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Broadcasting of Senate and committee proceedings
1 Radio and television broadcasting of Senate proceedings
(1) The Senate authorises the
broadcasting by Australian Broadcasting Corporation television of question time
in the Senate.
(2) If the House of Representatives
allows the television broadcasting of question time in that House, the
distribution of the television broadcast between the 2 Houses shall be in
accordance with the distribution of the radio broadcast, provided that the
Senate is broadcast on not less than 3 days in any 2-week sitting period.
(3) The Senate authorises the
broadcasting by radio and television stations of excerpts of its proceedings in
accordance with the following conditions:
Conditions governing the broadcasting of
excerpts of proceedings by radio and television stations
1. Access to the proceedings
of the Senate for the recording and broadcasting of excerpts of proceedings is
subject to an undertaking to observe, and to compliance with, the following
conditions.
2. Recordings and broadcasts
may be made only from channel 2 on the house monitoring system.
3. Broadcasts of excerpts
shall be used only for the purposes of fair and accurate reports of
proceedings, and shall not be used for:
(a) political party
advertising or election campaigns;
(b) satire and
ridicule; or
(c) commercial
sponsorship or commercial advertising.
4. Reports of proceedings
shall be such as to provide a balanced presentation of differing views.
5. Excerpts of proceedings
which are subsequently withdrawn may be broadcast only if the withdrawal is
also reported.
6. The instructions of the
President of the Senate or his or her delegates in respect of the broadcasting
of excerpts, which are not inconsistent with these conditions, shall be
observed.
2 Radio and television broadcasting of committee
proceedings
The following rules apply in relation to
radio and television broadcasting, including rebroadcasting, of the proceedings
of a committee.
(1) Recording and broadcasting of
proceedings of a committee may occur only in accordance with the authorisation
of the committee by a deliberate decision of the committee.
(2) A committee may authorise the
broadcasting of only its public proceedings.
(3) A committee may determine
conditions, not inconsistent with these rules, for the recording and
broadcasting of its proceedings, may order that any part of its proceedings not
be recorded or broadcast, and may give instructions for the observance of
conditions so determined and orders so made. A committee shall report to the
Senate any wilful breach of such conditions, orders or instructions.
(4) Broadcasting of committee
proceedings shall be for the purpose only of making fair and accurate reports
of those proceedings, and, in particular:
(a) shall not be the subject
of commercial sponsorship or be used for commercial advertising; and
(b) shall not be used for
election advertising.
(5) Recording and broadcasting of
proceedings of a committee shall not be such as to interfere with the conduct
of those proceedings.
(6) Where a committee intends to permit
the broadcasting of its proceedings, a witness who is to appear in those
proceedings shall be given reasonable opportunity, before appearing in the
proceedings, to object to the broadcasting of the proceedings and to state the
ground of the objection. The committee shall consider any such objection,
having regard to the proper protection of the witness and the public interest
in the proceedings, and if the committee decides to permit broadcasting of the
proceedings notwithstanding the witness’s objection, the witness shall be so
informed before appearing in the proceedings.
3 Broadcasting
of proceedings of committees when considering estimates
The public proceedings of
legislative and general purpose standing committees when considering estimates
may be relayed within Parliament House and broadcast by radio and television
stations in accordance with the conditions contained in paragraphs (4) and (5)
of the order of the Senate relating to the broadcasting of committee proceedings,
and in accordance with any further conditions, not inconsistent with the
conditions contained in those paragraphs, determined by a committee in relation
to the proceedings of that committee.
(14 August 2006: with
effect 11 September 2006 J.2481)
4 Access to video recordings of Senate proceedings
Persons other than television stations may
make use of video recordings of Senate proceedings, subject to the following
conditions:
Recordings of proceedings are to be used
only for the purposes of:
(a) providing fair and accurate reports
of Senate proceedings; or
(b) providing information about the
proceedings and operations of the Senate,
and shall not be used for:
(c) political party advertising or
election campaigns;
(d) satire or ridicule; or
(e) commercial advertising.
5 House Monitoring Service — extension
(1) The Senate authorises the extension
of the House Monitoring Service television coverage of the proceedings of the
Senate and Senate committees to persons and organisations, as determined by the
President, on terms and conditions determined by the President.
(2) The President shall report to the
Senate on persons and organisations in receipt of the service and on any terms
and conditions determined under paragraph (1).
(13 February 1997, 1 –
5 being a consolidation of earlier orders)
6 Electronic broadcasting of Senate and committee
proceedings
The
Senate authorises the publication by electronic means, including by the
Internet, in sound and visual images, of proceedings of the Senate and its committees,
subject to the rules applying to radio and television broadcasting of Senate
and committee proceedings.
(31 August 1999 J.1606)
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