Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 No. 110 of 1992 - SECT 3

3. The objects of this Act are:

   (a)  to promote the availability to audiences throughout Australia of a
        diverse range of radio and television services offering entertainment,
        education and information; and

   (b)  to provide a regulatory environment that will facilitate the
        development of a broadcasting industry in Australia that is efficient,
        competitive and responsive to audience needs; and

   (c)  to encourage diversity in control of the more influential broadcasting
        services; and

   (d)  to ensure that Australians have effective control of the more
        influential broadcasting services; and

   (e)  to promote the role of broadcasting services in developing and
        reflecting a sense of Australian identity, character and cultural
        diversity; and

   (f)  to promote the provision of high quality and innovative programming by
        providers of broadcasting services; and

   (g)  to encourage providers of commercial and community broadcasting
        services to be responsive to the need for a fair and accurate coverage
        of matters of public interest and for an appropriate coverage of
        matters of local significance; and

   (h)  to encourage providers of broadcasting services to respect community
        standards in the provision of program material; and

   (i)  to encourage the provision of means for addressing complaints about
        broadcasting services; and

   (j)  to ensure that providers of broadcasting services place a high
        priority on the protection of children from exposure to program
        material which may be harmful to them.