Bill
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-09-01
- second reading — 2016-09-01
- second reading — 2016-11-29
- second reading — 2016-11-30
- second reading — 2016-11-30
- committee — 2016-11-30
- third reading — 2016-11-30
- introduced — 2016-12-01
- second reading — 2016-12-01
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2016-11-30, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 78, noes 70
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Media Reform) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Cross-media control rule — 2016-11-30, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 71, noes 78
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-09-01.
The bill would remove two media ownership limits and add new local content rules for regional TV stations.
The audience reach cap and the cross-media control rule would be repealed, and new local programming obligations would apply after a change of control triggers them.
Affected regional stations in aggregated markets and Tasmania would have to provide an extra 30 points of local material per week, while those in non‑aggregated markets would need about 60 points per week.
- The bill would repeal the 75 per cent audience reach rule for commercial television licences.
- The bill would repeal the ‘2 out of 3 cross‑media control rule’.
- The bill would increase local programming requirements by 30 points per week for affected regional licensees in aggregated markets and Tasmania after a trigger event.
- The bill would introduce local programming requirements of about 60 points per week for affected regional licensees in non‑aggregated markets after a trigger event.
- The bill would require licensees to report to the ACMA on compliance 18 months after a trigger event and again one year later.
- The ACMA would review the new local programming provisions within two years of their commencement.
Regional commercial television broadcasting licensees, particularly those in aggregated markets, Tasmania and non‑aggregated markets, and the major metropolitan networks (Seven, Nine and Ten) and regional operators (Prime, WIN and Southern Cross).
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