ABC managing director David Anderson says the national broadcaster will step up its presence in the Asia-Pacific next year, more than seven years after its cable channel dedicated to the region was shuttered
ABC managing director David Anderson has revealed the national broadcaster is preparing to step up its presence in the Asia-Pacific region significantly next year, more than seven years after its cable channel dedicated to the region was shuttered., Mr Anderson said the public broadcaster was exploring ways it could expand its presence in the region, to serve both Australian and regional audiences.
“We have ongoing dialogue with the Minister for the Pacific with regard to what else we could be doing should they wish to fund us because I think there is the intergenerational trust between those nations and Australia,” Mr Anderson said. “We’re always interested in expanding our presence should the government wish to do so. I think it would be an important initiative.”Dominic Lorrimer
The ABC’s planned Pacific push comes against backdrop of rising tensions between Australia and its largest trading partner, China, and as China’s influence across the region strengthens., from the country last year after he was informed he was a person of interest in a national security case. Birtles was one of the last journalists working for Australian media organisations in China - there are now no accredited reporters from Australia in the country for the first time since the mid-1970s.
The ABC declined to provide further detail on what its increased presence in the Asia Pacific will look like, but confirmed it will expand its coverage next year. The broadcaster is currently in talks with the government about its next three-year funding arrangement. The ABC previously operated The Australia Network, which broadcast its content into 46 countries across the region including Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. But the service was shut down in 2014 following budget cuts by the then Abbott government, a move critics say has hurt Australia’ soft diplomacy power in the Pacific.The federal government has recently invested significant amounts of money into communications services in the region.
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