Sector Policy & Campaigns

Sector Policy & Campaigns

On behalf of CBAA Members and the wider sector, the CBAA meets regularly with stakeholders to:

• raise and progress policy issues;

• lift the profile and awareness of the community broadcasting sector;

• create networks with organisations who share interests and values with the community broadcasting sector; and

• advocate for the interests of community broadcasters. 

The following documents reflect this ongoing work.

Convergence Review

The Australian Government announced its intention to conduct a Convergence Review in 2011 in response to ongoing trends in technology that are reshaping the media landscape.

The Convergence Review is an independent review established by the Australian Government to examine the policy and regulatory frameworks that apply to the converged media and communications landscape in Australia.

The CBAA Response to the Convergence Review - Interim Report is available here [1].

The CBAA Submission to the Convergence Review Framing Paper is available here [2].

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Community Broadcasting 'Vision 2015' Submission to Minister Conroy

A five year plan to renew Australia’s Community Broadcasting sector and create the world’s most innovative, accessible community media.

• Vision 2015 Brochure [3]
• Full Vision 2015 Submission [4]

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Community Broadcasting Listener Surveys

The Community Radio National Listener Survey commissioned biennially by the community broadcast sector, and conducted by McNair Ingenuity Research, is a survey of the community radio listening habits of Australians.

• 2010 Survey [5]

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Revised B66 Form

Application for renewal of a Community Radio Broadcasting Licence

• CBAA Submission [6]

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Digital Radio

In October 2005 the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Hon Senator Helen Coonan, announced a framework for digital radio broadcasting in Australia. The first stage applied to metropolitan-wide broadcasting services in capital cities.

• Submission 16.4.2007 Senate Environment, Communications Information Technology and the Arts [7]
• Submission 23.4.2007 Senate Environment, Communications Information Technology and the Arts response to CRA [8]
• Submission 25.11.2008 ACCC Access Undertakings [9]
• Submission 24.12.2010 Technologies for Digital Radio Services in Regional Australia [10]

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HRSCCITA Inquiry Into Community Broadcasting

In 2006 the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (HRSCCITA) held an Inquiry Into Community Broadcasting.

• Submission 17.3.2006 Inquiry Into Community Broadcasting [11]

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You can also download documents & speeches on issues relevant to the sector below:

• Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan [12]
• National Emergency Agency Contacts [13]
• Speech by ACMA CEO Chris Chapman: 'The ACMA in 2010' [14]