The Australian online has published an article highly critical of the international broadcasting efforts of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Malcolm Colless writes that “Australia Network [the international TV service] is the vehicle with the most potential to project a dynamic image of Australia in the Asia-Pacific region, but not under its present structure, which smothers its ability to compete with organisations such as the BBC, CNN and even al-Jazeera, which are pumping millions of dollars into upgrading their communications services into the area.”
Mr Colless contends that Australia is saddled with “an international broadcasting service whose primary function seems to be to deliver sporting programs to expats in hotels and Australian diplomatic missions across the region.”
