‘Succulent Chinese meal’ speech added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive

Jack Karlson’s rallying cry of ‘democracy manifest’ added to national collection of sound recordings that hold historical, cultural and aesthetic significance Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Thirty-five years ago, when Jack Karlson was hauled into a police car outside a Chinese restaurant in Queensland, he couldn’t have known…

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• Jack Karlson’s rallying cry of ‘democracy manifest’ added to national collection of sound recordings that hold historical, cultural and aesthetic significance Get our breaking news email , free app…
• Karlson’s declaration – “Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!
• … What is the charge?
• Eating a meal?

Background

What led here, in plain terms:

• A succulent Chinese meal?” – is one of nine pieces of audio that have been added to the NFSA’s Sounds of Australia collection this year, along with a pedestrian crossing signal and Missy Higgins ’…
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• Jack Karlson’s rallying cry of ‘democracy manifest’ added to national collection of sound recordings that hold historical, cultural and aesthetic significance Get our breaking news email, free app…
• Karlson’s declaration – “Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• … What is the charge?
• Eating a meal?
• A succulent Chinese meal?” – is one of nine pieces of audio that have been added to the NFSA’s Sounds of Australia collection this year, along with a pedestrian crossing signal and Missy Higgins’…