CANBERRA - Australia yesterday cut the operations of its international state-owned radio broadcaster, Radio Australia, cutting funds by two-thirds.
The cabinet decided not to abolish the service, as originally expected, but chose to cut funding to about A$7 million (£3.5 million) from more than A$23 million (£11 million), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said. Radio Australia short-wave broadcasts in Cantonese, French, Khmer, Mandarin, Thai and Vietnamese will be axed, and Indonesian language services may also be halted.