Media law in Australia

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page The Author List of Abbreviations General Introduction §1 General Background of the Country I. Political and Legal System of the Country II. Geography and Population III. Social and Cultural Values §2 The Media Landscape I. Overview of Media Markets and Main Actors II. Infrastructure III. Technological and Economic Developments in the Media Markets §3 Sources of Media Law Part I. Freedom of Speech §1 Introduction §2 Implied Freedom of Political Communication §3 State Guarantees of Free Speech §4 Specific Free Speech Protection in the Media Context Part II. Regulation of Print Media Chapter 1. The Journalists’ Profession Chapter 2. Journalists’ Rights §1 Role of Journalists as Watchdogs of Society §2 Journalists’ Independence §3 Protection of Journalistic Sources I. Shield Laws II. Whistle-Blower Protection III. Official Secrets Chapter 3. Journalists’ Liability §1 General Position §2 Defamation I. Introduction II. Libel and Slander III. Meaning IV. Tests for Determining whether the Matter Is Defamatory V. Identification VI. Publication VII. Who Can Sue and Who Can Be Liable VIII. Role of Judge and Jury IX. Defences A. Justification B. Contextual Truth C. Absolute Privilege D. Qualified Privilege E. Comment F. Innocent Dissemination G. Triviality X. Remedies A. Damages B. Injunction C. Offer of Amends XI. Criminal Defamation §3 Privacy I. The General Law and Privacy II. Personal Information Protection III. Interception and Surveillance Chapter 4. Right to Reply Chapter 5. Access to Public Information §1 Public Documents §2 Court Hearings and Documents I. Access to Courts II. Access to Court Documents III. Contempt of Court Chapter 6. Supervision: Press §1 The Press Council §2 Journalists’ Code of Ethics Part III. Regulation of Audiovisual Media (Broadcasting) Chapter 1. Public Service Broadcasting §1 The Concept and Mission of Public Service Broadcasting §2 The Organization of Public Service Broadcasting I. ABC II. SBS §3 The Financing of Public Service Broadcasting I. ABC II. SBS Chapter 2. Private Broadcasting §1 Different Categories of Private Broadcasters §2 Licensing Requirements I. General Licensing Matters II. Commercial Television Broadcasting Services III. Commercial Radio Broadcasting Services IV. Community Broadcasting Services V. Subscription Television Broadcasting Services VI. Class Licences VII. International Broadcasting Services VIII. Licence Conditions Chapter 3. Programme Standards §1 Impartiality §2 Cultural Diversity I. Sectoral Diversity II. Australian Content Obligations III. Australian Drama Expenditure Obligations IV. Regional Content Obligations §3 Protection of Minors §4 Human Dignity §5 Right of Reply §6 Privacy §7 Offensive and Harmful Material I. Classification of Content Likely to Cause Offence II. Prohibited Classified Content III. Harmful Content IV. Anti-terrorism Provisions §8 Online Content I. Regulation of Content with an Australian Connection II. Regulation of Content Hosted Outside Australia Chapter 4. Political Broadcasting §1 Rules on Political Independence of Broadcasters §2 Fair Representation in Election Periods §3 News and Current Affairs Programmes §4 Political Advertising Chapter 5. Advertising Rules §1 Forms of Commercial Communications §2 Restrictions on Content §3 Time and Frequency Restrictions §4 Sponsorship §5 Product Placement Chapter 6. Right to Information §1 Access to Major Events §2 Short News Reporting Chapter 7. Access to Networks and Platforms §1 Must Carry Rules §2 Other Access Obligations for Networks Chapter 8. Standards and Interoperability Part IV. Ownership Regulation §1 Introduction §2 Monomedia Ownership Restrictions §3 Cross-Media Ownership Restrictions §4 Foreign Investment §5 Competition and Mergers Part V. Supervision: Media Regulator Chapter 1. Organization §1 Australian Communications and Media Authority §2 Other Regulation Chapter 2. Tasks §1 Australian Communications and Media Authority §2 Other Regulation Chapter 3. Sanctioning Powers §1 Australian Communications and Media Authority §2 Other Regulation Selected Bibliography Index