6 August 2022 Speaking at the ABC's 90th anniversary celebrations in Sydney last night, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it is a matter of national security for the...
26 April 2022 Scott Morrison has mocked the Labor Party's policy on re-funding Radio Australia on the election campaign trail today. "I sent in the AFP, the Labor...
16 February 2022 ABC managing director David Anderson told a Senate Committee hearing last night that public broadcasters in the Pacific have raised concerns about Chinese government pressure...
5 December 2019 The Department of Communications and the Arts (DOCA) has released its Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific, almost a year after it...
18 October 2018 Three Asia-Pacific media specialists have proposed a new publicly funded Australian International Broadcasting Corporation at a Panel Forum hosted by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute...
9 August 2018 Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has told RN's Fran Kelly that her party did not support the ABC's decision to switch off short wave services...
3 August 2018 Submissions to the Australian Government’s review on the closure of ABC shortwave services to the Pacific Region have now closed. The latest submission...
29 June 2018 Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat morning program has undergone some format changes, causing concern that there have been more cuts to the national broadcaster’s international radio...
23 June 2018 China's international radio service, China Radio International (CRI) has taken over some of ABC Radio Australia's old shortwave radio frequencies in the Pacific. The...
10 August 2017 Premium content A Senate Committee inquiring into the possibility of restoring ABC Shortwave services has rejected proposed legislation to restore the international radio service....
16 July 2014 The ABC will lose about 80 staff resulting from the termination of the Australian Network contract. The forced redundancies will fall mostly across the Asia...
30 May 2014 In the Senate Estimates Hearing this week, ABC MD Mark Scott told Senator O’Niell that “Local Radio is the spine of what we do” and...
14 May 2014 Steve Ahern explores the implications and options. Now that the Australia Network contract has been cancelled, what are the options for the ABC’s international...
29 January 2014 The Australian reports today that the ABC's $223 million Australia Network Asian broadcasting service might be scrapped in the May budget to save money and...