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Article: AUST SHOULD SPEND MORE ON NAT. BROADCASTER FOR O/S DIPLOMACY: ABC MD.
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- November 5, 2009
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CANBERRA, Nov 5 Asia Pulse - Australia could boost its diplomatic presence by expanding the ABC's overseas services, the public broadcaster's managing director says.
Mark Scott wants more money for the corporation's international broadcasting arms - Radio Australia and Australia Network - to help establish a presence in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
More funding would also improve Aunty's services to the Asia-Pacific.
If Australia wanted more global influence and a better understanding of its values, culture and democracy it needed to use the greatest influential tools, Mr Scott said.
"And they're the tools in the modern ...