Review of local content requirements for regional commercial radio
- Discussion paper—Local content requirements for regional commercial radio (PDF, 123 KB)
- Discussion paper—Local content requirements for regional commercial radio (RTF, 2.3 MB)
- Report of the Review of local content requirements for regional commercial radio(PDF, 110 KB)
- Report_of_the_review_of_local_content_requirements_for_regional_commercial_radio.rtf
Section 61CT of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the Act) required a review of the local content, local presence and trigger event requirements applying to regional commercial radio.
On 5 March 2010, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, released a discussion paper seeking public submissions. Fifteen submissions were received.
The statutory review of the regional commercial radio localism requirements is now complete and the report was tabled in Parliament on 1 March 2011.
Local content requirements for regional commercial radio Discussion paper March 2010Review of local content requirements for regional commercial radio Final report March 2011
Report of the Review of local content requirements for regional commercial radio (PDF, 110 KB)
Report of the Review of local content requirements for regional commercial radio (RTF, 507 KB)
Public submissions
Fourteen submissions are available to view below in PDF format.
- Austereo (PDF, 819 KB)
- Bathurst Broadcasters 2BS (PDF, 2 MB)
- Canberra FM (PDF, 1.73 MB)
- Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) (PDF, 187 KB)
- Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) (PDF, 115 KB)
- Communications Law Centre, UTS (PDF, 2.47 MB)
- Craig Wilson (PDF, 511 KB)
- Grant Broadcasters (PDF, 1.12 MB)
- Ian Stanley (PDF, 117 KB)
- Independent Regional Radio (IRR) (PDF, 610 KB)
- Redwave Media (PDF, 1.38 MB)
- Smart Radio (PDF, 77 KB)
- Southern Cross Media (PDF, 1.0 MB)
- Super Radio Network (PDF, 548 KB)
- West Coast Radio (PDF, 519 KB)
