{"id":23156,"date":"2017-01-05T08:12:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T12:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23156"},"modified":"2017-01-05T08:12:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T12:12:36","slug":"abc-friends-plea-for-urgent-ministerial-action-to-retain-nt-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/abc-friends-plea-for-urgent-ministerial-action-to-retain-nt-service\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Friends: “Plea For Urgent Ministerial Action” to retain NT service"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Phil Brennan<\/a>, who shares the following press release from ABC Friends.<\/a><\/p>\n

ABC Friends represents the community\u2019s interest in independent national public broadcasting:<\/p>\n

\n

MEDIA RELEASE
\n5\/1\/2017<\/p>\n

NEW THREAT TO LIVES IN OUTBACK<\/strong>
\n PLEA FOR URGENT MINISTERIAL ACTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

An urgent call for ministerial action to protect short wave services in Northern and Central Australia has been made by ABC Friends National.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the responsibility of both the Minister for Communications Senator Fifield and the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to respond to this very real need with urgency,\u2019\u201d said ABC Friends National President Margaret Reynolds today.<\/p>\n

ABC Friends National sent a letter in December to Communications Minister Mitch Fifield, urging him to intervene so as to guarantee the ABC had sufficient funding to maintain the short wave service – which is so essential in rural and remote areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore a number of Pacific Island states also rely on this service especially in the current cyclone season,\u201d Margaret Reynolds said, \u201cPacific leaders have expressed concern about a loss of this service.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201dIt is unacceptable to simply blame the ABC when government funding has been reduced so severely in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ABC cannot provide adequate communication services for all Australians in isolated regions as well as support our Pacific neighbours if it is constantly facing funding cutbacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Australian Government must accept that, ultimately, short wave services can provide early warning and be an important preventative disaster measure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Further Information:<\/p>\n

Margaret Reynolds
\nNational President ABC Friends<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Phil Brennan, who shares the following press release from ABC Friends. ABC Friends represents the community\u2019s interest in independent national public broadcasting: MEDIA RELEASE 5\/1\/2017 NEW THREAT TO LIVES IN OUTBACK PLEA FOR URGENT MINISTERIAL ACTION An urgent call for ministerial action to protect short wave services in Northern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,43,1],"tags":[2924,5779,5484,5738,4743,368,1920,3572,2796],"class_list":["post-23156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-uncategorized","tag-abc-cuts","tag-abc-friends","tag-abc-northern-territories","tag-abc-northern-territory-shortwave","tag-phil-brennan","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-cuts","tag-radio-australia-pacific-service-cuts","tag-radio-australia-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-61u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23218,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/with-loss-of-northern-territory-service-abc-recommends-amfm-and-a-satellite-phone\/","url_meta":{"origin":23156,"position":0},"title":"With loss of Northern Territory service, ABC recommends AM\/FM and a satellite phone","author":"Thomas","date":"January 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, who shares this tweet from Northern Territory resident, Lisa Herbert. https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsLisaHerbert\/status\/814242065781358593 https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonShortwave\/status\/816116105081159681 Read about the cuts to the ABC NT service and Radio Australia by clicking here.","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ABC-Shortwave-Ad-932x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ABC-Shortwave-Ad-932x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ABC-Shortwave-Ad-932x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23685,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/letter-from-australian-leader-of-the-opposition-to-the-prime-minister-regarding-nt-shortwave-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":23156,"position":1},"title":"Letter from Australian Leader of the Opposition to the Prime Minister regarding NT shortwave service","author":"Thomas","date":"January 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, \u00a0Phil Brennan, who shares the following letter sent to The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, by Bill Shorten MP, Leader of the Opposition: The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Prime Minister Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Dear Prime Minister I write in relation to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23801,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/radio-australias-final-day-broadcasting-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":23156,"position":2},"title":"Radio Australia’s final day broadcasting on shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"January 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As I write this post, I'm listening to Radio Australia on 9,580 and 12,065 kHz. 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