Summary
Part of a package of six bills in relation to the media sector, the bill amends the:
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to provide certain information to the Public Interest Media Advocate; and
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to: provide for a public interest test, administered by the Public Interest Media Advocate, to apply to transactions between registered news media voices of national significance; and establish the Register of News Media Voices to be administered by the ACMA.