Australia’s national news broadcaster says more funding is needed to make an impact in the Pacific region after years of cuts leading to service shutdowns.
The ABC’s head of international services, Claire Gorman, warned Australia could be left behind in the race for soft diplomacy against other nations, revealing the ABC allocates only $11 million a year for its international reporting.
This pales in comparison to France’s international broadcaster, which receives $400 million, the UK’s $700 million investment in the BBC’s world news service, the US allocating $1 billion to its global media agency, and China pumping more than $3 billion into its global news funding….