It's interesting that it appears the Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, don't agree on this.
There is no question that running the Australia Network costs the Australian taxpayer a fair chunk of money. However, abandoning the service would be misguided. Of course, for a tiny fraction of what the TV network costs, full shortwave service could be restored. My own reaction to the complaints of commercial services (e.g. Sky/News Corp) in Australia is: if the content on AN is poor, what are you afraid of? If it is good and hurting your business, maybe you should up your quality and digital distribution... -- -Rob de Santos -----Original Message----- From: Internetradio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:27 AM To: Internet radio discussion Subject: [Internetradio] ABC may lose Australia Network | Media | theguardian.com Shared link: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jan/30/abc-faces-australia-network-loss Not exactly shortwave or radio related, but noteworthy given the rightward shift evident in Aussie politics these days. RC _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
