TitleNewsweek: best of 1982SummaryNewsweek 1982 news stories fragments.ContentsInterview with a man, who remarks that “Australia isn’t losing its national identity, because it’s trying to find it” -- Interview fragment with Bobby Simpson, who discusses his expectations for a team captain -- Interview with a retired test cricketer -- Interview with an organiser of the Queensland State Soccer League. The organiser explains that the league was “the biggest state league in the world”, and that including the Mareeba soccer club was financially infeasible -- Footage of two men winning an award for resuscitation -- News story about Ulysses the Grouper. Ulysses had been killed accidentally, which “created a rift between fisherman and tourist operators” -- News story about a whale who caught in a coral reef -- Interview with members of the “Sons and Daughters” cast -- Interview with a man, who defended Richard Nixon, and esteemed him as “one of America’s greatest presidents” -- Interview with Dame Edna, who jokes that “the old buildings (in Townsville) will make for wonderful car parks” -- News story about a group of children learning to canoe -- News story about the preservation of old North Queensland footage -- News story about the hunting of deer on the Torres Strait Islands -- Footage of the HMS Britannia, which arrived in Townsville -- News story about a crashed plane -- News story about the sugarcane farming industry. A sugarcane farmer was concerned with farmers “going broke” due to their profit margins -- Interviews with a group of elderly people Corporate AuthorNQTVVideo File Name4020653CreditsReporter: Rick Anderton ; reporters: Robert Dean, Graham LeverOriginal Format 3/4 inch video tape cassetteCollation1 video file (MP4) (21 minutes) : digital ; 880MBDate1982ImprintTownsville : NQTV, 1982
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