TERMS OF REFERENCE

a) whether a code of conduct reflecting community standards should be observed by providers and carriers of commercial information or observed by providers and carriers of commercial information or entertainment services utilising electronic technologies and if so, its content, monitoring and enforcement;

b) whether it is appropriate to control the provision of certain commercial information or entertainment services utilising electronic technologies, or to control access to such services, or both, and, if so, how control would best be achieved;

c) the suitability of the continued provision of commercial recorded information or entertainment services carried by Telecom Australia including 0055 and Discovery Services;

d) whether the content of pay TV, were such a service to be introduced, should include material which would be classified in the "R" or "X" categories, under existing legislation relating to classifications;

e) the quality and adequacy of the extensive, Australia-wide qualitative and quantitative research conducted, and to be conducted, by the Australian Broadcasting Authority, on:

(i) community standards of taste and decency in relation to classifications for pay television;

(ii) what levels of violence and depictions of sex should be allowed; and

(iii) what other matters should be included for viewing for adults and children in the various classifications; and

f) whether, considering the existing regulatory arrangements, at both State and Commonwealth levels, used to regulate all film, video, literature and other publications, similar arrangements are, or should be, applicable to regulating the provision of commercial information or entertainment services utilising electronic technologies.