Bill
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Foreign Media Ownership, Community Radio and Other Measures) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2018-08-31. Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-12-06
- second reading — 2017-12-06
- second reading — 2018-06-28
- second reading — 2018-06-28
- third reading — 2018-06-28
- introduced — 2018-08-13
- second reading — 2018-08-20
- second reading — 2018-08-20
- second reading — 2018-08-20
- committee — 2018-08-20
- third reading — 2018-08-20
- other — 2018-08-21
- passed — 2018-08-22
- royal assent — 2018-08-31
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 2017-12-06.
This bill would create a register of foreign ownership of media assets and change how community radio licences are assessed.
Foreign investors would have to tell the Australian Communications and Media Authority about their interests in Australian media companies above a certain threshold.
The bill would require the ACMA to consider whether proposed community radio services provide material of local significance when assessing licence applications and renewals.
- Establishes a Register of Foreign Ownership of Media Assets overseen by the ACMA.
- Requires foreign persons to register company interests in Australian media companies above a specified threshold.
- Adjusts the criteria for community radio licence applications and renewals to include material of local significance.
Foreign investors in Australian media companies and community radio broadcasters.
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