Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Local Content) Bill 2014

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 2013–15 No. 63, 30 October 2014, p. 1690.

[2]        Australian Government, Budget Measures Budget Paper No. 2 2014–15, p. 66.

[3]        Australian Government, Budget Measures Budget Paper No. 2 2014–15, p. 118.

[4]        The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, The Future of Our Public Broadcasters, 19 November 2014, p. 3.

[5]        The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for Communications, The Future of Our Public Broadcasters, 19 November 2014, p. 5.

[6]        Australian Government, Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2014–15, December 2014, p. 141.

[7]        Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Supplementary Estimates Hansard, 1 December 2014, p. 14.

[8]        Senator Nick Xenophon, Senate Hansard, 27 November 2014, p. 9501.

[9]        Senator Nick Xenophon, Senate Hansard, 27 November 2014, p. 9502.

[10]      Communications Law Centre, Submission 1, p. 2;see also Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, p. 4; Professor Brian McNair and Dr Ben Goldsmith, Submission 4, p. 2; CPSU, Submission 5, p. 3; ABC Friends NSW & ACT, Submission 8, p. 2; ABC Friends, Submission 10, p. 1.

[11]      Professor Brian McNair and Dr Ben Goldsmith, Submission 4, p. 2.

[12]      Australian Communications Media Authority, Regional commercial television local content investigation, December 2013, p. 1; cited in Professor Brian McNair and Dr Ben Goldsmith, Submission 4, p. 1 http://www.acma.gov.au/Industry/Broadcast/Television/Local--regional-content/local-content-investigation

[13]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 3.

[14]      Heriot Media and Governance, Submission 2, p. 4; ABC Friends, Submission 10, p. 2.

[15]      Friends of the ABC Tasmania, Submission 6, p. 1.

[16]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 8.

[17]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 8.

[18]      Heriot Media and Governance, Submission 2, p. 8.

[19]      Screen Producers Australia, Submission 9, pp 3–4.

[20]      Communications Law Centre, Submission 1, pp 2–3.

[21]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 7, p. 12.

[22]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 7, p. 13.

[23]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 7, p. 13.

[24]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 7, p. 15.

[25]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 18.

[26]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 8.

[27]      Professor Brian McNair and Professor Ben Goldsmith, Submission 4, p. 3.

[28]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 4.

[29]      Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, pp 8–9; CPSU, Submission 5, p. 4.

[30]      ABC Friends, Submission 10, p. 4.

[31]      Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, p. 5.

[32]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 16.

[33]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 4.

[34]      Ms Sarah Hunt, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 22.

[35]      Ms Sarah Hunt, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 22.

[36]      Heriot Media and Governance, Submission 2, p. 9.

[37]      Screen Producers Australia, Submission 9, pp 9–10.

[38]      Screen Producers Australia, Submission 9, p. 7.

[39]      Mr Matthew Deaner, Screen Producers Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 30.

[40]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 7, p. 9.

[41]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 2.

[42]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, pp 12–13.

[43]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Additional Estimates Committee Hansard, 24 February 2015, p. 80.

[44]      Communications Law Centre, Submission 1, pp 2–3.

[45]      Professor Brian McNair and Dr Ben Goldsmith, Submission 4, p. 2.

[46]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 9.

[47]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 6.

[48]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 10.

[49]      Ms Sarah Hunt, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 23.

[50]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, pp 6, 19.

[51]      Mr Matthew Deaner, Screen Producers Australia, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 30.

[52]      Screen Producers Australia, Answer to question on notice, p. 2.

[53]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 3.

[54]      Ms Sarah Hunt, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 25.

[55]      Ms Sarah Hunt, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 25.

[56]      Ms Sarah Hunt, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 26.

[57]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 2.

[58]      ABC Friends, Submission 10, p. 4.

[59]      ABC Friends, Submission 10, p. 4.

[60]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 10; see also Ms Sarah Hunt, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 24.

[61]      CPSU, Submission 5, p. 3.

[62]      Communications Law Centre, Submission 1, p. 4

[63]      Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, p. 3.

[64]      Screen Producers Australia, Submission 9, p. 3.

[65]      Screen Producers Australia, Submission 9, p. 15.

[66]      ABC Friends, Submission 10, p. 5.

[67]      Communications Law Centre, Submission 1, pp 3–4.

[68]      Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, pp 10–11.

[69]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 7, p. 2.

[70]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Submission 7, p. 7.

[71]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 2.

[72]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 13.

[73]      Mr Mark Scott, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Supplementary Budget Estimates Hansard, 20 November 2014, p. 158.

Dissenting Report by Senator Nick Xenophon

[1]        Mr Mark Scott, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 13.

[2]        Committee Chair's Report, p. 16.

[3]        Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, p. 2.

[4]        Communications Law Centre, UTS, Submission 1, p. 3.

[5]        CPSU, Submission 5, p. 8.

[6]        Mr Mark Scott, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 2.

[7]        Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, pp 8–9.

[8]        Senate Environment and Communications Estimates Committee, Committee Hansard, February 24 2015, p. 71.

[9]        Mr Mark Scott, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 19.

[10]      ABC Friends, Submission 10, p. 4.

[11]      Communications Law Centre, UTS, Submission 1, p. 3.

[12]      Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, p. 4.

[13]      Communications Law Centre, UTS, Submission 1, p. 3.

[14]      Heriot Media and Governance Pty Ltd, Submission 2, p. 4.

[15]      Professor Brian McNair and Dr Ben Goldsmith, Submission 4, p. 2.  

[16]      Environment and Communications Legislation Estimates Committee, Committee Hansard, 1 December 2014, p. 15.

[17]      See attached spreadsheets provided by ABC Corporate.

[18]      'Scott used "misleading" 7.30 ratings: Xenophon', The Australian, 2 March 2015.

[19]      Mr Mark Scott, Committee Hansard, 6 March 2015, p. 11.

[20]      Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, 24 February 2015, p. 73.

[21]      http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings

[22]      'Ratings fight sees ABC's new 7.30 lose to the old', The Australian, 9 March 2015, p. 3.