Digital resources tagged with ‘ethics’

An 'Operation Babylift' baby grows up

Shane Bolt is at Yallingup beach, Western Australia, and reflects on the good fortune of his life, family and culture.

Broadcaster control

Liz Jacka details the history of broadcaster control and the introduction of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board.

Cash for comment

The 'Cash for Comment' affair in 1999 showed Australian audiences how corrupt and corruptible commercial broadcasting can be.

From Saigon to Perth - a Vietnam War orphan

Surfie Shane is at Yallingup beach in Western Australia where he lives. Shane was one of the babies adopted through the ‘Operation Babylift’ airlift from Saigon, Vietnam, in 1975.

Helping Children in War-Torn Countries

Moira Kelly begs for funds from international charities to bring children from war-torn Albania to Australia for medical treatment. One of the children almost dies, but the results are worth the risks.

Intercountry adoption and cultural identity

Shane Bolt was one of 281 children airlifted out of Saigon in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War and brought to Australia. He was adopted by a Western Australian family. Shane’s Australian mother, Frea, remembers how the family fought anti-Asian sentiment in Perth.

Operation Babylift

The stories of three Vietnamese-Australians who were among more than 3000 babies airlifted from Saigon orphanages at the end of the Vietnam War.

Test Tube Babies

An egg is collected from a woman's ovary and placed in a test tube to be fertilised by her husband's sperm. Once the embryo is growing normally it is placed back in the uterus.