Introductory:

We were appointed by Parliament on 3rd July, 1941, to inquire into and report upon wireless broadcasting within and from Australia, with particular reference to the following questions:

(a) Should any and what change be made in the existing laws and practices relating to the control of broadcasting?

(b) Are the services now provided by the Australian Broadcasting Commission and commercial broadcasting stations adequate, and, if not, in what respects should they be improved? and;

(c) Should any, and, if so, what, improvements be made in the wireless broadcasting of news within and from the Commonwealth?