ABC AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES KEY INDONESIAN MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS

Australia’s most trusted news organisation, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has formed closer ties with several of Indonesia’s leading media companies including Detik.com, the Kompas Media Group and  Republika Online (ROL).

The Director of ABC International, Ms Lynley Marshall, will be in Indonesia this week  to sign partnership agreements with Detik, Kompas, Tribunnews.com, Republika Online and Fajar Media Group. The agreements will see greater sharing of news content between ABC Australia and the Indonesian media and a dedicated ABC  news feed on all the Indonesian online sites.

‘These agreements mark an important and significant step in the growing relationship between the ABC and key Indonesian media companies’, Ms Marshall said. ‘It will allow both countries to share their stories and engage more on issues of mutual interest’.

‘What I think is most exciting about these partnerships is that they will provide opportunities for both Australians and Indonesians to discuss and exchange points of view as friends and as neighbours’.

During her visit, Ms Marshall will be opening a workshop for the Indonesian student press club at Binus University in Jakarta.

ABC International is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Australia’s public radio, television and online broadcaster. Its role is to share Australian stories with audiences in the Asia and Pacific region, to provide insights into Australian life and foster partnerships that promote the exchange of ideas.

Through its multiplatform media service it reaches millions of people in more than 46 countries across the region by providing access to Radio Australia and the Australia Network television service as well as to its online and mobile digital services. ABC Radio Australia has been broadcasting to Indonesia for more than 70 years. The network broadcasts in Bahasa and English on shortwave and via digital streaming.

Its programs cover a range genres and interests including News and Current Affairs, business and finance, English Language learning, children’s programming, drama, sport and lifestyle.