Bill
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Fair and Balanced) Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-10-18
- second reading — 2017-10-18
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-10-18.
The bill would change the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 to expand the ABC Board's existing duty about news accuracy and impartiality.
The change would add requirements that the ABC gather and present news and information in a fair and balanced way, following professional journalism standards.
The explanatory memorandum says the ABC's own editorial policies already cover fair treatment and balance, and the amendment would put these requirements into the ABC's Charter.
- The bill would modify the statutory duty of the ABC Board.
- The bill would require the ABC to be fair and balanced in its news reporting.
- The bill would cement fair and balanced requirements in the ABC's Charter.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and its Board.
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