Inquiry into the National Broadcasters Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Transparency) Bill 2017

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 83, 8 February 2018, p. 2634.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[4]        An on-air talent contract is a contract for performance across all platforms, including online and podcasting services: Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[7]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest, No. 1 of 2018, 15 November 2018, p. 81.

[8]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny Report, Report 1 of 2018, 6 February 2018, pp. 51, 53. See also Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, p. 8.

[9]        Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, p. 8.

[10]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, pp. 7–8.

[11]      Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 2, p. 4.

[12]      Senate Hansard, 6 December 2017, p. 9917.

[13]      Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 2, p. 2. See also Save Our SBS Inc, Submission 1, p. 2.

[14]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, p. 7.

[15]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, pp. 5–6.

[16]      Senate Hansard, 6 December 2017, p. 9917.

[17]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, p. 7.

[18]      Senator the Hon. Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Estimates Hansard, 24 October 2017, p. 51.

[19]      Senator the Hon. Mitch Fifield, Minister for Communications, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Estimates Hansard, 27 February 2018, p. 63.

[20]      Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 2, p. 4. See also Save Our SBS Inc, Submission 1, p. 1.

[21]      Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 2, p. 3.

[22]      Senate Hansard, 6 December 2017, p. 9917.

[23]      Senate Hansard, 6 December 2017, p. 9918.

[24]      Department of Communications and the Arts, answers to written questions on notice, received 16 March 2018.

[25]      Senate Hansard, 6 December 2017, p. 9918.

[26]      Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 2, p. 3.

[27]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, p. 9.

[28]      Department of Communications and the Arts, answers to written questions on notice, received 16 March 2018.

[29]      Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 2, p. 5.

[30]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, p. 12.

[31]      Senate Hansard, 6 December 2017, pp. 9917–9918.

[32]      Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 2, p. 6.

[33]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 3, pp. 9, 10.

[34]      Department of Communications and the Arts, answers to written questions on notice, received 16 March 2018.

Labor Senators' dissenting report

[1]        ABC Managing Director speech at the ABC Friends Public Conference Dinner, 6 October 2017, http://about.abc.net.au/speeches/abc-managing-director-speech-at-the-abc-friends-public-conference-dinner/ (accessed 26 March 2018).

[2]        ABC Managing Director speech at the ABC Friends Public Conference Dinner, 6 October 2017, http://about.abc.net.au/speeches/abc-managing-director-speech-at-the-abc-friends-public-conference-dinner/ (accessed 26 March 2018).

[3]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest, No. 1 of 2018, 15 November 2018, p. 81.

[4]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny Report, Report 1 of 2018, 6 February 2018, p. 51.

[5]        Ms Michelle Guthrie, Managing Director, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Estimates Hansard, 24 October 2017, p. 103.

[6]        Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 2, p. 4.