World watch

Monash University has linked with Radio Australia to produce a 13-part series about the global economy to go out by short-wave radio, satellite and the Internet. It is the first time an Australian university has used a cross-media project to deliver higher education overseas. ABC managing director Brian Johns said it offered a glimpse at what the broadcasting authority would deliver in the digital era. Money, Markets and the Economy is on www.abc.net.au/money