BILL SHORTEN CALLS ON TURNBULL TO SAVE ABC SHORTWAVE RADIO BROADCASTS

27 June 2017

Labor leader says reasons to shut down service do not account for the reality of service availability in remote areas
Helen Davidson in Darwin

The opposition leader, Bill Shorten, has called on the prime minister to step in and save ABC shortwave broadcasts in the Northern Territory, claiming the broadcasters reasons to shut them down do not account for the reality of life in the outback.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/27/bill-shorten-calls-on-turnbull-to-save-shortwave-radio-broadcasts-in-nt