Bill
Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional Broadcasting Continuity) Bill 2024
passed, as at 2024-12-10. Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-06-26
- second reading — 2024-06-26
- second reading — 2024-07-02
- second reading — 2024-07-02
- third reading — 2024-07-02
- introduced — 2024-07-02
- second reading — 2024-07-02
- second reading — 2024-11-28
- third reading — 2024-11-28
- passed — 2024-11-28
- royal assent — 2024-12-10
Divisions
- Long debate text truncated. — 2024-11-28, Senate: negative, ayes 15, noes 24
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-06-26.
The bill would help people in regional Australia keep watching free-to-air television.
It would let viewers use the government-funded VAST satellite service when a commercial broadcaster stops terrestrial transmission, and remove barriers to broadcasters sharing transmission infrastructure.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority would be able to update Television Licence Area Plans to reflect consolidated transmission arrangements.
- Permit viewers to access the VAST satellite safety net when a commercial broadcaster stops terrestrial service in an area.
- Remove impediments to commercial broadcasters consolidating their terrestrial transmission arrangements.
- Enable ACMA to amend Television Licence Area Plans to accommodate consolidated transmission.
Regional Australians who watch free-to-air television and commercial television broadcasters.
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