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SBS scoops UNAA Media Peace Awards

SBS scooped six awards at the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards including for Go Back To Where You Came From.

SBS scooped six awards at the 2011 United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards on Friday night, including two gongs for Go Back To Where You Came From.

Hosted by Virginia Trioli the awards recognised those in the media whose work champions human rights, humanitarian and social justice issues.

TV NEWS (Sponsored by SBS)
Brian Thomson, World News Australia – Unfinished Business. SBS

TV CURRENT AFFAIRS (Sponsored by SBS)
Yaara Bou-Melhem, Dateline – Struggle for Freedom. SBS

TV DOCUMENTARY (Sponsored by SBS)
Cordell Jigsaw Productions, Go Back to Where You Came From. SBS.

SBS also won the Best Radio category, for its World News Australia report ‘Two Decades, Too Little, Too Late for Many: What became of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody?’

SBS Online also received a special commendation for its interactive documentary Africa 2 Australia in the Best Online category.

There were also accolades awarded in Special Award Categories:

Promotion Of Positive Images Of The Older Person
Sharon Connolly, Kim Akhurst, Jeannine Baker and Meredith Hopes, Compass. ‘Work Later On’. ABC.

Increasing Awareness And Understanding Of Women’s Rights And Issues
(Sponsored by the Office of Women’s Policy)
Matt Moran and Hugh Riminton, TEN News – ‘Skype Scandal’. TEN.

Increasing Awareness And Understanding Of Children’s Rights And Issues
(Sponsored by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development)
Quentin McDermott, Deborah Masters, Karen Michelmore, Kate Wild and Shaun Hoyt, Four Corners, – ‘Dangerous Territory’. ABC.

Promotion Of Multicultural Issues
(Sponsored by the Australian Multicultural Foundation)
Cordell Jigsaw Productions for SBS – Go Back To Where You Came From. SBS.

Special Commendation: Dan Fill, Frank Verheggen and Chris Sullivan, Chocolate Liberation Front commissioned by SBS
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