{"id":40455,"date":"2019-11-05T06:32:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T10:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40455"},"modified":"2019-11-05T06:32:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T10:32:16","slug":"australia-whispering-to-the-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/australia-whispering-to-the-asia-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: “Whispering to the Asia-Pacific”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Australian Strategic Policy Institute<\/a> via William Lee)<\/p>\n

Australia gropes and stutters towards a renewed embrace of international broadcasting\u2014the vital need to \u2018speak for ourselves\u2019 in the Asia\u2013Pacific.<\/p>\n

The latest lurch towards fresh understanding is the silent release of the review of Australia\u2019s media reach in the Asia\u2013Pacific. Note the irony that a report on broadcasting is soundless on arrival.<\/p>\n

Behold a classic orphan inquiry, not wanted by either the government or the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, nor particularly desired by the public service. The orphan was created as part of the price to win a Senate vote, and is dumped on the public doorstep without a word of welcome.<\/p>\n

The review was completed last December but only released (published on the Department of Communications website) on 17 October. No announcement. No government decisions.<\/p>\n

The inquiry matters because it nods towards significant policy failure and the absent-minded trashing of Oz international broadcasting.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to continue reading the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Australian Strategic Policy Institute via William Lee) Australia gropes and stutters towards a renewed embrace of international broadcasting\u2014the vital need to \u2018speak for ourselves\u2019 in the Asia\u2013Pacific. The latest lurch towards fresh understanding is the silent release of the review of Australia\u2019s media reach in the Asia\u2013Pacific. Note the irony that a report on […]<\/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":[6111,8111,4744,8112,368,4082,6422],"class_list":["post-40455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-abc-shortwave","tag-aspi","tag-australia-radio","tag-australian-strategic-policy-institute","tag-radio-australia","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-william-lee"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-awv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41071,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/abcs-review-of-shortwave-broadcasting-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":40455,"position":0},"title":"ABC’s review of shortwave broadcasting released","author":"Thomas","date":"December 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Michael Bird, who shares a link to RadioInfo that summarizes the recently-released \"Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific\" by the ABC. 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