The Albanese Government's new Indo-Pacific Broadcasting Strategy will increase access to trusted and reliable news, deliver quality content and foster engagement across the region.
Labor made an election commitment to deliver the Strategy, which will help Australia build closer relationships with countries in our region and restore our place as a partner of choice, as we work towards a peaceful, stable, and prosperous world.
The Strategy provides a framework to help foster a vibrant and independent media sector, counter misinformation, present modern multicultural Australia, and support deeper people-to-people engagement.
There are three key areas that the Strategy focuses on:
- Support the creation and distribution of compelling Australian content that engages audiences and demonstrates Australia's commitment to the region.
- Enhance access in the region to trusted sources of media, including news and current affairs.
- Strengthen regional media capacity and capability and boost connections between Australian-based and Indo-Pacific media and content creators.
To help media organisations in the Pacific, Southeast Asia and South Asia provide quality media services, the Government is establishing the Indo-Pacific Media Fund. One of the Fund's first initiatives is to support the Australian Associated Press to provide targeted training and access to news content in the Pacific.
