At the 1988 ARIA Awards , Farnham won ' Best Male Artist ' , ' Best Adult Contemporary Album ' for " Touch of Paradise " , and the ' Outstanding Achievement Award ' . In March 1989 , Farnham was in Moscow , USSR to promote Greenpeace album '' Rainbow Warriors '' , as part of an international ensemble including David Byrne ( Talking Heads ) , Peter Gabriel , Chrissie Hynde ( The Pretenders ) , Annie Lennox ( Eurythmics ) , and The Edge ( U2 ) . Farnham found time to record a duet with Dannielle Gaha , " Communication " , which peaked at No. 13 in August 1989 . It was recorded as part promotion for the Australian government 's program to control the drug epidemic happening in the mid - '80s entitled " The Drug Offensive " . The Drug Offensive logo can be seen attached to a television camera in the video clip made to promote the song
1988 ARIA Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 1988
John Farnham