Membership of the Committee
Members:
Senator
Lyn Allison (Chair)
Senator John
Tierney (Deputy Chair)
Senator Mark
Bishop
Senator the
Hon. Nick Bolkus
Senator Ross Lightfoot
Senator Kate Lundy
Participating Members:
Senator The Hon Eric Abetz (LP, TAS)
Senator Andrew
Bartlett (AD, QLD)
Senator Ron Boswell (NP, QLD)
Senator Bob Brown (AG, TAS)
Senator The Hon David Brownhill
(NPA, NSW)
Senator Paul H. Calvert (LP,
TAS)
Senator George Campbell (ALP,
NSW)
Senator Kim Carr (ALP, VIC)
Senator Hedley Grant P. Chapman
(LP, SA)
Senator Helen Coonan (LP, NSW)
Senator Winston Crane (LP, WA)
Senator Alan Eggleston (LP, WA)
Senator The Hon John Faulkner
(ALP, NSW)
Senator Alan B. Ferguson (LP,
SA)
Senator Jeannie Ferris (LP, SA)
Senator The Hon Brian F. Gibson,
AM (LP, TAS)
Senator Brian Harradine (IND,
TAS)
Senator Len Harris (One Nation,
QLD) appointed for inquiry into Telecomms and electro-magnetic emissions as at
9/12/99
Senator Steve
Hutchins (ALP, NSW)
Senator Susan C. Knowles (LP,
WA)
Senator Meg Lees (AD, SA)
Senator Brett J. Mason (LP, QLD)
Senator Julian J.J. McGauran
(NPA, VIC)
Senator The Hon Warwick R. Parer
(LP, QLD)
Senator Marise Payne (LP,NSW)
Senator Aden D.Ridgeway (AD,
NSW) appointed for arts issues as at 30/09/99
Senator Chris Schacht (ALP, SA)
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja
(AD, SA)
Senator Tsebin Tchen (LP VIC)
Senator John O. W. Watson (LP,
TAS)
Committee Secretariat
Ms Roxane Le Guen, Secretary
Dr Anthony Burke, Senior Research Officer
Ms Angela Mututu, Executive Assistant
Environment, Communications,
Information Technology
and the Arts References
Committee
S1.57, Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Tel: 02 6277 3526
Fax: 02 6277 5818
Email:
erca.sen@aph.gov.au
Terms of Reference
On 17 February 2000 the Senate referred the following
matters to the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
References Committee for inquiry and interim report on the matters specified in
paragraphs (a) and (b) by 3 April 2000 and final report on the matters
specified in paragraph (c) by 30 October 2000:
- any existing
commercial arrangements for the production, supply or distribution of
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) material online, including, but not
limited to, mechanisms for ensuring ABC editorial control and independence;
- any proposed
commercial arrangements for the production, supply or distribution of ABC
material online, including, but not limited to, mechanisms for ensuring ABC
editorial control and independence; and
- any extension to
legislation which could be considered to ensure that the ABC is able to
effectively provide an independent, innovative and comprehensive service in the
online delivery environment.
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