Bill
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Rural and Regional Measures) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2022-04-11. Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-31
- second reading — 2019-07-31
- second reading — 2019-09-16
- other — 2022-04-11
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-07-31.
The bill would require the ABC to better serve rural and regional Australia through changes to its charter, board, and reporting.
It would amend the ABC Act to add two board members with regional experience and create a Regional Advisory Council.
The ABC Board would have to report annually on regional and metropolitan staff numbers and the ratio of journalists to support staff.
- Amends the ABC's charter to require programs to reflect regional identity and geographic diversity.
- Requires the ABC Board to include two members with substantial regional connection or experience.
- Establishes a Regional Advisory Council to advise the Board on changes affecting regional audiences.
- Requires annual reporting on regional and metropolitan employment numbers and journalist-to-support-staff ratios.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and its audiences in rural and regional Australia.
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