What's the first news story that Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp remembers?

Find out in a new podcast called Have You Heard The News?, a series brought to you by the Melbourne Press Club. In each episode, we ask prominent Melburnians what news story first galvanised their attention.

For Sally Capp, it was an international story that became an obsession.

You can listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or using your favourite podcast app.

Show notes:

Iran
“Khomeini interview 1978”
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-507-f18sb3xj3qCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives

“Discontent in Iran 1978”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOV-biSAsug&t=29s&ab_channel=60Minutes

“Demonstrations of the Iranian revolutionary people 1979”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtwwsb8axN0&t=1s&ab_channel=javadalaemehasCulturalCenter

“The Queen’s state visit to Iran”
https://archive.org/details/55454TheQueensStateVisitIran

Papua New Guinea

“Papua New Guinea’s Journey to Independence - Retrofocus ABC Australia”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T68XTmYtmw&ab_channel=ABCAustralia

“Independence Special PNG 1975”
https://archive.org/details/independence-special-png-1975-2015-360p

‘’Senate Condolence Motions - The Rt Hon Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare’’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8HgDNYGx9c