TERMS OF REFERENCE
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.