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• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  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 population of Australia; 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; and provide additional local programming obligations for regional commercial television broadcasting licensees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  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 Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: enable regional commercial radio broadcasting licensees to nominate to split exemption periods from local news and information content obligations into two periods, together totalling no more than five weeks; amend the minimum service standard obligations which apply after a trigger event occurs; and permit regional and remote commercial television broadcasting licensees to be deemed to have complied with the multi-channel Australian content quota obligation in certain circumstances; and

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to delegate an information-gathering power. 

  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 Bill 2007

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  Date

  15 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to ensure that persons who re-transmit content provided by National Indigenous TV Limited (NITV Ltd) for transmission by Imparja Television are exempt from the regulatory requirements of the Act; and

  Copyright Act 1968

  to amend the statutory licence copyright collection scheme to apply it to re-transmissions of NITV Ltd program material. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Collection of Datacasting Transmitter Licence Fees) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Datacasting Transmitter Licence Fees Bill 2006, the bill amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to ensure compliance by channel A datacasting transmitter licence holders with licence fee payment and record keeping obligations. Also makes a consequential amendment to the

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• 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 Services Amendment (Media Ownership) 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 Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2006, the bill amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: remove media-specific restrictions on foreign ownership and control; permit cross-media mergers in radio licence areas where sufficient diversity of media groups remains following the merger; require media outlets to disclose cross-media relationships when reporting on cross-held entities; and require minimum levels of local content by commercial television and radio licensees in regional markets. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Subscription Television Drama and Community Broadcasting Licences) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: increase flexibility in the operation of the 10 per cent requirement for new spending on drama on subscription television; and allow the Australian Communications and Media Authority to approve the transfer of a community broadcasting licence to another person who represents the same community interest. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to provide a framework for the conversion of commercial television broadcasting services in regional and remote areas of Western Australia from analogue to digital; and to allow commercial television broadcasting licensees in remote licence areas to multi-channel their digital services, where they elect jointly, or one elects individually, to provide a third digital-only commercial service; and exempt such licensees from any mandatory high definition television quotas that might be applied in remote licence areas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum