Membership

1. Members

Senator A Eggleston, Chair (LP, WA)
Senator M Bishop, Deputy Chair (ALP, WA)
Senator L Allison (AD, VIC)
Senator the Hon N Bolkus (ALP, SA)
Senator M Payne (LP, NSW)
Senator J Tierney (LP, NSW)

2. Substitute Members

Senator N Stott Despoja (AD, SA) to substitute for Senator Allison for matters relating to Information Technology

3. Participating Members

Senator E Abetz (LP, TAS)
Senator A Bartlett (AD, QLD)
Senator R Boswell (NPA, QLD)
Senator V Bourne (AD, NSW)
Senator B Brown (AG, TAS)
Senator D Brownhill (NPA, NSW)
Senator G Campbell (ALP, NSW)
Senator K Carr (ALP, VIC)
Senator M Colston (IND, QLD)
Senator H Coonan (LP, NSW)
Senator B Harradine (IND, TAS)
Senator M Lees (AD, SA)
Senator K Lundy (ALP, ACT)
Senator D Margetts (GWA, WA)
Senator the Hon C Schacht (ALP, SA)

4. Committee Secretariat

Ms Roxane Le Guen, Secretary
Mr Geoff Dawson, Principal Research Officer
Ms Tara Ducker, Research Officer
S1.57, Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Ph 02 6277 3626
Fax 02 6277 5818
Email: erca.sen@aph.gov.au

Terms of reference

On 3 July 1998 the Senate resolved:

That the following matter be referred to the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by the first sitting day after 31 October 1998:

The implications of retaining, repealing or amending paragraph 160(d) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, having regard to:

the meeting of Australia’s cultural objectives;
the implications for Australia’s international obligations and their implementation, for the conduct of its international relations, and for its international trade and trade policy interests;
the object set out in paragraph 3(e) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
the role and functions of the Australian Broadcasting Authority in relation to the setting and the administration of Australian content standards; and
the Australian Broadcasting Authority’s draft revised Australian content standard for free to air commercial television

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