Footnotes
Chapter 1
[1] Senate
Selection of Bills Committee, Report No.6 of 2010, 18 March 2010.
[2] Senator the
Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy, Digital Switchover Date Confirmed, Media Release, 18 December
2007, at www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2007/003
(accessed 27 April 2010).
[3] Senator the
Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy, Conroy sets digital TV switchover timetable, Media Release, 19
October 2008, at www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2008/077
(accessed 27 April 2010).
[4]
Under ACMA's self-help re-transmission arrangements, community groups or
local councils purchase and maintain the equipment necessary to receive and
locally re-transmit a broadcasting service (radio or television) from either a
nearby terrestrial transmitter or a satellite. See Department of Broadband,
Communications and the Digital Economy, Self-help schemes administered by
other bodies, www.dbcde.gov.au/television/self_help_schemes_administered_by_other_bodies
(accessed 27 April 2010).
[5] Ms Julie
Flynn, Chief Executive Officer, Free TV Australia, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 33.
[6] Mr Giles
Tanner, General Manager, Digital Transition Division, Australian Communications
and Media Authority, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 52.
[7] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 60.
[8] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, pp 65-6. In a media release on 5 January 2010,
the Minister stated that 'broadcasters will upgrade more than 100 existing
regional analog 'self-help' transmission facilities to operate in digital'.
This figure appears to incorporate both the 87 sites that will be converted and
the 44 sites that broadcasters claim will not need to be converted as they will
be covered by other terrestrial digital conversions. www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2010/001
(accessed 27 April 2010).
[9] Department
of Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy, tabled document, 'Digital
television services for self‐help retransmission sites',
16 April 2010, available at: www.digitalready.gov.au/media/DTV_services_for_self_hel_retransmission_sites.pdf.
[10] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 62.
[11] Mr Andy
Townend, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, pp 55–56.
[12] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 55.
[13] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 2.
[14] Explanatory
Memorandum, pp 1–24.
[15] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 26.
[16] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 26,
proposed subsections 38C(3) and (4).
[17] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 26,
proposed subsection 38C(8).
[18] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 26,
proposed subsection 38C(9).
[19] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 26,
proposed subsection 38C(17).
[20] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 12,
proposed paragraph 37(1)(a).
[21] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 29,
proposed subsections 41B(2A)–(2E).
[22] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 26,
proposed subsection 38C(15). This provision is subject to a 30 day
written notice period.
[23] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 26,
proposed subsection 38C(25).
[24] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 72, proposed clause 7A
of Schedule 2, Part 2, Division 2.
[25] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 72,
proposed clauses 7B and 7C of Schedule 2, Part 2, Division 2.
[26] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 72, proposed clause 7D
of Schedule 2, Part 2, Division 2.
[27] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, items 103–113.
[28] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, items 114–130.
[29] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 14.
[30] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 6.
[31] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 6.
[32] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 32,
proposed section 41CA.
[33] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 38,
proposed subsection 43A(3A).
[34] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 7.
[35] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 72, proposed clause 7B
of Schedule 2, Part 2, Division 2.
[36] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 72, proposed clause 7C
of Schedule 2, Part 2, Division 2.
[37] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 72, proposed clause 7D
of Schedule 2, Part 2, Division 2.
[38] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 72, proposed clause 7E
of Schedule 2, Part 2, Division 2.
[39] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 41,
proposed section 43AB.
[40] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 41,
proposed section 43AC.
[41] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 41,
proposed section 43AA.
[42] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 72, proposed clause 7F
of Schedule 2, Part 2, Division 2.
[43] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 38,
proposed paragraph 43A(3A)(b).
[44] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 10.
[45] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 11.
[46] Free TV
Australia, Submission 7, p. 4.
[47] Ms Julie
Flynn, Chief Executive Officer, Free TV Australia, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 38.
[48] Free TV
Australia, Submission 7, p. 4.
[49] Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answer to question on notice,
16 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).
[50] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed section 130ZBA.
[51] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed paragraph 130ZB(3)(a).
[52] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 42; Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill
2010, item 64, proposed subsection 130ZB(4).
[53] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed subsection 130ZB(5).
[54] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed subsection 130ZB(7).
[55] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed subsection 130ZB(8).
[56] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed subsection 130ZB(9).
[57] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed subsection 130ZB(10).
[58] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64, proposed subsection 130ZB(11).
[59] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed subsection 130ZB(13).
[60] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed subsections 130ZB(14) and (15).
[61] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed paragraph 130ZC(1)(a).
[62] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed paragraph 130ZC(1)(e).
[63] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed subsection 130ZC(2).
[64] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed section 130ZCA.
[65] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed section 130ZF.
[66] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 64,
proposed section 130ZFA.
[67] Mr Giles
Tanner, General Manager, Digital Transition Division, ACMA, Committee
Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 47.
[68] Mr Giles
Tanner, General Manager, Digital Transition Division, ACMA, Committee
Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 48.
[69] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 27.
[70] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 29,
proposed subsections 2A–2E.
[71] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 61.
[72] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 62.
[73] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 13.
[74] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 141,
proposed section 135ZZZK.
[75] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 141,
proposed section 135ZZZL.
[76] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 141,
proposed section 135ZZZO.
[77] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 13.
[78] Broadcasting
Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 41,
proposed subsection 43AD(1).
[79]
Broadcasting Services Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, item 41,
proposed subsection 43AD(2)
[80] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 38.
[81] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 39.
Chapter 2 - Key issues
[1] AUSTAR, Submission
6, p. 4.
[2] The Hon
Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy, Digital television Australia-wide, Media Release, 5 January
2010, at www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2010/001
(accessed 27 April 2010).
[3] Broadcast
Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.
[4] Broadcast
Australia, Submission 4, p. 1.
[5] Mr Andy
Townend, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 62.
[6] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 62.
[7] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 73.
[8] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 63.
[9] Screenrights,
Submission 3, p. 3.
[10] Screenrights,
Submission 3, pp 3–4.
[11] Mr James
Dickinson, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 15.
[12] Mr James
Dickinson, Licensing Executive, Screenrights, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 15.
[13] Mr James
Dickinson, Licensing Executive, Screenrights, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 15.
[14] Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answer to question on
notice, 16 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).
[15] Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answer to question on
notice, 16 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).
[16] Screenrights,
Submission 3, pp 2–3.
[17] Mr Simon
Lake, Chief Executive, Screenrights, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010,
p. 11.
[18] Ms Julie
Flynn, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 28.
[19] Ms Julie
Flynn, Chief Executive Officer, Free TV Australia, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 28.
[20] Free TV
Australia, Submission 7, p. 2.
[21] Mr Simon
Lake, Chief Executive, Screenrights, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010,
p. 15.
[22] Ms Julie
Flynn, Chief Executive Officer, Free TV Australia, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 32.
[23] Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answer to question on
notice, 16 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).
[24] Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answer to question on
notice, 16 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).
[25] Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answer to question on
notice, 16 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).
[26] See National
Indigenous Television, Submission 1; Rural Health Education Foundation, Submission
8; and Government of Western Australia Department of Regional Development
and Lands, Submission 10.
[27] National
Indigenous Television, Submission 1, p. 1.
[28] Mr Ian
McGarrity, Professional Adviser, NITV, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010,
p. 4.
[29] National
Indigenous Television, Submission 1, p. 2.
[30] Ms Patricia
Turner, CEO, NITV, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 8.
[31] Rural Health
Education Foundation, Submission 8, p. 1.
[32] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 59.
[33] Mr Andy
Townend, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 74.
[34] Ms Patricia
Turner, Chief Executive Officer, National Indigenous Television, Committee
Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 5.
[35] Rural Health
Education Foundation, Submission 8, p. 3.
[36] Ms Patricia
Turner, Chief Executive Officer, National Indigenous Television, Committee
Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 3.
[37] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 59.
[38] Dr Simon
Pelling, First Assistant Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover,
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee
Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 75.
[39]
Mr Andy Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover,
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee
Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 75.
[40] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 75.
[41] The Hon
Peter Garrett MP, Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts,
the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services
and Indigenous Affairs and the Hon Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, $15 million investment
for the continuation of NITV, Media Release, 16 April 2010,
available at: www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2010/mr20100416.html.
[42] Ms Patricia
Turner, Chief Executive Officer, National Indigenous Television, Committee
Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 3.
[43] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 56.
[44] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 61.
[45] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 61.
[46] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 61.
[47] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of Broadcasting,
Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 61.
[48] Ms Rebecca
Heap, AUSTAR United Communications Ltd, Committee Hansard, 16 April
2010, p. 24.
[49] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 56.
[50] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of Broadcasting,
Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 63.
[51] Ms Rebecca
Heap, General Manager, Strategy and Programming, AUSTAR United Communications
Ltd, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 20.
[52] Mr Andy
Townend, Committee Hansard, 16 April 2010, p. 59.
[53] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 71.
[54] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 57.
[55] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 57.
[56] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, pp 71-2.
[57] Mr Andy
Townend, Deputy Secretary, Broadcasting and Digital Switchover, Department of
Broadcasting, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 71.
[58] Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answer to question on
notice, 16 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).
Coalition Senators' Additional Comments
[1] Broadcast
Australia, Submission 4, pp 1-2.
[2] Mr Stephen
Farrugia, Director of Technology, Broadcast Australia, Committee Hansard,
16 April 2010, p. 27.
[3] Austar, Submission 6, p. 5.
[4] Department of Broadband, Communications and
the Digital Economy, answer to question on notice, (received 23 April
2010), Question No 1 – 10 from Senator Ludlam.
[5] Department of Broadband, Communications and
the Digital Economy, answer to question on notice, (received 23 April
2010) Question No 1 – 10 from Senator Ludlam.
[6] Mr Stephen Farrguia, Director of Technology, Broadcast
Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 16 April 2010, p. 27.
Australian Greens' Additional Comments
[1] Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answers to questions on
notice (final page of response to Senator Ludlam's questions on notice).
[2] NITV, Submission
1, p. 1; Department of Regional Development and Lands, Government of
Western Australia, Submission 10, p. 1.