KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (right) and Minister of Information Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek (second, right) during the signing ceremony of an agreement between All Asia Broadcast Centre (Astro) and Australia's international television channel, Australia Network, here, today.Also present is Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui who is also the minister-in-attendance.The agreement is for the broadcast of Australia Network on Astro Channel 514 on a 24-hour basis across the country. Rudd is on a one-day official visit to Malaysia since becoming prime minister in November last year.--fotoBERNAMA COPYRIGHT RESERVED

photographed by: SHAHRIZAN JEFFRI AZIZ