Inquiry into ABC On-line: Interim Report

Inquiry into ABC On-line: Interim Report

April 2000

© Commonwealth of Australia 2000
ISBN 0 642 71073 2

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View the report as separate downloadable parts:

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Membership of the Committee (PDF 102KB)

Terms of Reference

 
List of recommendations (PDF 68KB)
 
ABC Online Inquiry (PDF 252KB)

ABC Online
  Introduction
  Conduct of Inquiry
  ABC Online
  Existing agreements for the sale of ABC online content
  The Proposed ABC-Testra Agreement
  Preamble
  The Proposed Agreement – Relevant Features
Secrecy and Haste
ABC Editorial Intergrity and Independence
  Self-censorship
ABC Funding, Independence and Advertising
  Program design and the ABC Charter
  Advertising
The Scope of the ABC-Telstra agreement
Privacy
The ABC ACT and ABC online
Conclusions and recommendations

 
ALP Senators' report (PDF 161KB)
 
Government Senators' report (PDF 85KB)
 
Appendix 1 - List of Submissions to the Inquiry (PDF 49KB)
 
Appendix 2 - List of Witnesses Who appeared before the Committee (PDF 57KB)
 
Appendix 3 - Documents Tabled at Public Hearings (PDF 57KB)

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment, Communications and the Arts
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: ecita.sen@aph.gov.au