Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]         Journals of the Senate, No. 92–19 June 2012, p. 2528.

[2]        Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 6 of 2012, Appendix 1, p. 6.

[3]        House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 111–30 May 2012, p. 1521; and House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 115–20 June 2012, p. 1592.

[4]        Journals of the Senate, No. 94–21 June 2012, p. 2598.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[6]        The Hon Anthony Albanese, MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, House of Representatives Hansard, 'Second reading speech: Broadcasting Services Amendment (Improved Access to Television Services) Bill 2012', 30 May 2012, p. 8.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp 3–5.

[8]        Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 2007/08 National Health Survey, ABS Cat. No. 4364.0, ABS, Canberra, 2009, p. 15.

[9]        DBCDE, Media Access Review Discussion Report, November 2009, p. 1, www.dbcde.gov.au/television/television_captioning/media_access_review/media_access_review_discussion_report (accessed 21 June 2012).

[10]      Access Economics, Listen hear! The Economic impact and cost of hearing loss in Australia, Report for the Cooperative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation and the Victorian Deaf Society, Melbourne, 2006, p. 39, www.audiology.asn.au/pdf/listenhearfinal.pdf (accessed 21 June 2012).

[11]      Information in this section is drawn from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation website, 'Closed captions: Frequently asked questions', www.abc.net.au/reception/tv/ccfaq.htm (accessed 21 June 2012).

[12]      Parliamentary Library, Unpublished Bills Digest 2011–12, 'Broadcasting Services Amendment (Improved Access to Television Services) Bill 2012', p. 4.

[13]      Other than the general non-discriminatory provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, there is no regulatory requirement specifically for the audio description (captioning) of electronic media.

[14]      Broadcasting Services Act 1992, sections 147–151.

[15]      Broadcasting Services Act 1992, section 123.

[16]      Free TV Australia, 2010 Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice, www.freetv.com.au/media/Code_of_Practice/2010_Commercial_Television_Industry_Code_of_Practice.pdf (accessed 21 June 2012).

[17]      Free TV Australia, 2010 Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice, section 1.24.

[18]      Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) website, 'Codes of Practice', www.astra.org.au/Menu/Policy/Codes-of-Practice (accessed 21 June 2012).

[19]      For example, see ASTRA, Subscription Broadcast Television Code, 2007, section 2.4, http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.astra.org.au/material/codes%5CSTBCodesofPractice2007.pdf (accessed 21 June 2012).

[20]      Australian Communications and Media Authority website, 'Broadcasting investigations', www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90147 (accessed 22 June 2012).

[21]      Australian Human Rights Commission website, 'Exemptions under the Disability Discrimination Act', www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/exemptions/exemptions.html (accessed 22 June 2012).

[22]      Australian Human Rights Commission website, 'Temporary exemption: Free to air television captioning (No. 3)', http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/exemptions/tvcap/dec082.htm (accessed 21 June 2012).

[23]      Media Access Australia website, 'Free-to-air TV', http://mediaaccess.org.au/research-policy/australian-access-regulation/television/free-to-air-tv (accessed 21 June 2012).

[24]      Australian Human Rights Commission website, 'Temporary exemption: Free to air television captioning (No. 3)', http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/exemptions/tvcap/dec082.htm (accessed 21 June 2012).

[25]      Australian Human Rights Commission website, 'Temporary exemption: Free to air television captioning (No. 3)', http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/exemptions/tvcap/dec082.htm (accessed 21 June 2012).

[26]      Australian Human Rights Commission website, 'Pay TV captioning to increase over the next three years,' www.hreoc.gov.au/about/media/news/2012/42_12.html (accessed 21 June 2012).

[27]      Australian Human Rights Commission website, 'Pay TV captioning to increase over the next three years,' www.hreoc.gov.au/about/media/news/2012/42_12.html (accessed 21 June 2012).

[28]      Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) website, 'Media access review', www.dbcde.gov.au/television/television_captioning/media_access_review (accessed 21 June 2012).

[29]      DBCDE, Media Access Review Discussion Paper, April 2008, www.dbcde.gov.au/television/television_captioning/media_access_review/media_access_review_discussion_paper (accessed 21 June 2012).

[30]      DBCDE, Media Access Review Discussion Report, November 2009, www.dbcde.gov.au/television/television_captioning/media_access_review/media_access_review_discussion_report (accessed 21 June 2012).

[31]      DBCDE, Media Access Review Final Report, December 2010, www.dbcde.gov.au/television/television_captioning/media_access_review (accessed 21 June 2012).

[32]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 'Improving media access for vision and hearing-impaired people', Media release, 3 December 2010, www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2010/109 (accessed 21 June 2012).

[33]      The Hon. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 'Improving media access for vision and hearing-impaired people', Media release, 3 December 2010.

[34]      The Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 'Improving media access for vision and hearing-impaired people', Media release, 3 December 2010.

[35]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 22.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        See Deaf Australia Inc, Submission 1; Communications Law Centre, Submission 2; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Submission 3; Media Access Australia, Submission 4; Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Submission 5; Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), Submission 6; COTA Australia, Submission 7; Blind Citizens Australia, Submission 8; Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Submission 10 and Free TV Australia, Submission 11. 

[2]        ACCAN, Submission 6, p. 1. 

[3]        ABC, Submission 3, p. 3; ASTRA, Submission 9, pp 7–8;  SBS, Submission 5, p. 2 and Free TV Australia, Submission 11, p. 2. 

[4]        ABC, Submission 3, p. 3. 

[5]        Free TV Australia, Submission 11, p. 2. 

[6]        Free TV Australia, Submission 11, p. 3. 

[7]        ABC, Submission 3, p. 3 and SBS, Submission 5, p. 2.

[8]        ASTRA, Submission 9, pp 7–8. 

[9]        Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 1.

[10]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 1.

[11]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 2.

[12]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 2.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 15. 

[14]      Communications Law Centre, Submission 2, p. 2. 

[15]      SBS, Submission 5, p. 3. 

[16]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 8. 

[17]      For example, see ABC, Submission 3, p. 4; SBS, Submission 5, p. 2; and Free TV Australia, Submission 11, p. 4.

[18]      Division 6.

[19]      ABC, Submission 3, p. 4

[20]      Free TV Australia, Submission 11, p. 4.

[21]      Free TV Australia, Submission 11, p. 4.

[22]      For example, see ABC, Submission 3, p. 4; and SBS, Submission 5, p. 2.

[23]      ABC, Submission 3, p. 4; and SBS, Submission 5, p. 2.

[24]      SBS, Submission 5, p. 2.

[25]      ABC, Submission 3, p. 3.

[26]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 2.

[27]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 2.

[28]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 3.

[29]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 3.

[30]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 1.

[31]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 1.

[32]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 2.

[33]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 2.

[34]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 6

[35]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 6.

[36]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 6.

[37]      ASTRA, Submission 9, p. 6.

[38]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 3.

[39]      DBCDE, Answer to written question on notice, 21 June 2012 (received 22 June 2012), p. 4.