WIA BOARD COMMENT with VK8ZZ, ACMA Five Year Spectrum Outlook, End of the telegram service, Battery powered smart bags raise safety concern, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - Amateurs on the receiving end, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation funding problems.

Office closure for the Christmas New Holiday, WIA Board Talk, WIA relies on functional WIA committees, Selling of non-compliant drone AV-transmitters stopped, Antarctic milestone being celebrated, Australian broadcaster on shortwave, WIRELESS WEATHER ,

WIA Christmas Message - THIS AND MORE IN THIS EDITION OF NEWS FROM THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA 2017 AND FOR WEEK OF DEC 24

WIA Office closure, WIA strategy advisory committee, IARU Region 1 and EURAO meeting, 2018 CONTEST DATES, Geoff Emery VK4ZPP has been thinking, WIRELESS WEATHER, MEDIA WATCH, WW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, Gibraltar's clandestine SOE wireless station, SOCIAL SCENE

WIA news blockage. - WIA holds cards bound for the Ukraine. - WIA Board Director Weekly Comment, Justin VK7TW. - WIA VHF UHF SUMMER FIELD DAY CONTEST DATE 2018.

WIA merging band plans worldwide. - WIA QSL Bureau briefly explained. -

WIA office closure for Christmas New Holiday. - WIA Director Marcus vk5wtf.

WIA The Election of WIA Directors, Call for Nominations - WIA Amateur Radio magazine a new beginning - WIA AR MAGAZINE, A look inside the December edition.

Amateur licensee numbers had a small growth restoring them close to where they were about a decade ago, we trace the history and influences behind it, plus a way forward.

WIA and the Armistice Day Centenary to be commemorated. - WIA 2018 Call Book (order now).

WIA News Broadcast Feedback. - WIA board had a busy October meeting.