Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 No. 6 of 1983 - SECT 27 News services

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 No. 6 of 1983 - SECT 27

27. (1) The Corporation shall develop and maintain an independent service for
the broadcasting and televising of news and information by the Corporation
pursuant to this section.

(2) The Corporation shall broadcast and televise daily from all national
broadcasting stations and national television stations regular sessions of
news and information relating to current events within and outside Australia.

(3) The Managing Director shall ensure that the officers and temporary
employees of the Corporation include an adequate number of persons, both
within and outside Australia, for the purpose of collecting the news and
information to be broadcast or televised pursuant to this section.

(4) Without affecting the obligations of the Managing Director under
sub-section (3), the Corporation may also procure news and information
relating to current events from such news agencies and other sources, whether
within or outside Australia, as the Board thinks fit.