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Appendix 4 - Objectives of the
Broadcasting Service Act 1992

• to promote the availability to audiences throughout Australia of a diverse range of radio and television services offering entertainment, education and information;
• to provide a regulatory environment that will facilitate the development of a broadcasting industry in Australia that is efficient, competitive and responsive to audience needs;
• to encourage diversity in control of the more influential broadcasting services;
• to ensure Australians have effective control of the more influential broadcasting services;
• to promote the role of broadcasting services in developing and reflecting a sense of national identity, character and cultural diversity;
• to promote the provision of high quality and innovative programming by providers of broadcasting services;
• to encourage providers of commercial and community broadcasting services to be responsive to the need for a fair and accurate coverage of matters of public interest and for an appropriate coverage of matters of local significance;
• to encourage providers of broadcasting services to respect community standards in the provision of program material;
• to encourage the provision of the means for addressing complaints about broadcasting services; and
• to ensure that providers of broadcasting services place a high priority on the protection of children from exposure to program material which may be harmful to them.

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