CHAPTER 1: MODELS OF GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION Introduction The issues around the governance of the BBC, and how it should be regulated, have been much discussed over a considerable period. This Review has benefited from a number of documents which deal at length with the issues. I refer in particular to the ‘Independent Panel on...

Summary If a public media sector was designed in 2016 with an eye to the future, it would be different to Australia’s current one, with the ABC, SBS and National Indigenous Television (NITV). A system designed for the 21st century would not likely consist of eight free-to-air TV channels, another pay TV service, 15 broadcast...

Executive Summary It is inevitable in a review of this nature that our findings tend to focus more on perceived shortcomings of the program than on areas where it operates well. So it is appropriate to state in this summary that overall we have found Q&A to be a responsible, professional production that strives to...

Overview Regional media is viewed as an essential democratic institution by regional Australians, with 95 per cent accessing some type of local content each week. Regional media is an important source of news, weather, and emergency information. It also contributes to a sense of community and identity within a region.

Lost in the fog of the Zaky Mallah controversy are more fundamental questions about the ABC’s role in representative democracy.