a domestic audience, from around or before 2009. It was created by Radio Australia, Asia Pacific was first launched in April 1998, and it runs until August 2014 after sixteen years on air. Schedule changes by ABC Radio Australia in 2013 saw the show lose its domestic radio audience. Sources of programming Radio Australia's English language programs consist of material produced by ABC Radio Australia, and also other ABC radio networks such as ABC Local Radio, ABC Radio National, ABC Classic FM, Triple J, Triple J Unearthed, Double J, ABC Grandstand (now ABC Sport) and ABC NewsRadio, as well as SBS Radio's SBS Gagana Samoan program. Controversies Indonesian killings in 1965–1966 Radio Australia has been implicated in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 for its propaganda broadcasts that contributed to the anti-Communist hysteria in Indonesia. At the time Radio Australia was the most popular foreign radio station in Indonesia and had a high signal strength. It was popular with students as it was the only station in Indonesia to play rock music. The Indonesian National Armed Forces gave Radio Australia daily briefings on what it should report and what phrases should be used. The station was instructed to report manipulations of the truth as if they were facts. The Australian Department of External Affairs gave daily guidance to Radio Australia over its Indonesian broadcasts, instructed it on the topics it should report on and the phrases it should use, and often edited the station's programming. Radio Australia was instructed to not broadcast disavowals by the Communist Party (PKI) of responsibility for the attempted coup, and was told, "Radio Australia should not give the impression that the army alone was acting against the PKI. Civilian organisations should be mentioned as often as possible. ... Reports should never imply that the army or its supporters were in any way pro-Western or right wing." Radio Australia faithfully followed these guidelines. The Australian ambassador, Mick Shann, encouraged Radio Australia to report manipulations and misconstructions of the truth in line with requests from the Indonesian Army, and told the station to not compromise the Army's position. He said Radio Australia's broadcasts were "excellent propaganda and of assistance to the anti-PKI forces" and "we must be a bit dishonest for a while." Richard Woolcott explained his guidance to the radio station by saying "Radio Australia should, by careful selection of its news items, not do anything