Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        The Hon. Bruce Billson, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 March 2007 (Second Reading Speech), p. 9.

[2]        Second Reading Speech, p. 9.

[3]        Second Reading Speech, p. 9.

[4]        EM, pp 9–11.

[5]        EM, pp 2–3.

Chapter 2

[1]        Sony Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 12, including footnote 6.

[3]        Broadcasting Australia, Submission 2, p. 4. Broadcasting Australia (BA) understands that the suitability of using Channel 13, currently being used by the Department of Defence, is under examination – but actual use would require agreement from the Department of Defence. BA believes that Channel 13 would be a better outcome than Channel 9A described in the above text as 13 would not require the utilisation of another frequency band (the L-band).

[4]        Gordon Niel (from DCITA), 'The digital radio introduction framework for Australia', Telecommunications Journal of Australia, vol. 56, no. 1, 2006, p. 6.

[5]        EM, p. 39.

[6]        3RRR, Submission 6; CBAA, Submission 5.

[7]        Triple R Broadcasters (3RRR), Submission 6, p. 2; Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA), Submission 5, p. 5; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Submission 1, p. 6).

[8]        ABC, Submission 1, p. 7.

[9]        CBAA, Submission 5, p. 4. The actual words of Minister Coonan's Media Release of 14 October 2005 were "Jointly, wide-coverage community broadcasters in any market will have access rights to 128 kbps per analogue service (up to a maximum of 256 kbps per available multiplex) on the basis that they collectively determine how this is to be shared".

[10]      CBAA, Submission 5, pp 3–4.

[11]      DCITA's response to the committee is in the Appendix to this report.

[12]      See also Triple R Broadcasters (3RRR), Submission 6, p. 3.

[13]      EM, p. 58.

[14]      EM, p. 58.

[15]      CBAA, Submission 5, p. 5. See also 3RRR, Submission 6, p. 2.

[16]      CRA, Submission 7, p. 14.

[17]      CRA, Submission 7, p. 14.

[18]      CBAA, Submission 5, p. 6.

[19]      See DCITA's correspondence in the Appendix to this report.

[20]      DCITA Correspondence, Attachment B, pp 6–7.

[21]      DCITA Correspondence, Attachment B, p. 7.

[22]      ABC, Submission 1, p. 6.

[23]      EM, p. 21.

[24]      ABC, Submission 1, p. 8.

[25]      Broadcasting Australia, Submission 2, p. 5.

[26]      CBAA, Submission 5, p. 6.

[27]      The Hon. Bruce Billson, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 March 2007, p. 9.

[28]      See the EM, p. 6; DRM Consortium webpage, http://www.drm.org/system/technicalaspect.php, accessed May 2007.

[29]      See, for example, the EM, p. 17.

[30]      EM, p. 7.

[31]      See Item 70, p. 36 of the bill.

[32]      Broadcast Australia, Submission 2, p. 2.