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Ita Buttrose calls for more funding for greater ABC role in Asia-Pacific | Ita Buttrose calls for more funding for greater ABC role in Asia-Pacific |
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ABC chair Ita Buttrose has called for additional funding for international broadcasting so the public broadcaster can be a “clarion” voice of trusted news and play a bigger role in soft diplomacy in the region. | ABC chair Ita Buttrose has called for additional funding for international broadcasting so the public broadcaster can be a “clarion” voice of trusted news and play a bigger role in soft diplomacy in the region. |
“The importance of journalism to our country’s Asia-Pacific interests cannot be underestimated and I believe a renewed ABC focus on international broadcasting would greatly benefit Australia,” Buttrose said in her Lowy Institute media lecture. | “The importance of journalism to our country’s Asia-Pacific interests cannot be underestimated and I believe a renewed ABC focus on international broadcasting would greatly benefit Australia,” Buttrose said in her Lowy Institute media lecture. |
“The ability to report critically on our own political system is a powerful demonstration of democratic values, particularly to countries with limited press freedom. | “The ability to report critically on our own political system is a powerful demonstration of democratic values, particularly to countries with limited press freedom. |
“As a statutory independent broadcaster, the ABC has a reputation throughout the region for its credible, frank and impartial coverage of our own backyard.” | “As a statutory independent broadcaster, the ABC has a reputation throughout the region for its credible, frank and impartial coverage of our own backyard.” |
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Buttrose announced the ABC would launch an international version of its iView streaming platform, called ABC Australia iView, at the end of the month. | |
However, the cost of international TV rights means the offering will be limited to selected episodes of ABC titles, including Australian Story, Four Corners, Gardening Australia and Waltzing the Dragon. | However, the cost of international TV rights means the offering will be limited to selected episodes of ABC titles, including Australian Story, Four Corners, Gardening Australia and Waltzing the Dragon. |
Buttrose compared the ABC’s limited funding for international broadcasting since the termination of the Australia Network with the BBC World Service, which receives £330m (A$623) a year. | |
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade cut the ABC’s international service, which had broadcast content to 46 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and had a potential audience of 144 million people, in the May 2014 budget. | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade cut the ABC’s international service, which had broadcast content to 46 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and had a potential audience of 144 million people, in the May 2014 budget. |
Australia has fallen from sixth to 10th place in the University of Southern California’s Center for Public Diplomacy Soft Power 30 index since 2015. | Australia has fallen from sixth to 10th place in the University of Southern California’s Center for Public Diplomacy Soft Power 30 index since 2015. |
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The ABC’s international arm now has ABC Australia, which broadcasts into 40 territories across the Indo-Pacific region, Radio Australia and an international app. | The ABC’s international arm now has ABC Australia, which broadcasts into 40 territories across the Indo-Pacific region, Radio Australia and an international app. |
The former magazine and newspaper editor said the ABC is a key soft-power asset available to the nation and should be used as such. | The former magazine and newspaper editor said the ABC is a key soft-power asset available to the nation and should be used as such. |
“The ABC is Australia’s trusted voice in Asia and the Pacific,” Buttrose said. “It has a proud record of achievement, having told Australian stories, reported fairly and fearlessly, taught generations to speak English and delivered critical information in times of crisis for 80 years. | “The ABC is Australia’s trusted voice in Asia and the Pacific,” Buttrose said. “It has a proud record of achievement, having told Australian stories, reported fairly and fearlessly, taught generations to speak English and delivered critical information in times of crisis for 80 years. |
“With additional support the ABC could expand its ability to reach out and share Australian perspectives to the world and enable Australians to better understand their Pacific neighbours.” | “With additional support the ABC could expand its ability to reach out and share Australian perspectives to the world and enable Australians to better understand their Pacific neighbours.” |
Buttrose said she had spoken to former and current ministers for communications about additional funding for the ABC, which was cut by $83.7m in the May 2018 budget. | Buttrose said she had spoken to former and current ministers for communications about additional funding for the ABC, which was cut by $83.7m in the May 2018 budget. |
Ita Buttrose calls for more media diversity, but derides 'political correctness' | Ita Buttrose calls for more media diversity, but derides 'political correctness' |
“I did suggest to Mitch Fifield that less reviews into the ABC would mean they had more money,” she said in a Q&A with the executive director of the Lowy Institute, Michael Fullilove. | |
The ABC was subjected to a second efficiency review by Fifield which concluded that the ABC needed long-term funding certainty. | The ABC was subjected to a second efficiency review by Fifield which concluded that the ABC needed long-term funding certainty. |
The Lowy Institute media award was won by Nick McKenzie and Sashka Koloff for “Interference”, a joint investigation by the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and ABC’s Four Corners about Chinese political influence in Australia. | |
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