Australian Broadcasting Authority

Government agency regulating broadcasting and telecommunications

Australian Broadcasting Authority

Agency overview
Formed| 5 October 1992 (1992-10-05)
Preceding agency|

* Australian Broadcasting Tribunal

Dissolved| 1 July 2005 (2005-07-01)
Superseding agency|

* Australian Communications and Media Authority

Jurisdiction| Government of Australia
Minister responsible|

* Minister for Communications

The Australian Broadcasting Authority was an Australian government agency whose main roles were to regulate broadcasting, radio communications and telecommunications. The Authority took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal on 5 October 1992 as stipulated in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.[1]

The Australian Broadcasting Tribunal took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board in the 1970s. The engineering function in some cases was handled by the National Transmission Agency when the Postmaster-General's Department ceased being responsible for telecommunications.

On 1 July 2005, the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Australian Communications Authority were merged to form the Australian Communications and Media Authority.[2]

## See also

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* Censorship in Australia

## References

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1. ^ Australian Broadcasting Authority. (1993), "CHAPTER 3 POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY", Annual Report, Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) (1992/1993, PP no. 440 of 1993), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Authority, ISSN 1320-2863, nla.obj-1819269095, retrieved 30 November 2021 - via Trove
2. ^ Australian Communications and Media Authority.; Australia. Office of the Children's eSafety Commissioner. (2006), "About ACMA CHAPTER 1", Annual Report, Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) (2005/2006, PP no. 199 of 2006), Melbourne: Australian Communications and Media Authority, ISSN 1834-0776, nla.obj-1166929746, retrieved 30 November 2021 - via Trove

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