(Unredacted) Submission to the Aus Govt Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific
As a leader of a team of broadcasters and content makers going live-to-air, Radio Australia program makers needed to know where our audience was.
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The crowded Pacific: re-considering the sharp edge of broadcasting’s soft power
By Geoff Heriot Long before the ABC abandoned shortwave broadcasting to PNG and the Pacific, its programming for indigenous audiences (as distinct from Australian expatriates) had become risible. For those concerned with Australia’s status as the region’s principal security partner, this should matter.
Pacific Beat honours Fiji two weeks on from Cyclone Winston
Finally this week on Pacific Beat, let’s pay homage to the people of Fiji as they work hard to rebuild after Cyclone Winston by hearing about their needs, via their own voices.
Pacific Islands Forum chief says Fiji group not a rival
The secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, says she is prepared for Fiji to take its time before deciding on its future involvement with the regional group.
Pacific chief trade adviser says PACER Plus on track
The 10th round of negotiations for the the Pacific nations’ trade agreement known as PACER Plus ended last night in Vanuatu.
Mobile-optimised Google search results could bury Pacific content
From Wednesday, Google will change the way it ranks search, prioritising companies that have mobile-friendly websites when people use the search engine on smart phones or tablet computers.
Pacific Beat Review April 10 2010
Fiji leader says media consultations ‘constructive’; Attorney-General defends Fiji draft media decree; Fiji’s Singapore-style media model ‘worrying’; Claims Fiji govt censorship affecting work of PINA; Princess Ashika report yet to be tabled in Tongan parliament; Pacific to benefit from Asia resurgence says World Bank; Solomons CINURA coalition to campaign as one.
Pacific Beat 2009 year in review
As 2009 and the decade draws to a close, let’s now take a look back on a year which has seen some momentous events take place in this, our Pacific home. Bookended by the intractable political situation in Fiji and Papua New Guinea’s unchartered future with its new energy wealth, the year 2009 will instead … Continue reading “Pacific Beat 2009 year in review”
Pacific Beat Sept 30 2009 disaster pt 1 of 4
0500 TO 0530–Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat AM program of the Pacific quake and tsunami of September 30, 2009. This program went to air 68 minutes after the first wire flash of a quake off American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga.
Pacific Beat Sept 30 2009 disaster pt 2 of 4
0530 TO 0600–Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat AM program of the Pacific quake and tsunami of September 30, 2009. This program went to air 68 minutes after the first wire flash of a quake off American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga.
