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• Communications Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to give the Australian Communications and Media Authority the discretion to consider late applications for renewals of community broadcasting licences up to the expiry date of the licence; and makes technical corrections to the

  Broadcasting Amendment (Digital Radio) Act 2007

  and

  Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Act 2006

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to give the Australian Communications and Media Authority the discretion to consider late applications for renewals of community broadcasting licences up to the expiry date of the licence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) 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: enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to make online content service provider rules which impose gambling promotions restrictions on online content service providers; and provide the ACMA with the power to determine program standards about gambling promotional content which apply to certain broadcasters and subscriptions providers;

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to: require the ACMA to monitor compliance with online content service provider rules; and enable the ACMA to delegate the power to issues certain notices; and

  Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-siphoning) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to establish a framework to regulate the accessibility and prominence of free-to-air television services on certain internet connected television devices supplied in Australia; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to expand the anti-siphoning scheme to include online services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund) 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: enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to make a grant of financial assistance to a publisher of a newspaper, magazine or other periodical, or a content service provider; provide that the ACMA may only make a grant of financial assistance in the three financial years commencing on 1 July 2018, with the total amount of financial assistance not exceeding $50 100 000; require the ACMA to enter into an agreement with the recipient setting out the terms and conditions of the grant; enable the minister to establish an advisory committee to advise the ACMA in relation to the exercise of its powers to make grants of financial assistance; and provide for annual reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional Broadcasting Continuity) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to enable viewers to access the Viewer Access Satellite Television safety net service when a commercial television broadcaster ceases to provide services terrestrially in a given area; and

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to enable the consolidation of transmission arrangements for certain broadcasting services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (SBS Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to: increase the restriction of no more than five minutes per hour of advertising to 10 minutes of advertising in any hour of broadcasting on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS); and clarify SBS’s ability to earn revenue through the broadcast of programs containing product placement; and

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  and

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to: provide consistency between the Acts; remove redundant provisions; and add a reference to digital media services. Also repeals 26 Acts and removes redundant provisions in four Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (SBS Advertising Flexibility) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to: increase the restriction of no more than five minutes per hour of advertising to 10 minutes of advertising in any hour of broadcasting on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS); and clarify SBS’s ability to earn revenue through the broadcast of programs containing product placement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1997

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 1997 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts Portfolio 

  Bill

• Communications Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Communications Authority Act 1997

  to allow the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to incorporate other documents by reference when making a written definitions determination;

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to ensure that certain prohibited material is specifically exempt from disclosure under the Act;

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to enable, by disallowable instrument, the exemption of certain law enforcement and anti-corruption bodies from the operation of sections of the Act dealing with unlicensed transmissions, equipment standards and interference emissions; streamline licensing provisions and expand the objects clause;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to abolish the specially-constituted ACA; and in relation to the criteria for the issue of a facility installation permit; and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  in relation to: the National Relay Service; disallowance of a revocation or variation of a customer service guarantee; and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum