{"id":40994,"date":"2019-12-01T07:04:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T11:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40994"},"modified":"2019-12-01T07:04:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T11:04:10","slug":"abc-celebrates-80-years-of-international-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/abc-celebrates-80-years-of-international-broadcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC celebrates 80 years of international broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Geraldine Doogue (Photo by Peter Marks)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Peter Marks, who was recently invited to attend an ABC celebration. Peter wrote up a summary of the event on his blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

80 years of international broadcasting by the ABC was celebrated this week at the headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney.<\/p>\n

David Hua, ABC Head, International Strategy introduced the event.<\/p>\n

Geraldine Doogue was the MC for the evening. She described the International division as \u201cTaking Australian culture beyond its shores\u201d. Doogue described ABC International as the very best of the ABC and said that the people who work in it have a sense of pride in Australia and work out how to present it to the world.<\/p>\n

Ita Buttrose, ABC chair, said \u201cThe birth of Australia\u2019s international broadcasting service came at a time of global upheaval, uncertainty and disruption. Australia seemed far removed from the epicentre of conflict in Europe, but the technology of cable and wireless brought the war in to living rooms across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Ms Buttrose noted in her recent speech at the Lowy Institute, radio technology also gave Australia the opportunity to speak directly, for the first time, to its near neighbours, countering the propaganda and fake news of the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Peter Marks, who was recently invited to attend an ABC celebration. Peter wrote up a summary of the event on his blog: 80 years of international broadcasting by the ABC was celebrated this week at the headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney. David Hua, ABC Head, International Strategy introduced the event. 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