The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will shutdown it Radio Australia shortwave radio transmission service to the Pacific from 31 January 2017, affecting PNG and the South Pacific.

See the ABC's media release on the shutdown here: http://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/shortwave-radio/

A news piece on the shutdown is here: www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/12/22/bishop-presses-abc-pacific-concerns-over-shortwave-radio-cut