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I can't remember what the Broadcasting Services Act has to say about quotas but generally the legislation should define the process by which quotas are set in the Codes of Practice through a process of consultation with the community rather than prescribe the rules itself. Commercial radio stations are businesses operated for profit. It's a two way street, and a lot of independent music isn't particularly commercially attractive.