broadcasting
New rules for recording and broadcasting judgments in the NSW Supreme Court
27 October 2014
In news that will be of particular interest to media organisations, the Supreme Court of NSW has introduced new rules that provide for judgment to be recorded and broadcast.
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High Court to decide whether regulator can determine if a broadcasting service has been used in the commission of an offence
1 September 2014
The legal consequences of the prank call made in December 2012 in which Australian radio announcers called a hospital in London pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles asking after the health of the Duchess of Cambridge are still to be determined. On 15 August 2014 the High Court of Australia decided that it would grant special leave to appeal in respect of a challenge made by the broadcaster to a decision of the broadcasting regulator which found that the broadcaster had breached a condition of its licence.
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Media Watchdog not an arbitrator of criminal guilt, says Full Federal Court
26 March 2014
In a recent decision the Full Federal Court has held that the powers of the ACMA do not extend to making a finding that a broadcasting licensee has committed a criminal offence.
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