Is Australia losing its soft power the Asia Pacific?

Podcast from ABC Late Night Live

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Thursday 11 October 2018 10:05PM (view full episode)

Image: Should Australia spend more on broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific? (ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images) Link to larger image.

Four years ago, the Abbott government defunded most of the ABC's Asia-Pacific broadcasting. China's CGTN is now taking our place.
A new report from The Australian Strategic Policy Institute argues that re-launching the ABC's international broadcasting is vital to our national interest.