Australian journo in Hong Kong; podcast editor/producer; Aus news correspondent RTHK3; journalism lecturer HKBU; ex SCMP, ABC, PBSFM, RRR; reformed music journo and bartender - https://jarrodwatt.com/
Jarrod Watt
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More new #ausmusic played on the #radio in Hong Kong today - straight outta #Brisbane:
* Hannah Macklin - Life Automatic
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To the victor goes the... whatever he and his minions says he got. @rowecartoon.bsky.social paints a picture of the bloated mad king #Trump amid the detritus of his multi-billion dollar triumph: today's #cartoon
A #cartoon summary of the story I'm reporting on the radio in Hong Kong this arvo (with #ausmusic from Genesis Owusu & Dennis Tek): - the skips join with Turkish-Australians, African-Australians and other migrants to celebrate, ignoring the tiny, loud racists - cheers @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
Jarrod Watt
Jarrod Watt
New #ausmusic we played on the radio in Hong Kong today:
* Deniz Tek - Press On (1992)
* Genesis Owusu - American Voter
and...
youtu.be/2fM1HjpvxQ0?...
Jarrod Watt
Murdoch's media mullahs move to moralise over marijuana & Mental As Anything musos begats comment section gold:
* "so 25,000 is too many times, too many times"
* "the joints are getting bigger"
* "But you created the best Mambo shirts ever"
* "Willie & Snoop beg to differ"
youtu.be/ODyxH9hUDUU?...
Journalists love to report on Trump's use of Biblical imagery but seem reticent on updating the Biblical plagues being visited upon his birthday triumph:
* swarms of gnats ✔️
* livestock pestilence - screwworm ✔️
* water to blood - water to algae?
* hailstorms ✔️
Stay vigilant for frogs and locusts!
Jarrod Watt
"Many Chinese investors have looked to [Hong Kong] since the country’s real estate crisis hit property prices..."
Why mainland Chinese are rushing to open accounts in Hong Kong, succinctly expressed:
“Today it seems fine . . . but later on, who knows?”
www.ft.com/content/eff4...
A double shot #cartoon for the mad king: @rowecartoon.bsky.social unwraps a World Cup of UFC woe from the White House
Like everything with this dodgy real estate guy from New York… conditions apply:
“The signing of a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran is expected to kick off 60 days of negotiation on ending the war.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
"It's five long days between now and the proposed time for signing a deal between the United States and Iran which, from what we know at the moment, falls somewhere between a ceasefire and a peace deal."
Surely time for a media portmanteau:
Ceasedeal?
Peacefire?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Jarrod Watt
Jarrod Watt
The US-Iran deal faces five volatile days as questions remain over nuclear weapons and Israel's attacks on Lebanon.
A #cartoon summary of the story I'm reporting on the radio in Hong Kong this arvo (with #ausmusic from Genesis Owusu & Dennis Tek): - the skips join with Turkish-Australians, African-Australians and other migrants to celebrate, ignoring the tiny, loud racists - cheers @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
Jarrod Watt
Some mainlanders fear losing access to investment products that offer higher returns
