AUSTRALIA: BROADCASTING IN THE POLITICAL BATTLE

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Abstract

The Australian Constitution confers a wide range of enumerated powers upon the central (Commonwealth) government. The High Court held that the Act was a valid exercise of the power conferred by section 51v of the Constitution. In doing so, it rejected two propositions of immense potential significance to the future development of Australian broadcasting law. It is interesting that at about the same time judicial decisions were allocating power over broadcasting to the central governments in the two British Commonwealth nations with the greatest land-masses and the most complex ethnic mix. Subconsciously, perhaps, but unequivocally the way was being paved for broadcasting to become an instrument of national unification and identity. The political history of the development of Australian broadcasting and telecommunications is thus an aspect of Commonwealth political history.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Politics of Broadcasting
EditorsRaymond Kuhn
Place of PublicationUnited States
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter7
Pages233-263
Number of pages31
EditionReprint
ISBN (Electronic)9781032630458
ISBN (Print)9781032630403
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Dec 2023

Publication series

NameRoutledge Library Editions: Broadcasting Series
Volume28

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