This follows the announcement of a new partnership with Australia Network.

Australia Network will take two hours of live finals action on Easter Monday, including the semi finals and final of the Australia Post Stawell Gift.

Australia's international television service, Australia Network broadcasts 24/7 across Asia, the Pacific and the Indian sub-continent.

The service is currently available in 44 countries through a combination of free-to-air satellite, cable or via local re-broadcast across the Asia Pacific region, reaching some 22 million homes and achieving a monthly audience of around 5.4 million viewers.

In 2010, international viewers will have access to not only the Australia Post Stawell Gift final, but the six semi-final races and six other finals for men and women in events ranging from 120m to a mile.

The Australia Post Stawell Gift will join the likes of the V8 Supercars Championship Series, Super 14 Rugby, the AFL premiership season and Tour Down Under as Australian sporting exports via the network.

In 2009, the Australia Post Stawell Gift set a coverage record of 1.4 million viewers when a peak of 382,000 viewers on Network Ten, 43,000 via Foxtel, 17,200 via Austar and one million viewers in more than 5000 TABs, clubs and pubs via Sky Channel across the nation tuned in for the 12-second race.

Australia Post Stawell Gift marketing director David Culbert said the agreement with Australia Network was a huge boost for the Gift and the region.

``The Stawell Gift already receives more coverage than any other athletics event in Australia and this agreement will see that coverage expand even further,'' Mr Culbert said.

``Our news highlights already receive coverage in more than 100 countries, but to have the full two hour broadcast live throughout countries such as China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan and Singapore is another significant step forward.