ASTRA regularly makes representations on behalf of its members on policy and regulatory issues affecting the industry.
The following is a list of recent submissions:
April 2012
Supplementary submission to the Senate Committee Inquiry into the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti-siphoning) Bill 2012 (note: total of four docs including 3 attachments)
Attachment A:FOXTEL Supplementary Submission
Attachment B:FOX SPORTS Supplementary Submission
Attachment C:ASTRA Submission: Sport on Television:A Review of the anti-siphoning scheme in the contemporary digital environment
ASTRA Submission: ALRC Copyright Review Draft TORs
Submission in response to the draft Terms of Reference for the Australian Law Reform Commission Copyright Inquiry
Submission to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti-siphoning) Bill 2012 - Link to ASTRA Anti-siphoning Information
March 2012
Submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority discussion paper: Beyond Switchover – the future technical evolution of digital terrestrial television in Australia
February 2012
Submission to the Convergence Review Committee in response to the Committee’s Interim Report
2011 Submissions
ASTRA submission to the ACMA Licensing for Earth Receive Stations consultation paper
ASTRA Submission to the ACMA band plan for television outside broadcast services discussion paper
ASTRA Submission – National Classification Scheme Review
Final submission to the Convergence Review
Submission on the Australian Government discussion paper ‘A Commonwealth Statutory Cause of Action for Serious Invasion of Privacy
Appendix C – Deloitte Access Economics Report
ASTRA Submission ASIC Financial Services Advertising Guidance
Submission to the Department of Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy Review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001
Submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority Earth Station Siting discussion paper
ASTRA submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority paper Review of the Privacy Guidelines for broadcasters
ASTRA Submission ACMA Spectrum Outlook 31 August 2011
ASTRA Submission to the Convergence Review Committee:Key policy and regulatory issues for the Review
ASTRA Submission: Consolidated Compliance mark – proposed implementation arrangements
ASTRA Submission: Copyright Collecting Societies Code of Conduct
Review of the 2.5GHz band and long-term arrangements for ENG – Designation Proposal
Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission National Classification Scheme Review Issues Paper
ASTRA Submission to the ACMA discussion paper ‘Towards 2020—Future spectrum requirements for mobile broadband
ASTRA Submission to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Convergence Review Framing Paper- June 2011
ASTRA Submission on the ACMA discussion paper ‘Clearing the digital dividend’ – April 2011
ASTRA Submission to: Screen Australia Draft Guidelines, Convergent Television and All Media Funding – April 2011
ASTRA Submission to: Submission to DBCDE on TIO Scheme – 31 March 2011
ASTRA Submission to: ASTRA Response to the Screen Production Sector Review Report
ASTRA Submission to: Senate Classification Inquiry
ASTRA Submission to: Consultation on Proposed Amendment to the Antiterrorism (Narrowcast Television)Standards
ASTRA Submission to: Screen Australia’s ‘Funding Australian Content on ‘Small Screens’: A Draft Blueprint
ASTRA Submission to Convergence Review Terms of Reference, January 2011
Australian Law Reform Commission Review of Censorship and Classification – Terms of Reference, January 2011
2010 Submissions
Spectrum Reallocation in the 700MHz digital dividend band, December 2010
Submission to the ACMA’s Discussion Paper:Temporary Trials of 3D TV and other emerging technologies, October 2010
Submission to Screen Australia- Review of Television Funding, August 2010
2010 Review of the Independent Productions Sector, 24 June 2010
Response to ACMA Consultation Paper Declaring Primary Commercial Television Broadcasting Services, 28 May 2010
Response to the 2010 Review of the Independent Production Sector, 6 May 2010
Response to the Digital Dividend Green Paper, 20 April 2010
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010, 9 April 2010
Mandating Parental Lock Capability in Domestic Reception Equipment, 4 April 2010
Media Access Review, 29 January 2010
2009 Submissions
Content and Access, 30 December 2009
Screen Australia, 22 December 2009
Anti-Siphoning, October 2009