Appendix 2

Public hearing and witnesses

Monday, 7 June 2021
2S1, Parliament House, Canberra
Australian Cinematographers Society
Mr Michael Fardell, Accredited Representative
Mr Miguel Gallagher, ACT Branch President
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Ms Cathy Rainsford, General Manager, Content and Consumer Division
Ms Rochelle Zurnamer, Executive Manager, Content Safeguards Branch
Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
Ms Meredith Lea, Policy Manager
Mr Wayne Hawkins, Director of Inclusion
Australian Screen Industry Guilds & Associations
Mr Alaric McAusland, Designated Representative
Mr Antony Partos, Designated Representative
Australian Screen Sound Guild
Mr Stephen Murphy, President
Centre for Inclusive Design, formally Media Access Australia
Dr Manisha Amin, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Chris Mikul, Specialist Advisor – Captioning
Commercial Radio Australia
Ms Joan Warner, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Sarah Kruger, Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Ms Pauline Sullivan, First Assistant Secretary, Content Division
Mr Lachlann Paterson, First Assistant Secretary, Communications Services and Consumer Division
Mr James Penprase, Assistant Secretary, Broadcasters and Content Reform Taskforce
Mr Mike Makin, Assistant Secretary, News and Media Industry Branch
Ms Kathleen Silleri, Assistant Secretary, Consumer Safeguards Branch
Mr Alan Chalmers, Director, Communications Accessibility
First Nations Media Australia
Ms Naomi Moran, Chairperson
Ms Claire Stuchbery, Interim Chief Executive Officer
FlowFM
Mr Wayne Phillips, Managing Director
Foxtel Group & ASTRA Subscription Media Australia
Mr Patrick Delany, Chief Executive Officer of Foxtel Group and Chair of ASTRA
Ms Lynette Ireland, Chief General Counsel of Foxtel Group and Secretary of ASTRA
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
Mr Matthew Chesher, Director of Legal and Policy
Public Interest Journalism Initiative
Ms Anna Draffin, Chief Executive Officer
Screen Producers Australia
Ms Holly Brimble, Director of Policy
Mr Matthew Deaner, Chief Executive Officer

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About this inquiry

The bill proposes to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to ‘reduce the expenditure required by subscription television broadcasting licensees on new eligible drama expenditure from 10 per cent to 5 per cent; provide for subscription television captioning rules to be made by legislative instrument; remove the requirement that all frequency channels allotted or reserved in a digital radio channel plan be within the same frequency band; provide that a regional commercial radio broadcasting licensee does not breach a licence condition if it is only as a result of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) making a new licence area population determination; and extend the timeframe for the ACMA to make grants under the Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund beyond 30 June 2021’.



Past Public Hearings

07 Jun 2021: Canberra