Sports reporting in Australia
Sports reporting in Australia is covered by a Voluntary Code of Practice for Sports News Reporting.
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Digital TV
Australia has achieved a historic switchover from analog to digital-only free-to-air TV transmissions. Everyone can now enjoy high quality television services anywhere in Australia.
Community TV
Community television services currently have temporary access to spectrum to broadcast to three mainland state capitals.
Reception issues
Smaller or more isolated Australian communities can provide their own retransmission equipment to receive and locally retransmit a broadcasting service (radio or television).
Government response to the Senate Inquiry into recent ABC programming decisions
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Start/End Date: January 27, 2015 16:00 AEDT to March 31, 2015 17:00 AEDT
We are reviewing the broadcasting regulatory framework to make sure it can accommodate the next wave of innovation in the media sector.
Media
Information about Australia's media laws, media regulation, classification and how to make a complaint.
ACMA Review
On 6 May 2016, the Department released a draft report on the review of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). We are now seeking stakeholder feedback on the draft report by 10...
Q&A Investigation
3 July 2015
Summary of investigation report.
ACMA Review
Start/End Date: July 13, 2015 10:30 AEST to August 10, 2015 23:45 AEST
The Department of Communications is undertaking a review of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and has released an issues paper for public comment.
Reporting domestic violence responsibly
7 September 2015
The Government and Australia’s media sector have today reaffirmed their commitment to the responsible reporting of domestic violence in the media.
Improving captioning regulation
Start/End Date: December 01, 2015 09:00 AEDT to January 29, 2016 17:00 AEDT
We have released a consultation paper that discusses potential reforms to captioning regulation for broadcasting services.
Classification
Classification of films, computer games and publications is important to the Australian Government.
PM Award for Public Sector
27 November 2015
Congratulations to the Restack and Retune project teams, who received a Silver and Innovation Award at the annual Prime Minister’s Awards for...
Updating Australia's media laws
The Government has announced a series of reforms to Australia’s media laws including most recently the Broadcasting and Content Reform Package. The media laws below will support the viability of...
