It features programmes in various languages spoken in these regions, including , , , and.
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Reduced funding in 1997 for Radio Australia resulted in staff and programming cuts.
Radio Australia also worked on special news bulletins for troops and dozens of Australian journalists covered the Vietnam war between from 1965 until the last troops departed in 1972.
News and current affairs content across all platforms is produced by the division.
It is not a 24-hour channel, but is broadcast daily from 7 pm to around 3 am the following night.