CBAA Submissions

In August 2018, the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, asked the Committee to inquire into and report on factors contributing to the growth and sustainability of the Australian music industry. The CBAA made a submission to the Inquiry, highlighting the pivotal role community radio plays across the country in shaping and supporting local music scenes. The submission highlighted the wide-reach and listenership of community radio, its unique role within the broader music industry, its important role in regional communities, and some recent examples of related policy and program success from across the country supporting the sector. The CBAA also underlined the need for greater policy support and funding certainty to ensure community broadcasting can operate and plan over the longer term and ensure the sector’s public good contributions for all Australians can continue.