Submissions & Presentations

Andrew Denton’s Interview – 7 Network

Free TV Australia proudly represents the commercial television broadcasting sector in the many areas where our members’ interests align.

We engage with legislators, bureaucrats, regulators and other industry stakeholders on the issues of importance to our industry.  We regularly make submissions to Government reviews, Parliamentary Inquiries and Industry consultations and present the Free TV perspective at relevant industry conferences.

Implementing the recommendations of the Digital Platforms Inquiry

In this submission, Free TV sets out an implementation plan for the recommendations made by the ACCC in its digital platforms inquiry final report. We consider that reform of media regulations is long overdue, particularly in areas such as Australian content quotas and advertising restrictions that penalise commercial Free TV broadcasters. Equally, the imbalance in the negotiating position between digital platforms and media businesses needs to be addressed through a Code of Conduct.
September 23, 2019
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-007-Free-TV-Submission-Implementing-the-DPI-recommendations-FINAL.pdf

Inquiry into and report on all aspects of the conduct of the 2019 Federal Election

September 20, 2019
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-008-JSCEM-Inquiry-into-the-2019-Federal-Election.pdf

IPART Draft Report: Rental Arrangements for Communications Towers on Crown Land

Free TV provides a letter to IPART largely welcoming their Draft Decision to reduce most rental charges and significantly amend the co-user fees.
August 9, 2019
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-006-Free-TV-Submission-IPART-Draft-Decision-Rental-for-towers-on-crown-land.pdf

Artificial Intelligence: Australia’s ethics framework

Free TV submits to the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science that the ethics principles should apply to the surfacing of content through the digital platforms and content aggregators such as Google Search, Google News, Facebook Newsfeed.
May 1, 2019
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-005-Free-TV-Submission-AI-Australias-ethics-framework.pdf

Supplementary submission to the ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry

Free TV provides further detail on the urgent need for upfront regulation of the digital platforms.
May 1, 2019
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-004-Free-TV-Submission-Supplementary-DPI-ex-ante-regulatory-models.pdf

IPART Review of the rental arrangements for communications towers on Crown Land

Free TV submits to IPART on the need to reduce rents in line with value derived from these sites and to abolish co-user fees.
April 1, 2019
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-003-Free-TV-Submission-IPART-Review-of-comms-towers-rent-on-crown-land.pdf

ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry – Submission on Preliminary report

Free TV provides the ACCC with our views on their Preliminary Report.
February 7, 2019
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-002-Free-TV-Submission-ACCC-Preliminary-Report-Digital-Platforms-Review.pdf

2019-20 Pre-Budget Consultation

Free TV provides the Australian Government with our priorities for the 2019-2020 Budget, beginning with the need for regulatory reform.
February 1, 2019
https://www.freetv.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-001-Free-TV-Submission-Pre-budget-2019-2020.pdf

Digital Platforms Inquiry

Submission to the ACCC
April 20, 2018
/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2018_014_Free_TV_Submission_Digital_Platforms_Inquiry-1.pdf

Consultation: Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code

Submission to the Therapeutic Goods Administration
October 13, 2017
/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2017-011-Free-TV-Submission-TGA-Advertising.pdf

Review into the efficacy of the Code of Conduct for Australian Copyright Collecting Societies

Department of Communications and the Arts
October 6, 2017
/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2017_010_LTR_FINAL_Code_of_Conduct_for_Copyright_Collecting_Societies-1.pdf

Consultation on Copyright Regulations

Submission to the Department of Communications and the Arts
October 6, 2017
/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2017_-009_LTR_Copyright_Regulations_6_October_2017.pdf

Telling Australian stories in the New Media Age

Submission to the Department of Communications and the Arts
September 29, 2017
/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2017-008-Free-TV-Submission-Telling-Australian-stories-in-the-new-age.pdf

Changing Views: Australian Kids and Commercial Television

Free TV Report
September 29, 2017
/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2017_008_Free_TV_Report_Changing_Views_Kids_and_Commercial_Television-1.pdf

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