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Phillip Adams AO (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, humanist, social commentator, satirist and left-wing pundit with the News Limited-owned newspaper, The Australian. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Broadcaster may refer to A Broadcasting organization one responsible for the production of radio and television programs and/or their transmission A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms See also philosophical Humanism For the Renaissance liberal arts movement see Renaissance humanism Humanism is Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human A pundit is someone who offers to mass-media his/her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the Social sciences News Limited was the principal holding for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch until the formation of News Corporation in 1979 A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. The Australian, also referred to as The Oz, is a Broadsheet Newspaper published in Australia Monday through Saturday each

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Early years

Adams was born in Maryborough, Victoria, the only child of Congregational Church minister the Reverend Charles Adams. Maryborough is a city in Victoria, Australia, located on the Pyrenees Highway, north of Ballarat, north-west of Melbourne, Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently

His parents separated when he was young. He has written:

"Mother dumped [his father] in favour of a rather sleazy businessman. . . - a sociopath who tried to murder me. . . I spent my latter part of my childhood trying to protect my mother from this psycho. "[1]

Of his education he has said: "I was forced to leave school before completing my secondary education and the only job I could get was working in advertising. "[2]

Adams joined the Communist Party at age 16, whilst employed in advertising, but left at age 19. A Political party described as a communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of Communism through a communist form of He has often compared dogmatic belief in Communism with dogmatic belief in Roman Catholicism. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based

Career

Adams began his advertising career with Foote Cone & Belding and later became a partner in Monahan Dayman Adams (now Publicis Mojo), which made him a millionaire. He developed such successful campaigns as "Life - Be In It"[3], "Slip, Slop, Slap"[4], "Break down the Barriers", "Guess whose mum has a Whirlpool" and "watch the big men fly for a Herbert Adams Pie", working with such talents as Fred Schepisi, Alex Stitt, Peter Best and Mimmo Cozzolino. Fred Schepisi AO (born December 26, 1939) is an award-winning Australian Film director and Scriptwriter. He left the advertising industry in the 1980's.

He wrote regular columns for The Age and The Bulletin. The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854 The Bulletin is a discontinued Australian weekly Magazine that was published in Sydney from 1880 until January 2008 He currently writes twice weekly for The Australian. The Australian, also referred to as The Oz, is a Broadsheet Newspaper published in Australia Monday through Saturday each

Broadcasting

2UE

In the late 1980s and early 1990s Adams presented a late-night program on Sydney commercial radio station 2UE. 2UE is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia owned by Fairfax Media.

Late Night Live

Adams took over Late Night Live[5] on Radio National from Richard Ackland. Late Night Live is an Australian radio programme which is broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National as well as on Radio Australia ABC Radio National is an Australia-wide Radio network broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with many various programs involving News and Late Night Live is broadcast across Australia on ABC Radio National as well as on Radio Australia shortwave radio and the World Wide Web. ABC Radio Australia is the international broadcasting and online service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia 's public broadcaster Shortwave Radio operates between the frequencies of 3000 KHz (3 The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet.

A serious discussion of world issues, the programme is tempered with Adams' gentle and ironic humour.

Frequent contributors include Bruce Shapiro[1] and Beatrix Campbell. Beatrix Campbell (born 1947 is a British campaigning writer and journalist focusing on politics class and gender At times, Adams refers tongue-in-cheek to his listeners as "the listener" or "Gladys", as though he had only one listener. Recently, Adams has begun introducing the show saying "Good evening Gladys and Poddies", in reference to the show's growing podcast listener base. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download

As of 2007, the current theme music is Elena Kats-Chernin's Russian Rags, which Adams renamed "Waltz of the Wombat". Elena Kats-Chernin (born 4 November 1957 is a Soviet-born Australian Composer.

The previous music was Bach's concerto for oboe, violin and orchestra in C Minor, BWV 1060: III. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Allegro.

Criticism

Adams has been criticised as being an example of left-wing bias in the ABC.

The call to give equivalent broadcast time on the ABC to a "right wing Phillip Adams" began with John Hewson in 1993. For the English soldier and regicide see John Hewson (regicide.

In July 1996 Prime Minister John Howard said in an interview with journalist Peter Cole-Adams: "I think one of the weaknesses of the ABC is that it doesn't have a right-wing Phillip Adams. See also Howard Government John Winston Howard AC (born 26 July 1939 was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March I think that would be a good idea. It would make a lot of people feel things were better". [6]

Former ABC managing director Jonathan Shier is reported as saying:[7]

Shier: It is hard - it has been hard - when I've asked the people in charge of editorial to give me the example of the right-wing Phillip Adams. Jonathan Shier is a British-born media executive who is best known for his controversial tenure as managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1999-2002
Adams: Well, it was echoing a repeated statement of John Howard's.

Former ABC board member Michael Kroger asked (15 May 2002) "why [. Michael Norman Kroger is a businessman and a powerbroker within the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. . . ] is it not possible 'for someone to hold down a presenter’s position who is clearly on the other side of Australian politics?'"[8]

Adams responded with a "Public Forum" programme on 9 May 2001, asking "Where is the Right-Wing Phillip Adams?"[9]

In July 2002 Imre Salusinszky wrote a satirical piece for Quadrant, "My Life as Phillip Adams: A Memoir". Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Imre Salusinszky (born 1955 in an Australian conservative columnist and English Literature academic [10]

Film work

Adams played a key role in the revival of the Australian film industry during the 1970s. The cinema of Australia has a long history and has produced many internationally-recognised films actors and filmmakers This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. [11] He was the author of a 1969 report[12] which led to legislation by Prime Minister John Gorton in 1970 for an Australian Film and Television Development Corporation (later the Australian Film Commission) and the Experimental Film Fund. Sir John Grey Gorton, GCMG, AC, CH (9 September 191119 May 2002 Australian politician was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia.

Together with Barry Jones, Adams was a motive force behind the Australian Film Television and Radio School which was established under the Whitlam government. Barry Owen Jones AO (born 11 October 1932, Geelong, Victoria) is a writer lawyer social activist quiz champion and former The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS is the Australian national centre for professional education and advanced training in film television radio and Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916 known as Gough Whitlam (ˈɡɒf goff is an Australian former politician and 21st

He also played a key role in the South Australian Film Corporation,[13] which was created in 1972 and became a model for similar bodies in other Australian states. South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972

Adams played a key role in the establishment of the Australia Council and the Australian Film Development Corporation, later known as the Australian Film Commission. The Australia Council, informally known as the Australia Council for the Arts, is the official Arts council of the Government of Australia. The Australian Film Commission was an Australian government agency with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's

As head of delegation to the Cannes Film Festival he signed Australia's first co-production agreements with France and the UK. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He was Chairman of the Australian Film Institute, the Film and Television Board of the Australia Council, the Australian Film Commission, and Film Australia. He helped establish the Australian Caption Service, which provides services for hearing impaired television viewers - and the Travelling Film Festival to take quality films into rural areas.

In the 1960s Adams wrote, produced and directed (as well as serving as cinematographer for) his first feature film "Jack And Jill: A Postscript" (1969); the first feature to win the Australian Film Institute Award, and the first Australian film to win the Grand Prix at an international festival.

Adams produced or co-produced other features including the critically-panned but hugely popular film adaptation of Barry Humphries' The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, directed by Bruce Beresford, which became the most successful Australian film ever made up to that time. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie is a 1972 Australian film starring Barry Crocker, telling the story of an Australian ' Yobbo ' on his travels Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940 is an Academy Award -nominated Australian film director writer and producer Other films include "The Naked Bunyip", "Don's Party", "The Getting Of Wisdom", "Lonely Hearts", "We Of The Never Never", "Gendel Grendel Grendel", "Fighting Back" and "Hearts And Minds". Don's Party is a 1971 Australian play set during the 1969 Australian federal election.

Other work

Adams chaired the Commission for the Future, established by the Hawke Government to build bridges between science and the community. Robert James Lee (Bob Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929 was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister In 1988 the Commission won a major United Nations award for educating Australia on the issue of greenhouse and climate change. Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences

He chaired the National Australia Day Council. Its principal task was to choose the Australian of the Year. He also chairs the Advisory Board for the Centre of the Mind at the University of Sydney and the Australia National University in Canberra, and has been a board member of Greenpeace, CARE Australia, the National Museum of Australia, Adelaide's Festival of Ideas and Brisbane's Ideas at the Brisbane Powerhouse. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 CARE is one of the largest international relief and Humanitarian organizations in the world with programs in nearly 70 countries The National Museum of Australia was formally established by the National Museum of Australia Act 1980. Brisbane Powerhouse is an arts and cultural hub located in the popular Brisbane suburb of New Farm, Queensland, Australia offering an array

Adams is the author or editor of over 20 books, including The Unspeakable Adams, Adams Versus God, The Penguin Book of Australian Jokes, Retreat from Tolerance, Talkback and A Billion Voices, Adams Ark (published in 2004) and (with Lee Burton) "Emperors of the Air" (Allen & Unwin). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Robert Manne has described Adams as "the emblematic figurehead of the pro-Labor left intelligentsia". [2] Adams had a close relationship with every Labor leader from Gough Whitlam to Kim Beazley, advising on public relations, advertising and policy issues. Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916 known as Gough Whitlam (ˈɡɒf goff is an Australian former politician and 21st For Kim Beazley's father Kim Beazley senior, see Kim Edward Beazley. However, on July 19, 2006 he was reported as saying of the Labor Party:

"They hate me," he says. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "I think Kim Beazley is a serious error. I think the party's been going downhill federally ever since Keating left. . . The Labor Party's hardly worth feeding federally. "[3]

Adams' life and extra-curricular activities have made him a source of interest to fans and foes of all persuasions for many years. Australia's security intelligence organisation kept an extensive ASIO File on Adams. An ASIO file is a file compiled by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation tracing the habits and movements of a person of interest to the organisation often a log-like The file began at about the time he turned 16 years of age. A work in itself, if a resume of this type can be considered autobiographical in any way. [14]

Personal life

Adams' partner is Patrice Newell. Patrice Newell (born 1956 is a former model TV presenter turned author alternative lifestyle advocate and biodynamic farmer He has four daughters, three to his first wife, and one to Ms Newell.

He lives on Elmswood, a cattle property near Gundy in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, extending from approximately to north of Sydney, Australia He also has a home in Paddington, an inner suburb of Sydney. Paddington is an inner-city eastern Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Adams is a collector of rare antiques, including Egyptian, Roman and Greek sculptures and artifacts. An antique ( Latin: antiquus; old is an old Collectible item It is collected or desirable because of its age rarity condition utility or other unique This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία In Archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological

He has written "I'd been an atheist since I was five" [4] and has an interest in spiritual matters, particularly life after death. Atheism Spirituality, in a narrow sense concerns itself with matters of the Spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and Faith, a transcendent reality AfterLife is a film drama set in Scotland directed by Alison Peebles made in 2003 about an ambitious Scottish journalist forced to choose between

In 1979 a portrait of Phillip Adams by artist Wes Walters won the Archibald Prize. Wes(ley Walters, Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize. The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important Portraiture prize and is the most prominent of all arts prizes in Australia.

Honours and awards

Bibliography

With his partner Patrice Newell, he is the author of several joke books:

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. ^ Broadcaster Phillip Adams
  2. ^ Phillip Adams
  3. ^ 2003/81/3 Animation cel, original artwork, featuring 'Norm' from the 'Life. Be in it' campaigns, acetate / paper / cardboard, drawn by Alexander Stitt, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 1993 - 1994 - Powerhouse Museum Collection
  4. ^ Campaigns and advertising - SunSmart (Victoria)
  5. ^ ABC Radio National - Late Night Live - Home Page
  6. ^ ABC staff are directing the culture wars - Gerard Henderson - www.smh.com.au
  7. ^ Dimensions Media - Transcripts
  8. ^ Quadrant Magazine
  9. ^ Gerard Henderson's Speeches, Essays and Correspondence | The Sydney Institute
  10. ^ My Life as Phillip Adams: A Memoir - Imre Salusinszky - Quadrant Magazine
  11. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/articles/200v3/03/06/1046826480126.html?oneclick=true
  12. ^ Australian Horror Films: Appendix
  13. ^ SAFC
  14. ^ "Weekend Australian Magazine" Phillip Adams Jul 16, 2005. The Chaser's War on Everything is an AFI Award winning Australian Television comedy series broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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