Kim Williams says the ABC is 'eager to restore' a bureau in Beijing after the last correspondent was forced to leave in 2020.
Kim Williams has said the ABC's presence in China was necessary to reflect the "profound" impact the country has on the world.The ABC's chair, Kim Williams , has said the ABC needs to have "strong representation" in a Beijing bureau, noting China's importance as a centre of world affairs.
The chair also singled out the importance of the national broadcaster's Asia-Pacific and international bureaux in a time of increasing global tensions. Since then, the broadcaster has relied on journalists filing from Tokyo and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific to cover news on China., after being denied a visa extension by the Indian government ahead of the 2024 general elections.for her reporting for Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners from across India and East Asia.
"We want the ABC to be the place people in our part of the world turn to first, to get the crucial, factual news they need to take their countries forward peacefully and democratically. "Providing trusted news and helping spread the truth is in the national interest. But perhaps more importantly, it’s in the interests of a more stable and democratic world," he said.independent review commissioned to examine an ABC News article and 7.30 story
The ABC's managing director David Anderson has announced there will be an independent review into a 2022 story that included an "editing error in the audio" of helmet cam footage captured by commandos.
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