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.