed have legal rights, London instructed. Missionaries now played their role in the destruction of Aboriginal culture and society. However, the new mood did not go down well and horrific massacres took place in the bush. Frontier is television's first comprehensive account of the 150-year war against the Aboriginal people. ABC TV, Wednesday, March 12, 8.30pm.
Black River — A film adaptation of an operatic work based on the 1987 Human Rights Commission of Inquiry into the conditions suffered by Aborigines at Toomelah, on the border of Queensland and NSW. SBS, Monday March 17, 12.30pm.
You Might as Well Live — A study of youth suicide in Australia which is structured as an inquest examining case studies of youth who have suicided through interviews with parents, siblings and friends, and also through interviews with young people who have made failed suicide attempts. SBS, Monday March 17, 1.30pm.
Frontier: 1860-1938 The Government Should Shut its Eyes ... — In Queensland, the bloodiest phase of the lost war kills thousands over 30 years. The Europeans decide they must regulate what they believe will be a dying race. But Aborigines live and fight on. ABC TV, Wednesday March 19, 8.30pm.
Timeframe: ASIO — The first of a two-part special on Australia's spies. Part 1 takes a fresh look at the frenzied spy hunt that led to both the formation of ASIO and the notorious "Petrov affair" in 1954. ABC TV, Thursday, March 20, 8.30pm.