{"id":28411,"date":"2017-09-19T06:37:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T10:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28411"},"modified":"2017-09-19T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T17:30:14","slug":"the-guardian-study-shows-abc-cuts-to-shortwave-rural-broadcasts-jeopardising-safety-of-remote-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/the-guardian-study-shows-abc-cuts-to-shortwave-rural-broadcasts-jeopardising-safety-of-remote-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian: Study shows ABC cuts to shortwave & rural broadcasts “jeopardising safety of remote communities”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: The Guardian<\/a> via Ian P)<\/p>\n

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Reduction of local news and station closures disastrous for people living outside Australia\u2019s cities, researchers say<\/h3>\n

Cuts to the ABC in regional and rural Australia and the corporation\u2019s increasing reliance on digital technologies is jeopardising the safety of remote communities and their access to emergency warnings, Deakin University research has found.<\/p>\n

The ABC\u2019s increasingly \u201cdigital-first\u201d approach to emergency information and the reduction in ABC reporters\u2019 local knowledge is causing great distress among rural populations who rely on broadcast signals because they don\u2019t have the bandwidth or coverage for digital, researchers say.<\/p>\n

A reduction of local news and information, centralised newsrooms in metropolitan areas, the closure of several ABC stations and the scaling back of broadcast programming has been disastrous for people outside the cities, according to a new study, Communication life line? ABC emergency broadcasting in rural\/regional Australia.<\/p>\n

But the ABC has played down the study\u2019s significance, saying it is based on parliamentary submissions and is not an \u201caccurate or up-to-date\u201d summary of the corporation\u2019s role in rural and regional Australia; and that the ABC is not funded as an emergency service.<\/p>\n

Based on public submissions to a parliamentary inquiry, the researchers Julie Freeman, Kristy Hess and Lisa Waller found \u201cburgeoning discontent about the corporation\u2019s ability to fulfil its role as a designated emergency broadcaster and provide communication life lines to rural and regional communities\u201d.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading at The Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: The Guardian via Ian P) Reduction of local news and station closures disastrous for people living outside Australia\u2019s cities, researchers say Cuts to the ABC in regional and rural Australia and the corporation\u2019s increasing reliance on digital technologies is jeopardising the safety of remote communities and their access to emergency warnings, Deakin University research 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