Members

Chair
Senator the Hon David Fawcett
LP, SA
Deputy Chair
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young
AG, SA
Members
Senator Catryna Bilyk
ALP, TAS
Senator Nita Green
ALP, QLD
Senator Sam McMahon
CLP, NT
Senator David Van
LP, VIC
Substitute Members
Senator Perin Davey
NATS, NSW
(for Senator Sam McMahon on 7 June 2021)
Senator Anne Urquhart
ALP, TAS
(for Senator Nita Green on 7 June 2021)
Participating members
Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzieNATS, VIC
NATS, VIC
Secretariat
Mr Stephen Palethorpe, Committee Secretary
Ms Sophie Dunstone, Inquiry Secretary
Ms Montana Byers, Parliamentary Graduate
Ms Brooke Gay, Administrative Officer
Mr David Pappas, Administrative Officer
PO BOX 6100
Phone: 02 6277 3526
Parliament House
Fax: 02 6277 5818
Canberra ACT 2600
Email: ec.sen@aph.gov.au

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About this inquiry

The bill proposes to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to ‘reduce the expenditure required by subscription television broadcasting licensees on new eligible drama expenditure from 10 per cent to 5 per cent; provide for subscription television captioning rules to be made by legislative instrument; remove the requirement that all frequency channels allotted or reserved in a digital radio channel plan be within the same frequency band; provide that a regional commercial radio broadcasting licensee does not breach a licence condition if it is only as a result of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) making a new licence area population determination; and extend the timeframe for the ACMA to make grants under the Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund beyond 30 June 2021’.



Past Public Hearings

07 Jun 2021: Canberra