Thailand grants citizenship to half a million people – but not farangs

[gkroo]

The following below info received from the ABC Facebook page for all that are interested.

"Quote"

It is with much regret that, after many years of broadcasting into the region, I must inform you of the termination of the Australia Network TV service.

As you may be aware, the ABC has been forced to terminate the service following the Australian Government’s withdrawal of its funding. The ABC has developed a new service to fulfil its obligations to broadcast internationally however, at this point in time, this does not include a widely available television channel.

We will be terminating the Australia Network service at 12.00 midnight Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on Sunday, the 28th of September. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you wish to know more about accessing blocks of our programming which we are making available for limited syndication to local networks then please address enquiries to Michael Bishay in our International Services department. Michael can be contacted at [email protected]

Thank you for your support of Australia Network and the ABC over the years and we hope that one day in the future we may be able to partner with you again.

Yours Sincerely,

Lynley Marshall
CEO ABC International

"Unquote"

[krisb]

Bloody shame.

Very un Australian. Most of the shows were pretty crappy, but was good for watching the footy and v8 race cars.

[jacky54]

it's only just come back on with true, now there is only Aljazeera left, we're doomed!

[tlcwaterfall]

This may be of interest to everyone. Seems like good news at last.

http://australianetwork.com/announcement

Edited September 5, 2014 by tlcwaterfall

[orchidlady]

Their learning English series is wonderful. I used the business English with my students. I will have to down load the files so I can still use them. with future classes.

[Torrens54]

Sad state of affairs. I voted for the Libs and have done so all of my adult life. Not any more!

[Sparkles]

Bloody shame.

Very un Australian. Most of the shows were pretty crappy, but was good for watching the footy and v8 race cars.

Krisb ...crappy shows ? you mean like the multi award winning 4 Corners, Foreign correspondent, Insight ,Q & A, Australian, World , Business news,etc etc, the excellent "Learning English "

shows which all my students used to watch. Travel and Food programs showcasing Australia to the world, a huge interest for incoming tourism.

But typical of politicians,who have never lived in the real world ,they can something that actually benefits the country not just expats.

An Florida based friend is taking his family to Tasmania purely based on what he saw on a ABC doumentary. The Libs just hate the ABC and SBS and would bring the whole lot down given the chance

Channel new Asia is funded by the Singapore Government ,a spokesman recently said what it cost is returned 10 fold by investment and tourism.

I'm sorry Krisb you will miss the footie and the V8 cars but for some of us there's a bit more to life.

[krisb]

Bloody shame.

Very un Australian. Most of the shows were pretty crappy, but was good for watching the footy and v8 race cars.

Krisb ...crappy shows ? you mean like the multi award winning 4 Corners, Foreign correspondent, Insight ,Q & A, Australian, World , Business news,etc etc, the excellent "Learning English "

shows which all my students used to watch. Travel and Food programs showcasing Australia to the world, a huge interest for incoming tourism.

But typical of politicians,who have never lived in the real world ,they can something that actually benefits the country not just expats.

An Florida based friend is taking his family to Tasmania purely based on what he saw on a ABC doumentary. The Libs just hate the ABC and SBS and would bring the whole lot down given the chance

Channel new Asia is funded by the Singapore Government ,a spokesman recently said what it cost is returned 10 fold by investment and tourism.

I'm sorry Krisb you will miss the footie and the V8 cars but for some of us there's a bit more to life.

Why would your students be watching someone else teach?

Whats wrong with watching sports btw?

[Chao Lao Beach]

http://australianetwork.com/tuning

Will be on TrueVisions and probably your local cable supplier.

Also Astro is on the list, (Malaysia Sat that is a favorite with Expats in Thailand below BKK.

Edited September 6, 2014 by Chao Lao Beach

[gkroo]

True Visions only currently supplying Australia Network to cable subscribers and not available to those with the Sat dishes so not sure if this will change with the new set up from ABC ??

[wilcopops]

Very sad at this decision....it kind of represents the Abbott admin's attitude to "foreigners" I think.

Why waste money talking to them?

It also mean for those in Thailand that their is one less alternative source for news about the country.

I really think that the "white Australia" mentality has been allowed to make the decisions here and although it will be hard to quality the damage done, it will undoubtedly be done

[wilcopops]

Bloody shame.

Very un Australian. Most of the shows were pretty crappy, but was good for watching the footy and v8 race cars.

Krisb ...crappy shows ? you mean like the multi award winning 4 Corners, Foreign correspondent, Insight ,Q & A, Australian, World , Business news,etc etc, the excellent "Learning English "

shows which all my students used to watch. Travel and Food programs showcasing Australia to the world, a huge interest for incoming tourism.

But typical of politicians,who have never lived in the real world ,they can something that actually benefits the country not just expats.

An Florida based friend is taking his family to Tasmania purely based on what he saw on a ABC doumentary. The Libs just hate the ABC and SBS and would bring the whole lot down given the chance

Channel new Asia is funded by the Singapore Government ,a spokesman recently said what it cost is returned 10 fold by investment and tourism.

I'm sorry Krisb you will miss the footie and the V8 cars but for some of us there's a bit more to life.

Why would your students be watching someone else teach?

Whats wrong with watching sports btw?

Why would your students read a book when you could speak to them instead??????

You obviously know notthing about teaching.....the Aussie network supplies loads of valuable EL materials.

Edited September 17, 2014 by wilcopops