{"id":27522,"date":"2017-08-10T10:11:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T14:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27522"},"modified":"2017-08-11T05:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T09:54:11","slug":"senate-rejects-bill-to-restore-australias-shortwave-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/senate-rejects-bill-to-restore-australias-shortwave-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate rejects bill to restore Australia’s shortwave services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Radio Info<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Bill to restore shortwave rejected by Senate Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Senate Committee inquiring into the possibility of restoring ABC Shortwave services has rejected proposed legislation to restore the international radio service.<\/p>\n

Several members of the committee presented dissenting reports.<\/p>\n

The ABC ended its shortwave transmission service in the Northern Territory and to international audiences from 31 January 2017, in line with the national broadcaster\u2019s commitment to dispense with outdated technology and to expand its digital content offerings.<\/p>\n

On 16 February 2017, the Senate referred the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Restoring Shortwave Radio) Bill 2017 to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report in May but an extension of time to report was granted, until yesterday, 9 August.<\/p>\n

Read more at: https:\/\/www.radioinfo.com.au\/news\/bill-restore-shortwave-rejected-senate-committee<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE: Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard Langley, who also shares an informative link to the Parliament of Australia’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio Info) Bill to restore shortwave rejected by Senate Committee A Senate Committee inquiring into the possibility of restoring ABC Shortwave services has rejected proposed legislation to restore the international radio service. Several members of the committee presented dissenting reports. The ABC ended its shortwave transmission service in the Northern Territory and to international […]<\/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],"tags":[2924,6111,5905,368,1920,1168],"class_list":["post-27522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-cuts","tag-abc-shortwave","tag-nick-xenophon","tag-radio-australia","tag-radio-australia-cuts","tag-radio-australia-shepparton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-79U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24533,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/how-to-voice-support-for-the-restoration-of-abc-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":27522,"position":0},"title":"How to voice support for the restoration of ABC Shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"March 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who've shared\u00a0a post from Change.org outlining how to voice support for the restoration of ABC's shortwave service. 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