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The Australian Broadcasting Authority was an
Australian government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national executive government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the pr ...
agency whose main roles were to regulate
broadcasting Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...
, radio communications and
telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...
. The Authority took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal on 5 October 1992 as stipulated in the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 The ''Broadcasting Services Act 1992'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia, which broadly covers issues relating to content regulation and media ownership in Australia. The law stipulates what is political advertising and the spe ...
. 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 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an Australian government statutory authority within the Communications portfolio. ACMA was formed on 1 July 2005 with the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Aus ...
.


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Censorship in Australia Certain subject-matter in Australia is subject to various forms of government censorship. These include matters of national security, judicial non-publication or suppression orders, defamation law, the federal ''Racial Discrimination Act 1975'' ...


References

History of broadcasting in Australia 1992 establishments in Australia 2005 disestablishments in Australia Broadcasting authorities Defunct Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia {{Australia-tv-stub