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• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2006, the bill amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to reform the digital television and commercial television broadcasting regime, particularly in relation to: regulation of digital television; broadcasting of sports on the anti-siphoning list on new digital channels; commercial television licensing arrangements; allocation of channels for new digital services; the access regime for channel B datacasting transmitter licences and access undertakings; and industry codes and standards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-over) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: implement a staggered, region-by-region digital switch-over television timetable (to be completed by 31 December 2013); and specify the dates of two statutory reviews. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to remove the requirement for the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to provide written notice of its intention to declare a digital radio start-up day for a licence area; and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to: remove requirements that the ACMA must consult before preparing or varying a digital radio channel plan; shorten timeframes associated with the formation of eligible joint venture and digital community radio broadcasting representative companies, and clarify the invitation and acceptance process for the formation of such companies; shorten timeframes associated with issuing a foundation digital radio multiplex transmitter licence (DRMT) in accordance with a price-based allocation system and DRMAT licensees giving the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission access undertakings; and clarify how excess multiplex capacity on foundation DRMT licences is determined. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2015

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  Date

  02 Dec 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to: remove the restricted datacasting licence category; remove the requirement for the digital radio moratorium period; remove spent provisions; and make consequential amendments;

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to remove the minister’s role in the setting of the digital radio start-up day in regional licence areas; and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to amend the definition of ‘non-foundation digital radio multiplex transmitter licence’ to exclude category 3 multiplex licences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2008

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  Date

  17 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to: extend the deadline for commercial broadcasters to commence digital radio services in the mainland state capital cities to 1 July 2009; remove the requirement for digital radio services to commence in Hobart by the extended deadline; and retain the option for community radio stations to take up shares in joint venture companies that own digital radio transmission infrastructure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2007

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  Date

  28 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  ,

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to implement a framework for digital radio broadcasting and transmission and provide the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with the powers necessary to support and manage the new framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Dividend) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: provide that a designated datacasting service is a datacasting service provided by a commercial television broadcasting licensee, a commercial radio broadcasting licensee or a national broadcaster, or is of a kind specified by the minister; and generally require that providers of designated datacasting services hold datacasting licences;

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to require the minister to direct the Australian Communications and Media Authority to review and report on the provision of spectrum for low interference potential device class licenses and provide a transition pathway for such licences by 30 July 2013; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Dividend and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to provide the Australian Communications and Media Authority with planning and enforcement powers for the implementation of the re-stack of digital television channels and the realisation of digital dividend spectrum; and

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  ,

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  ,

  Copyright Act 1968

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  in relation to: the operation of the digital television services provided by the satellite service licensed under section 38C of the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  ; and other digital television matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Convergence Review and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills in relation to the media sector, the bill amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: provide that no additional commercial television broadcasting licences will be made available to enable a fourth commercial television network; impose an Australian content transmission quota on commercial television broadcasting licensees; enable Australian content sub-quotas to be satisfied by any transmission by a licensee; provide that one hour of a first release Australian drama program counts as two hours for the purposes of a transmission quota; enable the minister to direct the Australian Communications and Media Authority in relation to its program standards making powers; and remove the requirement for a review of content and captioning rules applicable to multi-channelled television broadcasting services;

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  to: include digital media services in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) charter; prohibit certain advertising on the ABC’s digital media services; and provide that the ABC or its prescribed companies are the only providers of Commonwealth-funded international broadcasting services; and

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to: require the minister to have regard to the need to ensure that at least one of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) non-executive directors is an Indigenous person; and include digital media services in SBS’s charter. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017, the bill amends: the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: abolish the ‘75% audience reach rule’, which prohibits commercial television broadcasting licensees from controlling licences whose combined licence area populations exceed 75 per cent of the Australian population; abolish the ‘2 out of 3 cross-media control rule’, which prohibits control over more than two out of three regulated media platforms in any one commercial radio licence area; provide additional local programming obligations for regional commercial television broadcasting licensees; and require the Australian Communications and Media Authority to undertake a review by 1 July 2021; the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and Broadcasting Services (Events) Notice (No. 1) 2010 to amend measures relating to the anti-siphoning scheme and the anti-siphoning notice, including extending the automatic delisting period and removing the multi-channelling rule; and five Acts to provide for collection and assessment arrangements for the new transmitter licence tax. Also establishes a transitional support payment scheme for certain commercial broadcasters; and repeals the Broadcasting Services (Datacasting Charge) Regulations 2001,

  Datacasting Charge (Imposition) Act 1998

  ,

  Datacasting Transmitter Licence Fees Act 2006

  ,

  Radio Licence Fees Act 1964

  and

  Television Licence Fees Act 1964

  to abolish broadcasting licence fees, datacasting charges and apparatus licence fees paid by commercial broadcasters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum