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Sports reporting in Australia

Sports reporting in Australia is covered by a Voluntary Code of Practice for Sports News Reporting.

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).

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...

Classification

Classification of films, computer games and publications is important to the Australian Government.

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...

Resource management and allocation

Monitoring, advice and education

ACMA Review - Government’s position to all 27 recommendations

The Government’s position on the 27 recommendations of the ACMA review.

Regional and Small Publishers Jobs and Innovation Package

The Government is investing more than $60 million in quality regional journalism.

Commercial TV

The content of commercial television programs must comply with conditions in the station’s licence, ACMA program standards, and industry codes of practice.

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.

In December last year the Morrison Government announced it would commence a staged approach to reform media regulation towards an end state of a platform-neutral regulatory framework, covering both...