Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today's policy rhetoric calls for Australia to use 'all tools of statecraft' to represent the nation internationally, nurturing trusted partnerships and dealing with a complex array of global and regional threats.
In that context, the ABC's Charter function as an international broadcaster has been undergoing a significant revival, especially in the Pacific region. It provides predominantly English language television to the Pacific and Asia, an FM re-transmission of ABC Radio Australia in the most populous locations across the Pacific and in Timor-Leste, and bespoke digital platforms and social channels for audiences across the Indo-Pacific.
Significantly, ABC International Development also works with counterparts in Papua New Guinea and Pacific-island states, Timor-Leste and Indonesia, building capacity and strengthening media systems. According to the ABC, it aims to 'support better democratic governance by promoting public interest journalism and media'.
Today's policy rhetoric calls for Australia to use 'all tools of statecraft' to represent the nation internationally, nurturing trusted partnerships and dealing with a complex array of global and regional threats.
In that context, the ABC's Charter function as an international broadcaster has been undergoing a significant revival, especially in the Pacific region. It provides predominantly English language television to the Pacific and Asia, an FM re-transmission of ABC Radio Australia in the most populous locations across the Pacific and in Timor-Leste, and bespoke digital platforms and social channels for audiences across the Indo-Pacific.
Significantly, ABC International Development also works with counterparts in Papua New Guinea and Pacific-island states, Timor-Leste and Indonesia, building capacity and strengthening media systems. According to the ABC, it aims to 'support better democratic governance by promoting public interest journalism and media'.
