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• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Radio) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  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 Services Amendment (Anti-siphoning) Bill 2012 [2013]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Ditigal Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  in relation to free-to-air television coverage of anti-siphoning events to: restrict the acquisition of rights to televise anti-siphoning events by subscription television licensees; restrict the conferral of online coverage rights on content service providers; impose coverage obligations on free-to-air broadcasting (anti-hoarding rules); impose notification requirements concerning the acquisition and cessation of rights to televise anti-siphoning events, or entitlements to confer such rights, on commercial television broadcasting licensees, national broadcasters and their program suppliers; and require the minister to cause a review of anti-siphoning before 31 December 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water 

  Summary

  Establishes a national scheme to require the disclosure of information about the energy efficiency of large commercial office buildings at the point of sale, lease and sublease in the form of a building energy efficiency certificate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  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 (Primary Television Broadcasting Service) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: enable commercial and national free-to-air broadcasters to provide their primary television broadcasting services in standard definition or high definition; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting and Other Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: remove certain requirements that related to the initial planning of services in the broadcasting services bands spectrum; remove the requirement for reports made by certain subscription television licensees and channel providers under the New Eligible Drama Expenditure Scheme to be independently audited; remove the requirement for codes of practice to be periodically reviewed; remove the requirement for certain licensees to provide an annual list of their directors; clarify the calculation of media diversity points in overlapping licence areas; provide for grandfathering arrangements for certain broadcasting licensees; and make technical amendments for references to legislative instruments;

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  ,

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to remove redundant licensing and planning provisions that regulated the digital switchover and restack processes; and

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  ,

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  and

  Datacasting Charge (Imposition) Act 1998

  to make consequential amendments. 

  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 (Foreign Media Ownership, Community Radio 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: establish a Register of Foreign Ownership of Media Assets to be administered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA); provide for new assessment criterion for the applications for, and renewals of, community radio broadcasting licences relating to material of local significance; and make consequential amendments; and

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to enable the ACMA to delegate the power to issues certain notices. 

  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

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Television and Radio Licence Fees) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Radio Licence Fees Act 1964

  and

  Television Licence Fees Act 1964

  to reduce the licence fees payable by commercial television broadcasting and commercial radio licensees by 25 per cent per annum; and the Radio Licence Fees Act 1964 to include a regulation making power to enable radio licence fee rebates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum