- Date
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14 Mar 2013
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
- Summary
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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.