Extract from ABC PM
Damien Larkins: ABC News
On PM
with Linda Mottram
Short wave services can endure storms, coups and the vagaries of
terrain - making them a lifeline to our remote and media starved Pacific
Island neighbours over many decades.
When the ABC abandoned short wave four years ago, there was a surge of dismay and alarm with the Federal government eventually setting up a review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific.
A one-time head of the ABC's Asia Pacific broadcast services is the latest to speak up, cautioning in an essay for the Lowy Institute that there is a cost to Australia's influence without a strong broadcast offering to the media starved Pacific Island region based on democratic values and engagement with communities.
When the ABC abandoned short wave four years ago, there was a surge of dismay and alarm with the Federal government eventually setting up a review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific.
A one-time head of the ABC's Asia Pacific broadcast services is the latest to speak up, cautioning in an essay for the Lowy Institute that there is a cost to Australia's influence without a strong broadcast offering to the media starved Pacific Island region based on democratic values and engagement with communities.
Duration: 6min 51sec
Broadcast:
More Information
Featured:
Geoff Heriot, former PNG correspondent, ABC
Geoff Heriot, former PNG correspondent, ABC
* * * *
Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific
https://www.communications.gov.au/have-your-say/review-australian-broadcasting-services-asia-pacific
No comments:
Post a Comment