12 May 2015 In tonight's budget the ABC and SBS both had their budgets reduced. The ABC's budget has been reduced from $1.113 billion to $1.084 billion, and...
1 May 2015 It’s being reported the Australian Communications and Media Authority are investigating Fairfax Chairman-elect Nick Falloon over an alleged breach of the Broadcast Services Act following...
26 April 2015 Comment from Peter Saxon Shortly, if not already, Southern Cross Austereo, owners of 2Day FM should receive notification of the penalty that the ACMA will...
24 April 2015 The Federal Court confirmed the ACMA’s power to investigate two broadcasts by 2GB's Alan Jones. The decision entrenches the regulator's right to go beyond...
22 April 2015 The ACMA has published the report of its investigation into the 2Day FM’s Royal Prank Call incident. The ACMA’s investigation found that Today FM breached: clause 6.1...
2 April 2015 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has accepted enforceable undertakings from Macquarie Radio Network Limited (MRN) to sell radio stations 2CH in Sydney and 4LM...
8 March 2015 After speaking to the ACMA's Chris Chapman about the High Court ruling, radioinfo sought comment from Commercial Radio Australia and Southern Cross Austereo. SCA...
8 March 2015 Peter Saxon talks to him one on one It takes many components to run a successful radio station in Australia – talent, equipment, management,...
5 March 2015 The family of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who committed suicide after 2Day FM’s royal prank call, hope that the recent ruling by the High Court...
4 March 2015 ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman has welcomed the High Court decision to empower the ACMA to make decisions in cases regarding criminal law. 2Day FM...
4 March 2015 The High Court of Australia has ruled that the ACMA has the power to find 2Day FM in breach of the law in relation to...
4 March 2015 Commercial Radio Australia is concerned about the High Court ruling against the unanimous decision of the Federal Court in the 2Day FM case. The industry...
11 November 2014 Today FM and the ACMA appeared in the High Court today over the continuing issue of the ACMA's report on the nurse prank. Lawyers for...
28 October 2014 4CA Cairns has breached the accuracy clause of the Commercial Radio Codes of Practice by broadcasting statements about Indigenous communities in Cape York. The ACMA...
23 October 2014 Sunshine FM has been issued with “remedial directions” by the ACMA after failing to “implement agreed measures” to fix licence condition breaches. In what is an...
2 September 2014 CRA has welcomed the decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to extend the DAB+ digital radio trial licences in Canberra and Darwin...
20 August 2014 2SM's John Laws has breached the privacy provisions of the Commercial Radio Codes of Practice by broadcasting a caller’s personal phone number on air. On 25...
7 July 2014 Less than two weeks ago, Hawkesbury Radio 89.9 FM, a community station on the outskirts of Sydney, lost a case in the NSW Supreme Court...
2 July 2014 Teenagers spent an average of 14 hours and 42 minutes online during December 2013, compared to the 40 hours and 21 minutes by adults. 55%...
26 June 2014 3.4 million adult Australians used an m-commerce service during December 2013, a staggering increase of 448% in just three years, according to the latest ACMA...
15 April 2014 ACMA are seeking leave to appeal to the High Court in its case regarding the 2Day FM royal prank. It released the following statement today:...
20 March 2014 New legislation, known as the Omnibus Repeal bill, is set to grant the ACMA more discretion in whether or not they investigate all compaints recieved....
5 March 2014 The ACMA has produced a final report on the inquiry into the Broadcasting Services Act, the governing broadcast legislation. The report entitled Contemporary Community Safeguards Report looked into the...
5 March 2014 Today FM is spending yet another day in court today, appealing the most recent decision by the Federal Court to allow the ACMA to continue...
24 February 2014 Generally, when the ACMA has found a station in breach of this code or that, they send out a media release, or even hold a...
17 February 2014 The ACMA is proposing changes to radio services in the Young broadcast area. The licensees of Young’s commercial radio broadcasting services including 2LF and 2LFF have proposed...
6 February 2014 The ACMA has found that Radio 2ME 1638AM was not in breach of tobacco advertising prohibitions when it broadcast a commercial for an arguileh lounge. The...
4 February 2014 Some good news today for radio listeners in the Penrith and Campbelltown areas. And for the operators of 2MAC and 2KA.
29 January 2014 If ever there was two words to glaze over the eyes of a Commercial Regional Radio General Manager or Content Director its “ACMA Compliance”. Just...
16 January 2014 The ACMA has released its Broadcasting Financial Results report, a snapshot of the aggregated expenditure, revenue, profitability, assets, liability and net assets of commercial radio...
