Few sensible people who have ever looked at a map would dispute that we are a bit physically isolated down here. But what about our intellectual isolation and habitual lack of knowledge about so much that takes place in the rest of the world?
For a start, Australian television news has possibly become the most parochial I have encountered anywhere – yet it takes money, effort and a degree of intelligence, of course, to provide worthwhile coverage of international events.
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