a) whether a code of conduct reflecting community standards
should be observed by providers and carriers of commercial information
or observed by providers and carriers of commercial information or entertainment
services utilising electronic technologies and if so, its content, monitoring
and enforcement;
b) whether it is appropriate to control the provision of certain
commercial information or entertainment services utilising electronic
technologies, or to control access to such services, or both, and, if
so, how control would best be achieved;
c) the suitability of the continued provision of commercial
recorded information or entertainment services carried by Telecom Australia
including 0055 and Discovery Services;
d) whether the content of pay TV, were such a service to be
introduced, should include material which would be classified in the
"R" or "X" categories, under existing legislation
relating to classifications;
e) the quality and adequacy of the extensive, Australia-wide
qualitative and quantitative research conducted, and to be conducted,
by the Australian Broadcasting Authority, on:
(i) community standards of taste and decency in relation to
classifications for pay television;
(ii) what levels of violence and depictions of sex should
be allowed; and
(iii) what other matters should be included for viewing for
adults and children in the various classifications; and
f) whether, considering the existing regulatory arrangements,
at both State and Commonwealth levels, used to regulate all film, video,
literature and other publications, similar arrangements are, or should
be, applicable to regulating the provision of commercial information or
entertainment services utilising electronic technologies.