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Australian Broadcasting Corporation ANNUAL REPORT 2006

11:15pm Highlights of 2005–06

Total number of hours broadcast: Radio—8 760 hours on each network and station Television—10 841 hours, including state-specific content ABC2—6 458 hours

2.3 million pages of content on ABC Online

ABC services reached an estimated 73% of every week via Television, Radio and Online

ABC Radio had a weekly 5-city metropolitan reach of 3 704 000 or 33% ABC Television had a weekly 5-city metropolitan reach of 8.5 million or 61.5% and weekly regional reach of 4.1 million or 65.3%

ABC Online had a monthly reach of 17.1% of ’s active Internet population

90% of Australians continue to believe the ABC provides a valuable service to the community. 79% of Australians believe the ABC does a good job covering country/regional issues. 70% believe the ABC is efficient and well managed. 1 ABC Television launched new Australian programs, including The Adventures of Bottletop Bill and his Best Friend Corky, Answered by Fire, Battle of the Brains, ’s War on Everything, Da Kath and Kim Code, Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History, Peking to Paris, Real Life Water Rats and We Can Be Heroes

Radio Australia programming available through 160 local rebroadcasters in 40 countries in and the Pacific, satellite services, shortwave broadcasts and nine 24-hour FM relays

ABC Asia Pacific television available in 41 countries, retransmitted by 300 operators, in more than 200 000 hotel rooms and available in 10.2 million homes

The ABC produced 4 563 hours of Australian television content, including 2 479 hours of news and current affairs

ABC’s services reach 96.19% of Australia’s population from 177 transmitter locations

41 ABC Shops and 90 ABC Centres throughout Australia and online generated $11.6 m net profit which was returned to programming

The ABC had total revenues of $961m from ordinary activities with $1 044m in total assets 2

Each weekday Breakfast programs on 60 ABC Local Radio stations inform and entertain Australians, providing local news and community information (including Rural Reports in regional areas), extended news bulletins and the nation-wide current affairs program AM.

Throughout the day and evening, the ABC continues to provide Australians with a wide range of programs that give comprehensive coverage and background of local and world events.

Australia Wide (Weekdays on ABC2, plus ABC ) A national regional news program which focuses on different aspects of life in regional and rural Australia, highlighting the diversity of Australian life beyond city limits.

Lateline (10.30pm Weeknights ABC Television. Repeated ABC2) This unique news analysis program provides up-to- the-minute coverage of national and international news, giving a range of perspectives from newsmakers and informed commentators. Monday-to-Thursday presenter Tony Jones received a “Best Broadcast Interviewing” Walkley Award for his interviews. Friday presenter Maxine McKew is another of Australia’s most awarded journalists.

ABC News Online (abc.net.au/news) Provides a continuously-updated 6:10am coverage of world and local news drawing on reports from the ABC’s starting work network of journalists in Australia listening to Breakfast, ABC Local Radio and overseas. 3

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“I love the fact that I can be almost anywhere in Australia and I can pick up some form of the ABC.” Murray C, Kununurra, WA

“We’re 165ks north-east of . We’ve always got the ABC on. Enjoy listening to it. Keep up with all the local news.” Tanya B, Yalgoo, WA 4

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• ABC national Radio networks—, , ABC Classic FM and ABC NewsRadio on the Parliamentary and News Network—are available throughout Australia • ABC Regional Radio Studios collect content for use on ABC Radio and ABC Online • ABC Shops and ABC Centres are found at 131 locations throughout Australia • Local frequency information for ABC services is available in Appendixes 23 (Television) and 24 (Radio) 5

Radio The ABC has four national radio networks —Radio National, ABC Classic FM, triple j and ABC NewsRadio—as well as 60 Local Radio stations around Australia, and three Internet music-based services, dig, dig jazz and dig country. Television ABC Television is a national service with state and territory news breakouts. It is available nationally in analog and digitally on free-to-air digital and subscription television platforms. Mt Isa The ABC2 digital television service is Mackay available free-to-air and on subscription platforms. Longreach Online Gladstone The ABC Online website contains 2.3 million pages of content across 12 subject gateways, including Maroochydore content designed for broadband Toowoomba delivery. ABC services are also Gold Coast available via WAP, SMS, 3G and i-mode platforms. Lismore

Tamworth Coffs Harbour Shops Pt Augusta ABC-related products are available Port Macquarie Muswellbrook from 41 ABC Shops and 90 ABC Pt Pirie Newcastle Orange Centres throughout Australia, Renmark Erina as well as the ABC Shop Online and an order-based Customer Nowra Delivery Service. Horsham Mt Gambier Bega International Warrnambool Sale Broadcasting Morwell International radio service Radio Australia, is available by short wave, satellite and rebroadcast Burnie Launceston arrangements to Asia and the Pacific.

Hobart International television and online service, ABC Asia Pacific, is available via satellite and rebroadcast arrangements to Asia and the Pacific. Office of Donald McDonald AC Chairman October 3, 2006 ABC Ultimo Centre 700 Harris Street Ultimo NSW 2007 Australia

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Tel. +61 2 8333 5363 Senator The Hon Helen Coonan Fax. +61 2 8333 2967 Minister for Communications abc.net.au Information Technology and the Arts Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600

The Board of Broadcasting Corporation is pleased to present the Annual Report of the Corporation for the year ended June 30, 2006.

The report is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983. Letter ofTransmittal ne 236 239 183 240 141 139 126 99 94 68 73 ABC Charter andDutiesof the Board 89 Glossary 84 Index 112 105 Appendices 81 Financial Statements 49 Independent AuditReport 61 65 Outcomes andOutputs 44 53 Performance Against theCorporate Plan2004–07 64 Summary Reports 28 Corporate Strategy andCommunications 46 Operations 25 Enterprises International Broadcasting News andCurrent Affairs 24 New MediaandDigital Services 15 Television Radio ABC Divisions 13 ABC Organisational Chart 19 Accommodation Project Financial Summary 10 Corporate Governance ABC People The ABCintheCommunity ABC Services 10 ABC Audiences Overview The Year Ahead ABC AdvisoryCouncil Statement byABCBoard ofDirectors Board ofDirectors Corporate PlanSummary Significant Events inthePast Year ABC Vision,Mission Statement andValues Corporate Report 6 7

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8:30am cooking up breakfast to Rage 9

Rage is ABC Television’s weekend overnight music show, featuring video clips of popular local and overseas acts. Since it began in 1987, it has repeatedly won Most “The ABC’s given Australians a Popular Australian Music TV Show broader range of entertainment.” in the Australian Music Awards.

Brett T, Balaclava, Since the 1930s, the ABC has been a major player in the musical life “[triple j is] a great source of Australia. Music and music makers are showcased not only of new music.” on the two music networks, ABC Andrew W, Bronte, NSW Classic FM and triple j, but across all ABC platforms.

Music Deli (8pm Friday and 4pm Sunday on Radio National) For almost 20 years, Music Deli presented by Paul Petran has introduced Australian listeners to world and folk music, focusing on Australian musicians in live performance at concerts and festivals.

dig tv (9pm Monday on ABC2 with repeats) Hosted by James Reyne and Tracee Hutchison, dig tv brings to television the music that listeners enjoy on the online dig music services—blues, soul, country, roots, world and rock.

At the Opera (7.05pm Sunday on ABC Classic FM) At the Opera provides an opportunity for opera buffs and newcomers alike to sample great opera works and performances, including personal selections by former Artistic Director Moffatt Oxenbould. The New York Metropolitan Opera’s Broadcast Season is also presented in this time slot. 10

ABC Vision, Mission and Values

Vision and impartiality, reflecting a balanced Valued for playing an active role in the and broad range of views and interests lives of all Australians. Creative—a commitment to innovation, Mission ideas and support for talented people Uphold the ABC’s Charter through distinctive programs and services that Courageous—encouraging the leadership inform, educate and entertain. and vision to adapt to change with integrity and decisiveness Values Distinctively Australian—reflecting the Supportive—providing opportunities nation’s identity and culture for ABC staff to grow, personally and professionally, during their time with Open to all—reaching out to engage the Corporation audiences, bringing Australians together Accountable—demonstrating high No hidden agendas—aspiring to the standards of governance and value for highest editorial standards of accuracy money to the Australian community.

Significant Events 2005–06

July 2005 ABC Northern celebrated A series of cross-media workshops was its 70th birthday. held in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney to explore how the ABC September 2005 can address audiences’ changing patterns Radio Sport covered the Ashes tour of media consumption. in England across a range of ABC platforms.

Local Radio’s Sunday Profile presented by The 41st ABC Shop opened in Tuggerah, broadcast an exclusive radio . interview with Douglas Wood, a former Australian civilian hostage in Iraq. October 2005 Launch of Dust Echoes, a children’s animated August 2005 production, bringing to life five Indigenous Celebration of the 10th birthday of ABC Online Australian dreamtime stories, at the Beswick at the ABC Ultimo Centre in Sydney. Community in the .

triple j broadcast the Impossible Music The winners of Video Lives, a digital story Festival, a virtual music festival in which initiative based on audience contributions, listeners voted on their favourite screened on ABC2. performances, drawn from 30 years of triple j broadcasting. Olle MemorialLecture the 10thannual702ABCSydney Comedian andwriter JohnDoyle delivered Institute ofSportinCanberra. Youth IssuesForum youth competition attended the The 38winners ofthe2005 was launched. The newABCVideoonDemand site February 2006 festival, ABC Classic FMlauncheditsyear-long radio Piano countdown. with aspecialbroadcast oftheClassic 100 ABC Classic FMcelebrated its30thbirthday January 2006 ABC archives, wentto air. moments from over 45years from the program celebrating great sporting Late NightLegends December 2005 commenced broadcast onRadioNational. Jensen, theAnglican Archbishop ofSydney, The 2005Boyer Lectures byDrPeter Anh Do,wentto airexclusively onABC2. short filmshosted byactor andfilmmaker Short andCurly on ABC2. was launchedinMelbourneandbroadcast and Digital Services andFilmAustralia, co-production betweenABCNewMedia Pacific Stories November 2005 themed magazine. ABC Magazineslaunched celebrated its40thyear onair. ABC RadioNational’s Radio, ABCTelevision andonline. the 250thanniversary ofthebirthMozart. Mad AboutMozart , a13-weekseriesofAustralian , thefirst cross-platform , anoriginalABC2 at theAustralian Encounter , broadcast onLocal Life etc , commemorating Heywire program , alifestyle Andrew regional the Sydney Opera House. The The NewsandCurrent Affairs sportsprogram, funded self-helpsubsidyscheme. for transmission through theFederally- Elliot for the inaugural ABCFictionAward, William The Corporation announced thewinnerof Melbourne over the11daysofcompetition. of CommonwealthGamescoverage from ABC RadioSportprovided over 120hours video stories. enabling audiences to submitimagesand system intheBrisbaneNews Onlineunit, a successful trialofauserimage-upload New MediaandDigital Services conducted Ultimo Centre inSydney. ABC2 celebrated itsfirst birthdayattheABC divisions oftheCorporation. at Ultimothatwasattended bystaff from all ABC’s first Cross MediaProduction Conference New MediaandDigital Services hosted the Paralympics inTurin. ABC Television covered the2006Winter March 2006 heard Forty smallcommunities around Australia devastated byCyclone Larry. to helprebuild thecommunity broadcasting outpost inInnisfail in Local Radioestablished atemporary of cross-platform content. Animation Initiative, nurturingtheproduction a new project called theSAFC ABCDigital Corporation established analliance to deliver The ABCandtheSouthAustralian Film April 2006 Classic 100Opera triple j , beganonABCTelevision. The PiloFamilyCircus for thefirst timeafter applying concert washeldat . 11

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Radio National’s Singers of Renown program, June 2006 presented by John Cargher, celebrated its Launch of music program dig tv on ABC2 40th anniversary. in collaboration with dig digital radio.

The South Australian town of Port Pirie Launch of Chiko Accidental Alien, an online hosted triple j’s One Night Stand concert, game created under the ABC/AFC Broadband which was broadcast live around Australia Production Initiative. on the network and funded by ABC Radio’s Regional Production Fund. As part of the 60th Anniversary of Parliamentary Broadcasts, ABC NewsRadio May 2006 commenced podcasting the Federal Senate The Federal Budget renewed the ABC’s and House of Representatives question time. funding for the 2006–09 triennium and provided an additional $88.2 million over ABC Classic FM commenced vodcasting three years for capital, the creation of quality pre-concert introductory talks to concerts Australian television content, and enhanced broadcast in the program In Performance. regional and local programming.

Children’s television program Play School celebrated its 40th birthday by commencing a series of free live concerts in remote Australia. The program was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame.

ABC2 began broadcasting live games in association with ABC Television Sport and Netball Australia.

ABC Radio’s second Australian Snapshots project was launched through the ABC Radio Regional Production Fund with the theme Representing Creativity.

Australian Story celebrated 10 years on Television, with a function at the ABC Ultimo Centre in Sydney attended by many of the people featured on the program.

A forum on political language, sponsored by the ABC’s Standing Committee on Spoken English (SCOSE), was held at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival. ratings data. annual ABCAppreciation Surveys andABCAwareness andUsageSurveys, inconjunction with identified insupportofthesefour overall objectives. Overall effectiveness data isdrawn from Specific legislative responsibilities are addressed through thestrategic prioritiesandactions Act 1983 four Corporate Objectives derived explicitly from the transformation oftheAustralian mediaenvironment. TheCorporate Planisframed around The ABCBoard’s Corporate Plan2004–07positionstheCorporation for theinevitable Corporate PlanSummary h utaincmuiy8 27 078 80 81 78 • Take account ofservices provided bythecommercial andcommunity broadcasting • Beinnovative andcomprehensive (s.6(1)(a)) 82 • Provide programs ofwideappealandspecialised interests (s.6(2)(a)(iii)) 82 Meeting itslegislative obligations to… 83 services 81 andemerging digital media(ss.6(1)(a) and6(2)(a)(iii)). The ABCwill… 84 and innovative programs andservices Objective 2.Engageaudiences withrelevant 84 Detailed reporting against Objective 1can befound onpages112and116. the Australian community reflects thecultural diversity of % ofpeople whobelieve theABC to Australia’s nationalidentity distinctively Australian andcontributing % ofpeople whoregard theABCto be will bemeasured by… Its overall effectiveness • Take account ofthemulticultural character oftheAustralian community (s.6(2)(a)(iv)). • Transmit overseas programs ofnews,current affairs, entertainment andcultural • Provide content genres: Meeting itslegislative obligationsto… communities through anABCthatisdistinctively Australian (s.6(1)(a)(i))oftheABCAct. The ABCwill… Objective 1.Contributetoasenseofnationalidentity sectors (s.6(2)(a)(i)). enrichment (s.6(1)(b)) • Reflect cultural diversity (s.6(1)(a)(i)) • Promotion ofthemusical, dramatic andotherperforming arts(s.6(1)(c)) • Programs ofaneducational nature (s.6(1)(a)(i)) • Newsandinformation (ss.6(1)(b) and8(1)(c)) , includingtheCharter (s.6). Create more opportunitiesfor audiences to connect withthediversity oftheir Reach asmanypeople aspossible through theABC’s established Charter 050 040 030 020 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 Australian BroadcastingCorporation 13

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Its overall effectiveness will be measured by… 2005–06 2004–05 2003–04 2002–03 2001–02 Overall (Combined) Audience Reach (%) 73 75 75 NA* NA* % of people who perceive the ABC to be innovative 73 74 72 70 70 * Combined Audience reach figures were not calculated prior to 2003–04 Detailed reporting against Objective 2 can be found on pages 113 and 120.

Objective 3. Ensure the ABC’s independence, integrity and high standards The ABC will… Advance the ABC’s reputation and high performance standards through the ongoing evaluation of governance, policies and procedures (ss.6(1)(a) and 8(1)(b)).

Meeting its legislative obligations to… • Maintain the independence and integrity of the Corporation (s.8(1)(b)) • Ensure news and information is accurate and impartial (s.8(1)(c)) • Develop codes of practice relating to programs (s.8(1)(e)) • Take account of standards determined by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (s.6(2)(a)(ii)) • Comply with all relevant legislation (s.8(1)(d)) • Give consideration to any policy statement by the Commonwealth Government on any matter relevant to broadcasting or administration (s.8(2)). Its overall effectiveness will be measured by… 2005–06 2004–05 2003–04 2002–03 2001–02 % of people who believe Television 80 80 77 79 78 the ABC provides quality Radio 63 63 61 60 59 programming Online 89 89 87 89 90 (ABC Online users only) % of people who believe the ABC is balanced and even-handed when reporting news and current affairs 83 82 80 81 79 Detailed reporting against Objective 3 can be found on pages 114 and 122.

Objective 4. Provide maximum benefit to the people of Australia The ABC will… Achieve the optimal use of assets and resources and manage the long-term sustainability of the Corporation (s.8(1)(a)).

Meeting its legislative obligation to… Ensure the functions of the Corporation are performed efficiently and with the maximum benefit to the people of Australia (s.8(1)(a)). Its overall effectiveness will be measured by… 2005–06 2004–05 2003–04 2002–03 2001–02 % of people who value the ABC and its services to the community 90 90 89 89 91 % of people who believe the ABC is efficient and well managed 70 70 64 68 61 Detailed reporting against Objective 4 can be found on pages 115 and 124. Donald McDonaldAC ABC Board ofDirectors John GallagherQC Murray Green the peopleofAustralia training isavailable through provision for new Board members andonline Thorough inductionprocesses are inplace personal interest inanyitems on theagenda. are asked ifthey wish to declare amaterial updated regularly. At eachmeeting,Directors of interests upontheirappointment.Thisis They are required to provide adeclaration sets outtheirresponsibilities andrights. Protocol, adopted inSeptember 2004,which Directors are required to observe Board Authorities andCompaniesAct1997 and goodfaith, asset outinthe required to meetobjective standards ofcare obligations andindividualDirectors are In addition,theBoard issubjectto further significant deviation from thoseplans. the Minister ofanymatters likely to cause corporate plansfor theABCandto notify ABC Actalsorequires theBoard to prepare when requested to dosobytheMinister. The relevant to thefunctionsof Corporation and to consider matters ofGovernment policy with theABCActandotherrelevant legislation; programming matters to develop recognised standardsofobjectivejournalism accurate andimpartialaccordingtothe presentation ofnewsandinformation is required to ensure thatthegatheringand the ABC’s efficiently functions oftheCorporation are performed of theActrequires theBoard to ensure the Corporation Act1983 derive from the The role andresponsibilities oftheABCBoard independence and withthe codes ofpracticerelatingto Australian Broadcasting (“ABC Act”).Section8 ; ensure compliance , while maintaining maximum benefitto and integrity Commonwealth . . Itis ; 15

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of the Directors’ manual and Corporate He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree Governance in Australia modules. Other and an Hon. Doctor of Letters from the professional development for Directors University of New South Wales. is provided on a case-by-case basis. John Gallagher QC Changes in relation to the corporate Appointed a Director for a five-year term governance arrangements relating to ABC from 9 December 1999. Re-appointed for Board Directors are set out in the Corporate a three-year term from 24 February 2005. Governance Section (page 53). Appointed Deputy Chairman until his term expires on 23 February 2008.

Donald McDonald AC John Gallagher is a Barrister and Queen’s Appointed Chairman of the ABC in July 1996 Counsel whose practice involves civil and for a five-year term. Re-appointed Chairman criminal law. He is the author of the 1990 on 24 July 2001 for a second five-year term, Australian Supplement of Licensing Laws and on 14 June 2006 for a further five in Halsbury’s Laws of England, and several months until 31 December 2006. articles on town planning practice, compensation and licensing matters. Donald McDonald has been involved in the administration of arts enterprises for over Mr Gallagher has delivered papers at 40 years, including Sydney Theatre Company, International Bar Association conferences Musica Viva Australia and The Australian in America, Europe and Asia. His range Opera where he was chief executive for of legal experience includes broadcasting, years until his appointment to the ABC in 1996. environmental, heritage, licensing, valuation and general commercial cases. He is Chairman of The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific Pty Ltd; he is also Chairman of Mr Gallagher was formerly a Director of The Australiana Fund and a member of the Mackay Television Limited (1971–87) as well Glebe Administration Board. as a Director of companies operating hotels in Queensland and New South Wales from Mr McDonald was Chairman of the 1960 to 1996. Constitutional Centenary Foundation for three years to December 2000 and was Ron Brunton a member of the Board of the Sydney Appointed a Director for a five-year term Organising Committee for the Olympic Games from 1 May 2003. and Chairman of its Cultural Commission. Ron Brunton is currently the Director of In 2001, he edited The Boyer Collection, Encompass Research Pty Ltd, an organisation a selected anthology of the engaged in anthropological and socio-economic since their inception in 1959. research, concentrating on native title, Indigenous heritage, immigration and Mr McDonald was appointed a Companion environmental issues. of the Order of Australia in 2006, having been made an Officer of the Order in 1991. the University ofSydney LawSchool. the University ofSydney andhas taught at Ms Albrechtsen hasadoctorate inlawfrom and securitieslaw. the areas ofbankingandfinance, corporate Freehill, Hollingdale andPage, practising in She waspreviously employed withlawfirm and 10 October 2005. on theexpiry ofherfive-year term on Leith Boully retired from theBoard Leith Boully Retiring Directors Morning Herald The AustralianFinancialReview newspaper. Shehaspreviously worked for newspaper columnist with Janet Albrechtsen, aformer solicitor, isa from 24February2005. Appointed aDirectorforfive-yearterm Janet Albrechtsen and theUniversity ofPapua NewGuinea. anthropology at various universities inAustralia of anthropological issues andhaslectured in research papers andbooksonawiderange In addition,DrBrunton haspublished between 1995and 2001. Fellow attheInstitute ofPublicAffairs from 1997until2003,andwasaSenior a fortnightly columnist for A widely-published writer, DrBrunton was sector, effective from 31March 2006. the ABCto take upapositionintheprivate Director from 29May2002,resigned from ,whohadserved asManaging Russell Balding Quadrant magazine. , , The SundayAge The CourierMail The Australian , The Sydney et olyRselBligRamonaKoval Russell Balding Leith Boully two-year term on15June2006. from theBoard attheexpiry ofhersecond Staff-Elected Director RamonaKoval retired commercial practice. Solicitors andheadofitscorporate and he wasapartnerofArnoldBloch Leibler, Company Limited. Between 1985and2004, Group ofCompaniesandTheKingIsland and hasbeenadirector ofthe ChannelTen the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Mr Skalaistheimmediate past Chairmanof Cricket Australia. he isaMemberoftheGrievance Tribunal of of ModernArt,NewYork (MoMA).Inaddition, of theInternational CounciloftheMuseum Cowen Cancer Foundation, and asaMember Research, asaTrustee oftheSirZelman Walter andElizaHallInstitute ofMedical Mr Skalaserves astheVice President ofthe Independent Studies. the Australian Ballet andtheCentre for Ltd, WilsonHTMInvestment Group Limited, Limited andisadirector ofMaxReCapital Hexima Limited andLive Events Wireless Pty is alsoChairmanofFilmAustralia Limited, and NewZealandofDeutscheBankAG. He Steven SkalaisVice Chairman,Australia from 6October2005. Appointed aDirectorforfive-yearterm Steven Skala 17

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Peter Hurley Murray Green Appointed a Director for a five-year term Appointed as Acting Managing Director from from 14 June 2006. 25 March 2006, when Russell Balding resigned from the position, until 5 July 2006, when Peter Hurley is a businessman in the hotels takes up his duties as the new industry. He is currently National Senior Managing Director. Vice-President and State President of the Australian Hotels Association, and Chairman Prior to his appointment to the role of Acting of Hospitality Group Training, the largest Managing Director, Murray Green was the group apprenticeship and training scheme ABC’s Director of Corporate Strategy and in . Mr Hurley has previously Communications, a role to which he will served as a Board Member (1997–2003) and return, and Complaints Review Executive, Chair of the Audit Committee of the South the Corporation’s internal ombudsman Australian Tourism Commission, and as a dealing with the review of complaints about Board Member of the Australian Tourist accuracy and bias. He also was Chair of the Commission (2000–04). Election Coverage Review Committee.

Keith Windschuttle Before his appointment to the position Appointed a Director for a five-year term of Director in December 2005, Mr Green from 14 June 2006. was State Director Victoria.

Keith Windschuttle is an historian, author Mr Green is a graduate of the Australian and publisher and a frequent contributor Film and Television School, has an honours to major Australian and international degree in Asian and Pacific History, and newspapers, international journals and is a lawyer. academic publications. He has had a number of books published and has worked as a journalist with The Daily Telegraph and Broadcasting and Television magazine. Mr Windschuttle has 20 years experience Incoming Managing Director lecturing in Australian history, journalism and social policy at a number of Australian Mark Scott universities. He has also been a visiting or On 22 May 2006, Mark Scott was appointed guest lecturer at a number of universities to the position of Managing Director for a in the . five-year term commencing on 5 July 2006.

Previously, Mr Scott was Editorial Director at John Fairfax Publications.

Note: Mr Scott’s signature appears on the Financial Statements in this report, as they were audited after the commencement of his term.

Mark Scott Corporation’s future. advocacy to theParliament regarding the and thebasisfor a concerted program of priority for theBoard over the past year for thenext trienniumhasbeenaprincipal Securing appropriate fundingfor theABC decade, anditsdestiny inthedigital age. on theCorporation’s progress over thenext Both factors willhave aprofound influence Mark Scott, whoseterm extends to 2011. appointment ofanew ManagingDirector, the coming triennium2006–09,andthe the success ofthefundingsubmission for to therare concurrence oftwokey events: particularly decisive for theCorporation due For thesereasons, the2005–06year was and theselection ofitsManaging Director. future oftheABCasextent ofitsfunding, Few matters have suchsignificance for the of every sectionofthecommunity. not runfor profit, butpurely intheinterests We are your trustees. Itisaservice thatis This service, theABC,now belongs toyou. Board Directors’ Statement digital television anddigital radio. It is to ensure theABC’s presence ontheInternet, Board hassetprioritiesfor theCorporation the greatest challenges ofthe digital age,the Over thepast decade, inresponse to someof and value for publicmoney, byanymeasure. clearly demonstrate itsefficiency,effectiveness public enterprise, theABCmust beable to expressed uponthebalance sheet.Yet asa culture isunique,andcan never befully The ABC’s value withinAustralian life and Triennial Funding 2006–09 Creating theSetting: —Introductory address, ABCRadio,1932 Election Policy, committed to conduct thisreview inits2004 Accepting theBoard’s request, theGovernment independently oftheABC. and importantly, anargument made the ABCwithaneweconomic argument, by augmentingthecultural argument for funding bidmightbesubstantially improved belief thattheprospects for theCorporation’s review ofABCfunding.ItwastheBoard’s request to Government for anindependent In late 2003,theBoard madeaformal Parliament for thesepurposes. without additionalfundingfrom the services suchasABCOnlineandABC2 discipline thatitintroduced majordigital testimony to theCorporation’s capacity and to sustain andenhance regional andlocal and documentaries, an extra $13.2million creation ofqualityAustralian television drama with theindependentproduction sector inthe consisted ofanextra $30millionto invest provided for thenext three years. This was renewed, andanadditional$88.2million The ABC’s Triennial Funding for 2006–09 more thantwentyyears. the best budgetoutcome for theABC in 2006, the2006–07Federal budgetprovided That possibility hasnowbeenavoided. InMay programming andservices”. about theextent andqualityofABC to confront “arange offundamental questions coming trienniumtheABCwouldbeforced adequate fundingwassecured for the Annual Reportexplicitly noted, unless As theDirectors’ statement inlast year’s commencing workinlate 2005. and appointed KPMGto conduct thereview, 21st CenturyBroadcasting , 19

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programming, and an extra $45 million in vitality has been brought to the contest of capital to ensure the ABC has both equipment ideas between Board and management, and infrastructure appropriate to its needs. and greater clarity given to the Board’s expectations of management. More rigorous Some of the most compelling arguments review of proposals put to the Board and for increased funding arose from performance against objectives of the recommendations of the KPMG report on ABC’s Corporate Plan has further improved ABC funding, the Funding Adequacy and managerial accountability, and in turn, the Efficiency Review. Corporation’s accountability to the Parliament.

Perhaps more importantly, the independent As it prepares for the new Triennium, the perspective provided by KPMG elevated Corporation has made consistent progress debate about adequate resourcing of the on goals set out by the 2004–07 Corporate ABC beyond the reflexive arguments by Plan, building and consolidating on reforms which it had long been dominated. and innovations of recent years.

Consolidating Reform Detailed reporting of achievements against Throughout the Corporation the Corporate Plan is provided on pages The KPMG review proved to be a stimulus to 13 and 112. critical thinking within the Corporation, with enduring benefits for managerial culture. Managing Director Key decision makers were presented with Russell Balding resigned from the position a further opportunity to test the relevance of Managing Director of the Corporation in of current business practices and working March 2006, having served the ABC for a methods, to clearly define and articulate decade, first as Director of Finance and managerial activity in relation to Charter goals. Business Services, and for the past four years as Managing Director. The Corporation is engaged in a continuing process of reform to ensure the maximum The Board records its appreciation of Mr benefit from ABC funding is delivered to the Balding’s special contribution to the ABC. Australian people, through quality content. The past four years constitute an era of real achievement for the Corporation. Just as the Board directs the Corporation to keep pace with changing public expectations Russell Balding successfully directed and needs, its own relationship with Executive management to meet the many management continually evolves to reflect significant challenges set by the Board changes in contemporary expectations of during his term, including reform to the corporate governance and standards of Corporation’s complaints handling processes, public accountability. and the establishment of the digital-only television channel ABC2 on a sustainable As the trustee of the public interest, basis. His command of the Board’s brief the Board continued to promote a better with regard to the KPMG Funding Adequacy understanding of the Board’s separate and Efficiency Review contributed significantly and distinct role across the year. A new to the outcome of the Review. Director. Hetakes updutyon5July 2006. Publications, where he wasEditorial and comes to theABCfrom JohnFairfax with adistinguished academic record Mr Scott isanexceptional mediaprofessional Managing Director oftheABC. candidates, MarkScott wasappointed that produced anoutstanding fieldof after anationalandinternational search Eight weeks after MrBalding’s departure, the Corporation. for managementandgovernance throughout the Board, hecreated beneficialprecedents more rigourofbusiness cases brought before By imposinggreater disciplineanddemanding has afullcomplement ofDirectors. Windschuttle inJune2006, theBoard now in October 2005andPeter Hurley andKeith Having welcomed newDirectors Steven Skala Chairman onthe6October 2005. John Gallagherwasappointed Deputy abolished from 15June2006. position ofStaff-Elected Director was Corporation AmendmentAct2006 Parliament ofthe her contribution. Withthepassing bythe the Board wouldlike to thankMsKoval for Ramona Koval expired on14June2006and The second term ofStaff-Elected Director for theABC. valued contribution to corporate planning interests ofrural andregional Australia and Boully, particularly for herknowledge ofthe 2005. TheBoard records itsthanksto Mrs Leith Boully retired from theBoard inOctober Board Directors Australian Broadcasting , the provide financialandaccounting expertise. Committee asaconsultant inMay2006to KPMG, joinedtheBoard’s AuditandRisk basis. JohnBrown, nowretired partnerfrom performance can bereviewed onanannual a newinstrument through whichitsown accountability roles. TheBoard willalsocreate greater focus ontheBoard’s governance and Committees withtheaimofproviding a commenced areview ofitsvarious At thebeginningof2006,Board the endof2006. Editorial Policies from thecontent divisions.Thereview of of test cases andengagedwithpolicyofficers policies, theCommittee considered anumber Policies continued itsreview ofthe The Board Editorial Policies Committee Board Committees has beenre-named theAustralia Network. terms ofthenewcontract ABCAsiaPacific of theservice they have developed. Underthe and dedication oftheteam andthecredibility Government, atribute to theprofessionalism awarded afurtherfive-year contract bythe The ABCwonthecompetitive tender andwas service outto tender. the Government decidedthisyear to put the interest ofastrong commercial rival when So successful infact thatitattracted the including Indiafor thefirst timethisyear. year andnowbeingseenin41countries, success, increasing itsaudience by50%each Television service hasbeenatremendous In itsfirst five years theABCAsiaPacific ABC AsiaPacific Television . To better evaluate application ofthe will becompleted before ABC Editorial 21

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Board Directors’ Statement continued

Foundations for the Future Media Diversity The ABC’s ideas and its ambitions will always This year the ABC has again dedicated itself outstrip its resources, and more funding to serving audiences throughout the nation. is not the solution to every problem the In doing so, it continued its important Corporation faces. contribution to media diversity.

Just as audiences demand distinctive, As the Prime Minister noted when opening creative content from the ABC, the Board the ABC’s new East Perth Centre in seeks creativity from management essential September 2005, that unique contribution to meeting so many challenges faced by the is of particular importance to all those Corporation. It has continually directed the Australians living beyond the large Eastern Corporation to respond imaginatively to its urban centres: circumstances and to live within its means. Finding the correct balance of investments I wish ABC Perth and the ABC in Western throughout the Corporation has not been Australia great good fortune. I thank it without its difficulties. Given priorities set by very warmly for its distinctive contribution the Board, the ABC intensified its efforts for to Western Australian life, its distinctive the present, yet always engaged innovatively contribution to interpreting to Australians with the future as well—in a fiscally in —the nuances, the responsible manner. differences, the variety of attitudes in this state, as part of its role as a great This strand runs continuously through national broadcaster. the ABC over the last decade. The great progress of the Corporation during this Beyond the capital cities, regional Australia period is a tribute both to its enduring remains central to the ABC’s identity creativity and its institutional resilience. and mission.

This year, the gradual drift of audiences While other media organisations have from traditional media to new digital continued the drift away from regional destinations and new forms of content centres towards greater syndication of continued. It is the prevailing pattern programming from the cities, the ABC of media use throughout . Yet is doing the opposite, seeking to use its whatever change is upon us, for the network of 51 regional radio stations as foreseeable future radio and television hubs for digital content creation. services will continue to have an irreplaceable significance in the lives The National Interest Initiatives have allowed of so many Australians. the ABC to generate more programming from regional Australia, reflecting life outside the cities, for use on radio, ABC Online and ABC2. disparate services itprovides to thepublic. of measuringtheeffectiveness of the content from theABC,butalsonewmeans demands notjust newbehaviourand the mass audience. Thisdevelopment Masses ofaudiences are rapidly replacing less relevant. as mass audiences—have alsobecome associated withtraditional media—such the characteristics andmeasurements the shiftfrom olderto newermediaforms, widely thanatanytimeinhistory. Andwith Contemporary audiences are dispersed more constraints ofscheduling. audiences hadbeenlimited dueto the lease oflife to somanyprograms for which discovered how usefulit was—giving anew Australians firstly discovered it,then service thathasgrown asmore andmore Podcasting isbutthelatest example ofa interests withqualityABCservices. to match emerging audience needsand this environment hasseentheABCinnovate the public—thestrategy setbytheBoard for maintained itsrelevance andusefulness to means thepublichaschosen.Itclearly and wherever, whenever, andbywhatever who usemediainsomanydifferent ways, across thecountry, across generations and innovation, to serve audiences right The Corporation soughtto balance tradition unseen—and whichwasclearly valued. otherwise have remained unheard and sector withprogramming whichwould to distinguish itselffrom thecommercial In theseandotherways,theABCcontinued Murray Green Keith Windschuttle Peter Hurley Steven Skala Janet Albrechtsen Ron Brunton John GallagherQC Donald McDonaldAC duties, aslaidoutinSection8oftheABCAct. confidence thatithasfulfilled itsstatutory history oftheABC,Board can assert with At theendofthissignificant year inthe the changingneedsofpeople ofAustralia. its abilityto remain relevant andusefulto era andnewTriennium withconfidence in ABC. TheCorporation moves into thisnew has created anewclimate ofhopefor the The fundingsettlement provided thisyear creative, endlessly innovative. presence inanewAustralia—vibrant, has beento ensure itwillalsobeavital Australia. TheBoard’s consistent strategy The ABCwilllong bepartofaremembered Internet users. month—almost oneinfive Australian 2.2 millionuniqueAustralian users per rapidly thisyear. ABCOnlinenowdraws technologies andABCpodcasts have grown only television channelABC2,mobile phone Audiences for ABCOnline,theABC’s digital- Director Director Director Acting ManagingDirector Director Director Director Chairman 23

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ABC Advisory Council

Back row: Geoffrey Cadogan-Cowper (Tasmania), Robyn Lambley (NT), Professor Michael Burgess (SA), Dr Pamela Chick (Queensland). Front row: Joanne Roach (WA), Beverly Smallwood (Victoria), Jane Munro (Convenor) and Joshua Knackstredt (NSW). Absent: Simon Andrews (ACT), Keith Smith (NSW), Alan Wu (Queensland) and Dr Paul Collier (SA).

The ABC Advisory Council is established under The Council met three times during the year the provisions of the ABC Act to provide advice and provided feedback to the ABC Board on to the Board on matters relating to the a wide range of programs and services. Of Corporation’s broadcasting programs. particular note during the year was the amount of interest in online information services, The ABC Board appoints the twelve members news and current affairs, arts programming of the Council for a period of up to four years. and program services for younger audiences. The public are invited to apply to join the Council through promotions on ABC Radio, The Council prepared discussion papers Television and Online and advertisements on Arts Review, a paper reviewing the in the press. This year, Ms Joanne Roach recommendations of the 2002 Arts Report; from Western Australia, Mr Geoffrey Role of Radio; Build to Last—The ABC in Our Cadogan-Cowper from Tasmania and Mr Community; ABC Newscaff Review, a review Joshua Knackstredt from New South Wales of a previous paper, also entitled ABC joined the Council. Newscaff Review; and Sport on the ABC.

In December 2005, the Convenor Deborah These papers have been circulated widely Klika retired after six years on the Council. She in the ABC and will be considered in the was replaced by Dr Jane Munro, who began Corporation’s strategic planning. her term as Convenor from January 2006. The Council’s work plan for the remainder of The Advisory Council and the ABC Board 2006 includes discussion papers on regional continued to build on Council’s role in advising issues, which will look at the ABC in regional the ABC Board on community views. and rural Australia, and young people, which will examine how they do and could engage The ABC Board Advisory Committee chaired with the ABC. The Council is also considering a by Dr Ron Brunton met with the Council after discussion paper on diversity and inclusiveness. each Advisory Council meeting and the Board held their annual meeting with the Advisory The Council worked towards community Council in November 2005. consultations in July 2006 which will focus on youth issues and in particular services provided The Council has continued to make by triple j and its relevance to today’s youth. recommendations to the Board on various aspects of ABC programming and met The Advisory Council’s recommendations with ABC Divisional Directors to discuss and commendations for the year, together key areas of interest, including radio, with responses from ABC management, new media and audience research. appear in Appendix 17 (page 198). The Year Ahead but alsothatcontent isused to optimum that individualplatforms perform strongly underlying imperative is to ensure notonly expire nolater than30June2007.One 2004–07 Corporate Planisscheduled to new three-year Corporate Plan.Thecurrent This workwillalsoinform development ofa of operations over thenext five-to-ten years. will lead theCorporation inastrategic review The ABC’s newManaging Director, MarkScott, to helprejuvenate theindependent sector. boost to itslevel ofAustralian content butalso only to provide theABCwithamuch-needed documentaries. Theventure isintended not producing high-qualityscreen drama and with theindependentproduction sector in over three years, through whichto co-invest production fund,withtotal fundsof$30million An early prioritywillbeto establish a Annual Report. the concerns expressed inlast year’s additional fundingin2006–09,haseased by theGovernment’s decisionto appropriate Adequacy andEfficiencyReview audiences. Theoutcome oftheKPMG improve thequalityofitsoffering to Australian Corporation well-placed to develop and A newfundingtrienniumbeginswiththe , followed Funding for theABCto continue operating theservice. the Department ofForeign Affairs andTrade of thenewfive-year contract awarded through as theAustralia Network.Thisisacondition ABC AsiaPacific, whichwillbecome known service, hitherto knownas will beto re-launch theABC’s international Another important project early in2006–07 where possible. with theintention ofachieving efficiencies will evaluate eachoftherecommendations team convened by theChiefOperating Officer to furtherimprove performance. Aproject made 35suggestions thathadthepotential operates efficiently andeffectively, butalso The KPMGReview confirmed thattheABC the ABCwillprovide afullreport in2007. Funding AdequacyandEfficiencyReview its property holdings.Arisingfrom theKPMG September 2006,onthescope for rationalising provide theMinister withaninitialreport, by the digital era. Oneearly commitment isto property assets to meetthechallenges of framework for theABC’s technology and which aimsto provide arigorous planning of anIntegrated Capital Strategy project, Corporation hasundertaken thefirst phase over thecoming decade. Already the ABC’s technology andinfrastructure needs consequently influence decisionsaboutthe The outcome ofthestrategic review will screen-based delivery. and manipulationofcontent for radio and technology for theefficientcapture, storage production activitiesandto harness digital to develop opportunitiesfor cross-media and newdigital media.TheABCwillcontinue effect across thetotal offering ofestablished 20 07 , 25

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Behind the News explains events and issues in our increasingly complex world in terms that children aged between 10 and 13 can understand. It engages “I was just thinking how much I’ve and educates viewers using the language, visuals, music and learnt from [the ABC] over the years.” popular culture of young people. Caitlin P, Rapid Creek, NT The program screens on ABC Television on Tuesdays at 10am with repeats on Wednesday at “I really can’t understand how anyone 10.30am and on ABC2. could understand Australia properly Primary and secondary schools without listening to the ABC.” programs on subjects including maths, history, science and English Nick J, Marysville, Victoria texts are broadcast on ABC Television in the mid-year term.

Hack (5.30pm weekdays on triple j) hosts , a current affairs program that looks at issues in a way that is relevant to a youth audience. The program recently received a National Drug and Alcohol Award for Excellence in Media Reporting.

Catalyst (8pm Thursday on ABC Television, repeated on ABC2) Catalyst brings a mix of Australian and international stories on science breakthroughs, as well as visiting scientists at work. Hosted by Dr Maryanne Demasi, it investigates the implications, ethics and politics of science-related issues.

ABC NewsRadio (24 hours a day) Australia’s only continuous news station provides around-the-clock news and information features, 10:00am parliamentary broadcasts and podcasts of Question Time in the classroom from Parliament. watching 27

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Average Weekly Radio Reach—Five City ABC Audiences Source: Nielsen Media Research ABC Local Radio Audience Trends Australian audiences have increasing choice Radio National and control over when, where and how they consume media. These choices have been triple j 2001-02 facilitated by the rise of technologies such as 2002-03 digital media players (iPods and MP3 players), 2003-04 ABC Classic FM digital personal video recorders, and video 2004-05 and audio downloads using computers 2005-06 connected to the Internet via broadband. ABC NewsRadio

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 The continuing challenge for broadcasters Millions and other content providers is to anticipate and adapt to the possibilities these Aggregate ABC Radio Audience Share (%) Source: Nielsen Media Research technologies are creating. In the past year, the ABC has expanded the range of content Sydney 2001-02 it makes available via these technologies, Melbourne 2002-03 while continuing to explore newer platforms Brisbane 2003-04 such as television content delivered to 2004-05 mobile phones and . Adelaide 2005-06 Perth

Despite the impact of these media, the Newcastle traditional media forms of television and radio Canberra remain pivotal to the ABC’s performance. Traditional media consistently reach the vast majority of the population and provide Darwin most of the content for new media platforms. 0 10 20 30 40 50 The reach of traditional ABC media detailed % below illustrates this strength and also highlights some emergent trends. Radio There were a number of key developments in Significantly for the ABC, ABC Online the radio industry during 2005–06, including continues to grow at rates two or three times the introduction of new commercial stations greater than growth in the overall uptake of to the metropolitan radio markets of Sydney, the Internet.1 The breadth and depth of content Melbourne and Adelaide. Media consumption —and the ever-expanding range of original patterns continued to evolve with podcasting, content—means that audiences not only time-shifted listening and “live” streaming via use ABC Online to complement their ABC the Internet entering the everyday radio lexicon. broadcast experiences, but also engage with compelling new content that originates online. In this environment of heightened competition, ABC Radio performed strongly. Overall five-city The ABC’s combined reach across television, average weekly reach decreased marginally radio and online declined slightly from 75% by 2% on 2004–05 to 3 704 000 (33% of the in 2003–04 and 2004–05 to 73% in 2005–06.2 five-city metropolitan population aged 10 or This is primarily attributable to slight over).3 The 2004–05 reach of 3 766 000 was decreases in ABC Television audiences, 1 Nielsen // NetRatings: Home and Work panel data which are discussed below. July 2005–June 2006. 2 Newspoll, ABC Awareness and Usage survey and ratings data analysis, June 2006. 3 All five-city radio data is drawn from Nielsen Media Research. 100 000 200 000 300 000 400 000 500 000 600 000 700 000 800 000 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings;Home&Work Panel ABC RadioStationsMonthly OnlineAudiences January03–June06 websites increased by over 50% to an average In 2005–06, thereach oftheLocal Radio to 299 000andshare upto 12.1%from 11.5%. Perth continued to rise,withreach upby4% from 11.1%.Reachandshare for 720ABC up by1%to 207000and share upto 11.7% and share continued to increase, withreach 8.3% from 8.7%.891ABCAdelaide’s reach by 4%to 265000andshare decreased to 11.2%. 612ABCBrisbane’s reach decreased to 784000andshare increased to 11.9%from 774 ABCMelbourne’s reach increased by3% share decreased to 8.4%from 9.1%in2004–05. weekly reach increased by1%to 678000, level as2004–05.While 702ABCSydney’s 2 233000,while share was10.2%, thesame reach wasup2%on2004–05,to arecord networks. ABCLocal Radio’s average weekly Performance varied across individualradio fell to 42.0%from 44.1%. 22.6% from 20.8%in2004–05and,Canberra, The ABC’s share inNewcastle increased to compared with4.189millionin2004–05. eight-city reach in2005–06was4.124million, ABC Radio’s estimated average weekly was down marginally. recorded inMelbourneandAdelaide.Perth 2004–05 result of20.4%.Increases were was 20.1%,a0.3pointdecrease onthe Radio’s overall five-city share in2005–06 the highest annualaverage onrecord. ABC 0 Jan 03 Feb 03 Mar 03 Apr 03 May 03 Jun 03 Jul 03 Aug 03 Sep 03 Oct 03 Nov 03

Dec 03 ABC Local RadioOnline triple j Radio National Jan 04 Feb 04 Mar 04 Apr 04 May 04 Jun 04 Jul 04 Aug 04 Sep 04

4 Oct 04 Nov 04 Dec 04 Jan 05 Feb 05 monthly reach of450000uniqueusers. In 2005–06,thereach ofthe 1.5% in2004–05. remained steady at1.4%,compared with at 643000(642in2004–05)andshare NewsRadio’s weekly reach remained steady 2.1%, compared with2.0%in2004–05.ABC to 653000andshare remained steady at five-city weekly reach wasdownby1% 2.5% in2004–05.RadioNational’s overall remained steady at2.4%,compared with decreased by4%to 664000,while share ABC Classic FM’s five-city weekly reach mobile technologies. on otherplatforms, includingonlineand result doesnotreflect useof continuing to minimisethedecline.This technologies andnewentrants. Work is of theyouth mediamarket driven bynew declines reflect thecontinuing fragmentation share decreased to 3.9%from 4.7%.These decreased by11%on2004–05to 968000and triple j per month,while theRadioNationalwebsite reaching onaverage 165000uniqueusers The National websites increased significantly. 5 Nielsen//NetRatings, Homeand Work Panel, 2004–05 and 4 NielsenMediaResearch radio ratings surveys 2005–06.The Mar 05 July 2005–May 2006. and Sydney. Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart,Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth cities surveyed inmetropolitan ratings surveys are Adelaide, Apr 05 May 05 triple j Jun 05

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ABC Radio Regional Reach and Share, 2005–06 (%) Source: Nielsen Media Research

All ABC Radio Local Radio triple j ABC Classic FM Radio National News Radio Share Reach Share Reach Share Reach Share Reach Share Reach Share Reach Sunshine Coast (Qld) 32.5 42.1 8.9 16.3 5.2 10.8 3.5 6.6 3.3 7.8 0.4 2.7 Central Coast (NSW) 16.2 24.8 7.3 13.6 3.4 6.5 1.9 3.3 1.3 4.0 1.5 4.7 Wollongong (NSW) 26.9 35.8 12.6 20.1 6.8 11.2 2.3 4.3 1.5 3.3 — — Horsham (Vic) 38.0 49.4 25.9 37.0 3.3 6.8 1.4 3.6 2.7 8.5 — — Ballarat (Vic) 34.7 46.1 5.3 12.6 4.1 10.9 3.8 6.6 5.0 10.2 — — Renmark (SA) 41.9 53.9 30.9 43.4 3.6 9.4 0.7 3.9 1.4 5.3 — — (NT) 26.5 43.1 10.1 18.9 6.3 14.6 2.7 8.6 6.2 16.8 — —

Brisbane, 720 ABC Perth and 936 ABC Hobart. ABC Audiences The stations used the research to maximise continued listener satisfaction in each of these markets. recorded a 42% increase in reach to an average of 185 000 unique users per month.6 During August and September 2005, qualitative research undertaken for Radio A total of seven radio surveys was conducted National, in Sydney and Melbourne, provided in regional areas in 2005–06.7 The ABC an overall review of the station and explored participated in surveys in 2005–06 in Ballarat, levels of satisfaction among listeners, with the Central Coast, the Sunshine Coast, a particular focus on Breakfast. Wollongong and Horsham. In these five markets, ABC Local Radio achieved shares of The research was followed in September– 5.3%, 7.3%, 8.9%, 12.6% and 25.9% respectively. October 2005 by qualitative research in Sydney that focused on maximising the The ABC also commissioned surveys in potential of Radio National in Australian two regional areas (no commercial stations universities and assisting in the development chose to participate in these surveys). ABC of strategies to market the station’s content Local Radio achieved a share of 10.1% in to the tertiary education sector. Alice Springs and 30.9% in Renmark. Also during September–October 2005, Focused Radio Audience Research qualitative research undertaken for ABC During 2005–06, ABC Audience Research NewsRadio in Sydney and Melbourne explored undertook nine major research projects attitudes among regular, infrequent and on behalf of ABC Radio. Five projects were non-listeners to the station, with a specific commissioned for ABC Local Radio, two focus on Breakfast and Drive. for Radio National, one each for NewsRadio and triple j. Acknowledging that today’s youth face a vast array of media and entertainment choices, Qualitative research was undertaken on behalf triple j commissioned qualitative research of ABC Local Radio during June–October to explore the lives, attitudes and behaviours 2005. The research was conducted in Sydney, of its target market and to examine the role Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart and of media in the lives of modern youth. This provided an overall “health check” of 702 research was carried out in October– ABC Sydney, 774 ABC Melbourne, 612 ABC November 2005.

6 Nielsen//NetRatings, Home and Work Panel, 2004–05 and July 2005–May 2006. 7 All surveys conducted by Nielsen Media Research. 300 000 1 200000 1 500000 100 000 200 000 400 000 500 000 Source: Webtrends all Radionetworks andLocalRadiostations ABC Total Live RadioStreams, monthly, including Source: Webtrends networks andNews andCurrent Affairs ABC Total podcasts, monthly, includingallRadio 300 000 600 000 900 000 0 0 allocated 50/50to theMayandJunetotals Windows Streaming. Theweek endingJune4is This isbasedonweekly data combining Realand (3 weeks only) March 2006 a 6Fb0 a 6Ar0 a 6Jun06 May06 Apr06 Mar06 Feb 06 Jan 06 8 GfKMarketing Services, such adevice. of 2005,anestimated one-in-five adultsowned media players to thepointwhere, bytheend Australian audiences have embraced digital Podcasting a very substantial riseinthelast quarter of a rapid riseinsales during2005, including of digital mediaplayers inAustralia shows 9 GfKMarketing Services, 11 Webtrends, measurement ofABCOnlineactivity. 10 Webtrends, measurement ofABCOnlineactivity. Half 2005 Second Half 2005 , April2006. pi 06My20 June2006 May2006 April 2006 , April2006. 8 Data onthevolume ofsales Canon DigitalLifestyle Index:Second Canon DigitalLifestyle Index: Average Live RadioStreaming Affairs andaudiofrom ABCTelevision. all ABCRadionetworks,NewsandCurrent of podcast files, representing content from 1.5 millionsuccessful andcomplete downloads In June2006,theABCregistered just under the year. TheABCbroadcast its broadcaster) were discontinued during broadcasts ofWorld Audio(anoff-bandAM a numberofcommunity broadcasters; trials includetheABC,SBS,Sport927and stations, theABCandSBS.TheMelbourne The Sydney trialsinclude11commercial (SBS)) andBroadcast Australia respectively. the ABCandSpecialBroadcasting Service (a consortium ofCommercial RadioAustralia, being conducted byDigital RadioAustralia in Sydney andMelbourne.Thetrialsare During 2005–06,digital radio trialscontinued Digital RadioTrials recorded inthemonthsofMayandJune. popular, withover 400000live streams listening to live radio streaming hasproven this system commencing inearly March 2006, for live radio streaming. Since reporting from Corporation to measure activitylevels recorded web measurement tool whichenabled the In 2005–06,theABCinvested inasophisticated in bothcities to assess functionality, capability Research from audience panelsestablished information suchasmusictrack details. and pictures to receivers, aswelltext experimenting withdelivering graphics receiver capabilities. They have alsobeen performance oftransmission systems and such ascoverage andinterference issues, The trialshave beentesting technical matters, as wellABCNewsRadioinMelbourne. service andABCClassic FMinbothcities, 864 000unitswere sold. in thefinalthree monthsoftheyear, when 479 000,althoughtheaverage nearly doubled volume ofdigital mediaplayers in2005was estimated thatthequarterly average sales that year. Market research organisation GfK 9 dig music 10 11 31

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ABC Television Reach (Four Weekly) Source: OzTAM Television Ratings and Regional TAM ABC Audiences Sydney continued Melbourne and levels of interest in this new media, indicate Brisbane high levels of enthusiasm for the service.12 Adelaide Better sound quality, clearer reception, tuning

Metropolitan Perth by station name, an information screen and 5 City Metro a “re-wind” or stored audio function are all Southern NSW highly-valued features. There is also interest Northern NSW in the potential for new services, such as Victoria the ABC’s dig music service. Queensland Regional Tasmania Television Regional All Two powerful forces shaped the landscape in 0 102030405060708090100 % which ABC Television competed for audiences 2004–05 2005-06 in 2005–06. The first was the fierce competition among the commercial free-to-air networks ABC Television Share 2005–06 6am–midnight in a tight and highly contested market. Source: OzTAM Television Ratings and Regional TAM The second force was the continuing rise

Sydney 2004–05 in viewing of subscription television. Since 2002, subscription television has increased Melbourne 2005-06 Brisbane its average audience by approximately 13 Adelaide 30%. This increase has been at the expense

Metropolitan Perth of free-to-air networks. Of all free-to-air 5 City Metro networks, the ABC has been affected most, Southern NSW due to the lure of genre-specific content Northern NSW available on subscription television— Victoria most notably coverage of sports and Queensland

Regional children’s content. Tasmania Regional All In the face of these forces, 30 programs 0 5 10 15 20 25 on ABC Television attracted five-city % audiences of more than one million viewers. ABC Television Share 2005–06 6pm–midnight Ten of these were Australian productions, Source: OzTAM Television Ratings and Regional TAM including Da Kath and Kim Code, Enough Rope with , The New Sydney 2004–05 Inventors and My Favourite Film.14 Melbourne 2005-06 Brisbane Adelaide In 2005–06, ABC Television maintained a

Metropolitan Perth significant share of free-to-air television 5 City Metro viewing. In the five cities markets of Southern NSW Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide Northern NSW and Perth, ABC Television’s prime-time Victoria household share was 16.7%, compared with Queensland

Regional 17.9% in 2004–05. All-day (6am–midnight) Tasmania free-to-air household share for ABC Television Regional All in the metropolitan markets was 15.6%, 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 12 Colmar Brunton Research for Sydney trial and Millward % Brown Research for Melbourne trial, 2004–05 and 2005–06. 13 OzTAM five-city Total Telelvsion 2002–June 2006. 14 All five-city free-to-air television ratings data from OzTAM, July 2004–June 2005 and July 2005–June 2006. awn7–2 uut20 0220.8 21.6 15.9 15.6 20.2 21.4 14.9 6pm–midnight 6am–midnight 17.2 24July 2005–20August 2005 Local share excludes spillstations where applicable. Note: asthefrequency ofsurveys anddates vary from 7–27August year 2005 to year, comparative data isnotavailable. 7–20August 2005 Survey Dates Regional WA Port Pirie/Broken 7–20August 2005 Hill 14August 2005– Remote Central andEastern /Mt Gambier Darwin Region Source: NielsenMediaResearch ABC Television HouseholdShare, RemoteRegions,2005–06(%) audiences. devices that deliver videocontent to Australian as wellalternative mediaplatforms and competition from subscription television, population since 2002 asaresult ofincreased declined asapercentage ofthefive-city Total free-to-air metropolitan reach has 19.2% in2004–05. ABC Television was17.8%,compared with free-to-air prime-timehouseholdshare for Southern NSW,Victoria andTasmania), the markets inQueensland,Northernand electronically (Aggregated regional television regional television markets thatare measured compared with17.2%in2004–05.Inthe in Darwinand15.6%Riverland/Mt Gambier. Remote Central andEastern Australia, 20.8% prime-time householdshare was30.8%in reflects thesedifferences. ABCTelevision’s audiences varies andtheABC share ofviewing free-to-air television stations available to Australia. In theseareas, thenumberof Pirie/Broken HillandRegionalWestern Remote Central andEastern Australia, Port audiences inDarwin,Riverland/Mt Gambier, ABC participated indiarysurveys oftelevision rather thanelectronically. In2005–06,the areas ofAustralia are measured bydiary, Television audiences inthemore remote with 18.9%last year. in regional markets was17.2%compared free-to-air householdshare for ABCTelevision 17 ABC Television’s average 15 All-day (6am–midnight) 0Arl20 7My20 1122.5 30.8 21.1 28.8 30 April2006–27May 10 September 2005 16 that themajorityofschoolsused theprogram territories of Australia. Theresearch found Behind theNews applications oftheABCTelevision program quantitative research into theusageand undertaken in2005–06wasqualitative and Among thestrategic research projects marketing andpromotional activity. and consumer database to inform program viewer preferences; andasyndicated media genres andnewprograms, andtrends in tools to monitor audience attitudesto program databases; theuseofqualitative tracking detailed analysis oftelevision ratings strategies. Theresearch undertaken includes programming, schedulingandmarketing and data sources. Research findingsinform quantitative andqualitative research projects audience behaviourandattitudesthrough ABC Television keeps informed about compared with68.6%in2004–05. representing 65.3%oftheregional population, compared with4.29millionin2004–05, ABC Television’s reach was 4.12 million, with 64.7%in2004–05.Intheregional markets, of themetropolitan population,compared 8.88 millionin2004–05.Thisrepresents 61.5% to 8.54millionin2005–06,compared with metropolitan weekly reach alsodeclined 18 Regional TAM free-to-air television ratings data, July 17 OzTAM five-city free-to-air television ratings data, July 16 RegionalTVdiarysurveys conducted byNielsenMedia 15 Allregional free-to-air television ratings data from Regional 2004–June 2005 andJuly 2005–June 2006. 2004–June 2005andJuly 2005–June2006. Research, July 2005–June2006. TAM, July 2004–June2005andJuly 2005–June2006. in schoolsallstates and 18 33

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Audience estimates for ABC2 were also ABC Audiences collected via a national telephone survey continued conducted in June 2006 among adults aged for reasons including that it keeps students 18 and over. The survey found that 23% of up to date, makes difficult events easy to adults claimed to have ever watched ABC2, understand, is topical and fits well within up from 12% reported in the same survey teaching activities. Other issues explored conducted in June 2005.22 included how the program fits within the curriculum, the length of segments, production Online and Emerging Services and presenter style and how the program ABC Online meets or could better meet the needs of ABC Online achieved a record 110 million different age groups. monthly page views in March 200623 and 2.2 million unique Australian users in May.24 ABC2 In addition, ABC Online delivered 1.5 million The digital television channel ABC2 can be podcasts of ABC Radio programs and more seen in Australian households with a digital than 400 000 plays of live radio streams by television, a set-top-box or a subscription to the end of June 2006.25 a digital pay television service. At the end of March 2006, the estimated household take-up ABC Online was ranked the ninth most popular of free-to-air digital television was close website in Australia. Its reach equated to to 1.4 million (18%) Australian homes.19 In almost one-fifth (19%) of Australians who addition, digital pay television subscriptions used the Internet each month and over the reached over 1.4 million by June 2006.20 six-month period to May 2006 it had 4.7 million unique users and a reach of 33%.26 In 2005–06, ABC2 attracted increasing viewer numbers. For the quarter ending 3 June ABC Online’s audience continues to grow at 2006, the channel’s average daily reach was a rate that is two to three times faster than estimated to be 191 000 viewers, up from the growth of Internet population. During the 92 000 viewers in the equivalent quarter past year, the shift to broadband connections in 2005.21 continued and by May 2006, 74% of Australians who accessed the Internet from home did so National* ABC2 Average Daily Reach via a high-speed connection, compared with All People Q1, 2005 – Q1, 2006 57% in May 2005. ABC Online’s home audience Source: OzTAM / Regional TAM had a higher penetration of broadband than 200 000 the general population, with 82% of its home audience using broadband in May 2006.27

150 000 ABC Online’s Australian audience composition was 62% metropolitan and 38% non- metropolitan in May 2006, and reach was 100 000 consistent in both areas at around 19%.28

19 Digital Broadcasting Australia, March 2006. 20 , June 2006 and Austar, May 2006. 21 OzTAM and Regional TAM data, 2005–06. 22 Newspoll, ABC Awareness and Usage Survey, June 50 000 2005 and June 2006. 23 Webtrends, measurement of ABC Online Activity, March 2006. 24 Nielsen//NetRatings, Home and Work Panel data, to May 2006. 25 Webtrends, measurement of ABC Online Activity, 2006. 26 Nielsen//NetRatings, Home and Work Panel data, 0 May 2006. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 27 Nielsen//NetRatings, Home and Work Panel data, (Mar–Jun 05) (Jun–Sep 05) (Sep–Dec 05) (Dec 05 (Mar–Jun 06) 2004, 2005 and to May 2006. –Mar 06) 28 Nielsen//NetRatings, Home and Work Panel data, * National is defined as 5-city metro and regional people to May 2006. meter markets (overlap discount applied). 1 000 1 500000 2 000 2 500000 Audience Reach 500 000 1 000 1 500000 2 000 2 500000 Monthly accesses - Millions 500 000 100 120

20 40 60 80 Jun-Jul 0 0

Jan 01 45.9% July 2005 Feb Source: ABCServer Statistics ABC OnlineMonthly accesses January2000–June2006 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings;Home&Work Panel ABC OnlineAudience Retention (month-on-month)July 2005–June2006 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings;Home&Work Panel ABC OnlineMonthly Audience ReachJuly 2005–June2006 Mar Jul-Aug Apr May 49.9% Jun August Jul Aug Aug-Sep September Sep

Oct 47.7% Nov Dec Jan 02 Sep-Oct Feb October Mar Apr 42.3% May November Jun Oct-Nov Jul Aug Sep 46.6% December Oct Nov Nov-Dec Dec January 2006 Jan 03 Feb

Mar 47.8% Apr Dec-Jan May Jun February Jul Aug 48.8% Sep treated asequivalent here than accesses for thesameperiod,they have been separately. While pageview figures willbelower podcasts andstreamed content now reported rather thanserver accesses, whichincluded views asameasure ofactivityfor ABCOnline, Note: InJanuary2006,theABCbeganusingpage Jan-Feb Oct Nov Dec March Jan 04

Feb Feb-Mar 48.4% Mar Apr May April Jun Jul Mar-Apr Aug 42.0% Sep May Oct Nov Dec Apr-May June Jan 05 45.2% Feb Mar Averag Apr May May-Jun Jun Jul 46.9% e Aug Sep 0 10 15 20 Oct Nov 48.4% Dec Jan 06 Audience Reach (%) Retention Rate (%) New Audience Retained Audience Feb Mar Apr Reach % Active Audience May (Unique Audience) Audience Reach Jun 35

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In 2005–06, the average monthly reach of ABC Audiences the ABC News Online website from within continued Australia was 471 000, an increase of 41% Datacasting on the previous year.32 The combined ABC During 2005–06, the ABC participated in a News and Current Affairs online sites trial of the first full datacasting service on recorded 5.2 million average weekly free-to-air digital . accesses in the six months to December Datacasting allows for the broadcasting of 2005,33 and 6 million weekly page views in text, audio and video content via the digital the six months to June 2006.34 The latter television spectrum. During the year, the figure is a 33% increase over the same trial featured six information services from a six-month period of 2005. range of content providers. The ABC provided a news, sport and weather service that proved ABC Appreciation Survey 2006 to be among the most appealing content In June 2006, the ABC commissioned Newspoll to current users involved in the audience to conduct the seventh ABC Appreciation research for the trial. The research also Survey. These surveys provide an overview found that for those considering taking up of community attitudes about the ABC and digital free-to-air television, the ABC news, allow the Corporation to assess the value sport and weather service was a key driver.29 the Australian public places on its services and the delivery of its Charter obligations. News and Current Affairs Newspoll conducted similar surveys in ABC News and Current Affairs continued 1998, 1999 and 2002 through 2005. The to attract and retain substantial audiences 2006 research was conducted by telephone across the three platforms in 2005–06. between 16 and 29 June 2006 and drew upon a national sample of 1 900 people On ABC Local Radio, the 7.45am News aged 14 years and over. achieved a five-city average weekly reach of just over one million listeners (steady with Overall Value of the ABC the previous year). The unduplicated average Overall the 2006 results show beliefs and weekly reach of Early AM (Local Radio) and opinions about the ABC across the community AM (Radio National and Local Radio) was at large are generally consistent with those 1.29 million listeners (up by 3% on the expressed in the 2005 survey. Nine-in-ten previous year).30 (90%) Australians continue to believe the ABC provides a valuable service to the On ABC Television, the weeknight 7pm News community and half (50%) believe it provides had a five-city average audience of 993 000 a “very valuable” service. and The 7.30 Report 856 000 (down by 10% and 7% respectively on the previous year). It Results for this dimension, compared with is noted that the 7pm timeslot faced very strong those recorded in the 2005 survey, show competition from commercial networks in three areas of improvement, all of which the second, third and fourth months of 2006. are reflected in increases in the proportion Consistent performers among the flagship believing the ABC provides a very valuable current affairs programs were: Four Corners, service to the Australian community. with an average audience of 761 000 (up 3% Specifically, there is an increase in the on the previous year); Foreign Correspondent, proportion of females who believe that with an average audience of 589 000 (up by 29 Millward Brown Research, Datacasting Research, 2% on the previous year); and Australian December 2005. 30 Nielsen Media Research five-city radio data. Story, with one in two episodes recording 31 OzTAM five-city free-to-air television data. 32 Nielsen//NetRatings, Home and Work Panel data, to May 2006. audiences of more than one million.31 33 ABC Server Statistics, July–December 2005. 34 Webtrends, cite-centric measurement of ABC Online activity, January–June 2006. 37

% Overall Value of the ABC 100 91 90 90 88 86 89 89 80

60 49 5048 47 50 44 41 40

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0 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Statistically Very Valuable Total Valuable significant

% Television—Quality of Programming 100 80 80 80 75 75 78 79 77 Good 60 43 40 41 40 41 40 38 39 23 20 20 18 20 20 22 23 4 5 5 5 667 0 2 3 2 2 1 22 12 11 9 8 9 10 7 20 1918 18 19 24 21 21 40 50 60 53 5451 53 56 54 80 ABC Commercial TV 100 Poor 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Very Poor Very Good Statistically significant change Total Poor Total Good

% Radio—Quality of Programming 100 80

Good 63 63

61 05–06 60 60 58 59 60 58 58 40 55 53 55 55 56 22 20 17 19 21 20 22 22 12 13 10 12 1314 13 0 1 2 112 2 2 7 6 776 20 8 8 12 12 12 1312 13 13 40 29 29 31 3029 30 32 60 80 ABC Commercial Radio 100 Poor 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Very Poor Very Good Statistically significant change ANNUAL REPORT 20 Total Poor Total Good

All of the graphs above are based on a total sample aged 14 years and over. “Don’t Know” responses are not displayed. Source: Newspoll 2006 ABC Appreciation Survey. 38

18-to-24-year-olds, there is more of a trend ABC Audiences apparent in this age group, with a gradually continued increasing number who feel ABC Television the ABC is very valuable (up from 44% to does a poor job at providing content they 50%), a similar rise among people living personally like to watch. in capital cities (up from 45% to 50%) and a rise among heavy users of the ABC Compared with 2004 there has been an (up from 57% to 63%).35 increase in the number of women (up from 23% to 28%) and people in country and Looking over the past two years, there has regional areas (up from 20% to 25%) who been an increase in the proportion of males believe the quality of ABC Television is very who believe that the ABC provides a valuable good. Compared with 2003, there was also service (up from 88% to 92%). an improvement for ABC Television in doing a very good job in terms of the number of Television shows people like to watch among those Consistent with results from 2005, a large aged 35–49 (up from 19% to 25%) and among majority of Australians (80%) continue to heavy ABC TV viewers (up from 32% to 38%).36 believe the quality of programming on ABC Television is good, and close to three-quarters The 2006 survey included a new measure of (72%) believe that ABC Television does a people’s opinions of Australian-made shows “good job” in terms of the number of shows on ABC Television and commercial television.37 it provides they personally like to watch. Consistent with other measures relating to As found in previous years, community television, opinions were more favourable for perceptions about ABC Television are far ABC Television than commercial television, more positive than perceptions about although the relativity between the two was commercial television. far closer on this measure. The proportion of the community who rated ABC Television as Compared with results from the 2005 survey, good on this dimension was 74% compared there have been few changes among the with 60% for commercial television. While different segments of the community. Among 10% rated the ABC as poor, one third (32%) younger people, aged under 25, opinions tend rated commercial television as poor. to oscillate year to year, and in 2006 this is evident among those aged 14–17, where Radio there has been a decline in the proportion Consistent with previous tranches of the who think that the quality of programming survey, the majority of Australians (63%) on ABC Television is very good (down from believe the ABC provides good quality radio 18% to 9%), which follows an increase from programming. Similarly, six-in-ten (59%) 8% to 18% in the previous year. There has Australians believe ABC Radio does a “good been an accompanying rise in the proportion job” in terms of the amount of programming who think ABC Television does a poor job in it provides to which they personally like terms of the number of shows they personally to listen. like to watch (up from 17% to 29%) following a decrease in this measure the year before. There is a greater similarity in beliefs about Notwithstanding similar oscillation among ABC Radio and commercial radio than between ABC Television and commercial 35 For this study a Heavy ABC user is defined as someone who claims to watch or listen to ABC Television or ABC Radio for television. This similarity is borne of the more than six hours per week. 36 For this study a Heavy ABC Television viewer is defined as more diverse and fragmented radio market someone who claims to watch ABC Television for more than six hours per week. 37 Specifically, respondents were asked to provide their ratings in the context of “…Australian made TV shows, particularly Australian drama, and entertainment programs.” 100 20 40 60 80 % 0 Does notinclude“Don’t know”or“Poor” responses. Based onthoseaged 14years andover whoever watch/listen to therespective program. 93 2003 40 100 Source: Newspoll2006ABCAppreciation Survey ABC Website—Quality ofContent* Source: Newspoll2006ABC Appreciation Survey ABC Program DoesaGoodJobofBeingBalanced andEven-Handed Does notinclude“Don’tknow”or“Poor” responses. Based onthoseaged14years andover whoever visitthewebsite. * In1999–2004,thequestion wasasked inrelation to ‘qualityofinformation’. B p esTe73 eotA/MTheWorld Today AM/PM The 7:30Report ABC 7pmNews 20 40 60 80 % 0 494 94 2004 42 92 1998 2005 Total GoodJob 434 34 43 83 95 2006 1999 49 87 2003 90 37 2002 32 89 2004 39 98 89 89 89 2003 91 2005 38 eyGo o Statistically significant change Very GoodJob 43 93 2006 87 2004 44 29 90 2003 45 2005 91 2004 34 47 888 88 2005 2006 44 28 89 2006 41 585 85 2003 41 90 change significant Statistically Total Good Very Good 2004 50 2005 44 2006 42 39

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Consistent with results from the 2005 survey, ABC Audiences eight-in-ten (79%) ABC Online users believe continued the website adds to the value and relevance in which ABC Radio operates. It is noted that that the ABC has for them. The results also commercial radio tends to attract a higher indicate that the website contributes to the level of criticism than ABC Radio. consumption of other ABC content, that people are using the additional content Year-on-year there are few changes in available, and the website extends the life attitudes towards ABC Radio. Of note are of ABC content in a variety of ways. improvements in attitude among those aged 18–24. Countering a trend apparent since For example, in 2006, 45% of the site’s users 2002 among this age group, there has been claim to have seen something on the site an increase in the number believing that the that prompted them to either watch ABC quality of programming on ABC Radio is Television or listen to ABC Radio. Many ABC good (up from 55% to 67%), and compared Online users also claim to have consumed with 2004, in the number who think it is very ABC Television, video or Radio content directly good (up from 10% in 2004 to 23% in 2006). through the website. For example, in the past three months: 37% of the site’s users Other improvements in attitude were also claim to have read a transcript of an ABC recorded among those defined as heavy ABC Television or ABC Radio program on the Radio listeners, where the number believing website; 34% say they have listened to that ABC Radio does a good job in terms of ABC Radio content (live, time-shifted or the amount of programming it provides that downloaded) through the website; 20% say they like to listen to rose (up from 92% to 97%, they have watched some type of ABC video including the number who feel it does a very content; and 18% have played games on the good job, (up from 39% to 49%).38 website—either by themselves or with children.

Among those aged over 50, there was a Coverage of Country News decline in the number believing the quality and Information of programming on ABC Radio is good (down Community perceptions about coverage of from a peak of 68% in 2005 to 61% in 2006, country news and information continue to with the level this year being more consistent be far more favourable for the ABC than for with earlier tranches of the survey). It is also commercial media. This remains apparent noted that the decline was not accompanied both among people in capital cities and people by a rise in negative opinion, but a higher level in country/regional areas. The vast majority of uncommitted response (don’t know / of Australians (79%) believe the ABC does a neither rose from 28% to 34%). good job covering country/regional issues, compared with 43% for commercial media. Online Almost one-in-four Australians (23%) claim Other Specific Charter Obligations to ever access the ABC website. As found in previous years, the majority of Australians also believe the ABC is doing “a Nine-out-of-ten (89%) of these ABC Online good job” in meeting various other Charter users believe that the quality of the site’s obligations covered by the research. Compared content is good and the same proportion with the 2005 results, there have been three say the site does a “good job” in terms of 38 For this study a Heavy ABC Radio listener is defined as the amount of content it provides on things someone who claims to listen to ABC Radio for more than six hours per week. they use it for. believing theABCdoesa reporting news andcurrent affairs, thenumber of beingbalanced andeven-handed when On thedimensionofdoing“agoodjob” reflected inrisesthe statistically significant positive changesall result remained steady at73%. to 26%),while the overall does-a-“goodjob” very an increase intheviewthatABCdoesa nature (upfrom 83%to 86%).There wasalso broadcasting programs ofaneducational belief thattheABCdoesa“goodjob”on statistically significant improvement inthe Compared with2004there hasbeena does a“goodjob”remained steady at70%. from 22%to 27%,while theoverall result believing theABCdoesa “efficient andwellmanaged”thenumber steady at84%.Onthedimension ofbeing believing itdoesa“goodjob”remained from 31%to 36%,while theoverall number believing theABCdoesa people withspecialinterests, thenumber appeal andalsoprograms thatappealto between broadcasting programs ofwide On thedimensionofhavingagoodbalance “good job”result remained steady at83%. from 34%to 38%,while theoverall doesa good jobbeinginnovative (upfrom 22% very very very very good measure. good jobrose good jobisup good jobisup politics andgovernment. federal politicsandgovernment andlocal who feel there is changes were smalldecreases inthenumber Year-on-year, theonly statistically significant the amountofcoverage is“aboutright”. nearly allissues amajorityofABCusers feel Consistent withtheprevious twosurveys, on ABC to specificnewsandcurrent affairs issues. about theamountofcoverage given bythe The survey explored community perceptions News andCurrent Affairs Content 39 ABCusers for thisanalysis are definedasthosewhoclaim of newsandcurrent affairs atleast once afortnight. to useABCTelevision, ABCRadioorOnlineasasource too much coverage of 39 41

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When children can’t wait for their favourite program to air, children’s “[ABC Kids] keeps my one-year-old DVDs published by ABC Enterprises can come to the rescue. Instead entertained and I can always trust of a tearful world, It’s a Wiggly that, you know, it’s going to be Wiggly World. something relevant for her age.” Children’s DVDs complement ABC Andrea G, Punchbowl, NSW Television, which devotes seven hours each weekday and two-and- a-half hours on Sunday to programs “The integrity we’ve always relied on” for youngsters in various age Liz T, Myrtleford, Victoria groups. ABC2 extends the availability of ABC Kids programs during the day with additional timeslots. Together, the two channels provide twelve-and-a- half hours of children’s television each weekday.

Play School (9.30am and 3.30pm weekdays on ABC Television) For 40 years, Big Ted, Little Ted, Jemima, Humpty and friends have been a part of early childhood for Australians. One million children view the program each week.

The Playground and Rollercoaster (ABC Online) The Playground is designed to entertain and involve the ABC Kids audience and provide resources for parents. Rollercoaster invites 8–14 year olds to play games and get all the information they want about ABC Television programs and the things that matter to them.

Blue Water High (5.25pm Wednesday on ABC Television) An ABC co- produced teen drama series set in a high performance surf academy where seven 16-year-olds spend 12 months on schooling and surf training. 43

part of everyday life

1:30pm in the lounge room watching It’s a Wiggly Wiggly World on DVD 44

service broadcasting by short wave, ABC Services satellite and rebroadcast arrangements to Asia and the Pacific In achieving its vision, the ABC delivers • ABC Asia Pacific, an international television comprehensive programs and services and online service broadcasting via satellite which reflect the interests and aspirations and rebroadcast arrangements to Asia of diverse Australian communities. and the Pacific

Services Transmission Radio The ABC transmits its programs via: • Four national radio networks comprising • 961 terrestrial transmitters around Radio National, ABC Classic FM, triple j, Australia for services, and ABC NewsRadio (on the Parliamentary including Self Help and Broadcasting for and News Network) Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme • dig, dig jazz and dig country—three music- (BRACS) facilities based services available via the Internet. • 1 037 terrestrial transmitters around The four radio networks, dig and dig jazz Australia for analog radio services, are also available by FOXTEL and AUSTAR including Self Help and BRACS and on free-to-air digital television • 177 terrestrial transmitters around • Nine metropolitan radio stations in capital Australia for digital cities and Newcastle services, which include the radio services • 51 regional radio stations throughout dig and dig jazz Australia • A digital satellite service to remote homesteads and communities within Television Australia carrying ABC analog television, • National analog television service Radio National, ABC Classic FM and triple j, • Digital television from 177 transmitters nine different regional radio services (two around Australia (simulcast with analog) each for the Northern Territory, Queensland • ABC2, the ABC’s second free-to-air and Western Australia, one each for New digital television channel South Wales, South Australia and Victoria), • Local television in each state and territory and ABC NewsRadio and Parliamentary broadcasts on the Parliamentary and New Media Services News Network • ABC Online, serving more than • ABC Television retransmission on various 2.267 million pages of web content subscription television platforms, including • Content and services on emerging platforms FOXTEL, TV, AUSTAR, TransACT including broadband, SMS, podcasting, and mobile services for 3G phone and other • ABC Asia Pacific transmitted on the wireless devices, and interactive television PanAmSat 2, PanAmSat 8 and AsiaSat3s satellites, and via rebroadcasts in countries Commercial Enterprises across Asia and the Pacific • 41 ABC Shops • Radio Australia services via shortwave • 90 ABC Centres throughout Australia transmission from Brandon in Queensland, • ABC Shop Online Shepparton in Victoria, Darwin, Singapore, • Customer Delivery Service (fax, telephone Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates; and and mail orders) the PanAmSat 2, PanAmSat 8 and AsiaSat3s satellites in association with ABC Asia International Broadcasting Pacific. For Radio Australia frequencies, • Radio Australia, an international radio see Appendix 25 (page 227). oetcSotae09%00%00%00%00%01%00%86.45% 0.00% 0.19% 53.37% 94.86% 0.00% 91.07% 67.18% 0.00% 76.50% 79.60% 80.93% 95.67% 65.16% 0.00% 99.14% 99.23% 95.04% 82.54% 99.54% 99.63% 89.68% 0.00% 79.70% 96.38% 98.77% 94.31% 0.97% 78.23% 97.88% 99.50% 97.96% 99.46% 99.78% 97.49% Domestic Shortwave 99.12% 99.69% 95.66% 98.51% 99.36% ABC NewsRadio 78.84% triple j 95.00% 98.80% ABC Classic FM 97.01% Radio National 97.35% Local Radio 98.83% 99.22% dig jazz 98.19% (includes Digital Television Analog Television Proportion ofthepopulationable to receive transmissions from ABCbroadcasting services. ABC Broadcasting Coverage satelite coverage and RadioAustralia ABC AsiaPacific 61%9.5 87%9.8 31%9.8 98%72.86% 89.89% 95.28% 93.18% 95.18% 98.76% 97.15% 96.19% ) dig and London utai S/C i l AS a NT Tas SA WA Qld Vic NSW/ACT Australia 51%9.0 79%9.0 88%9.7 56%67.18% 95.67% 94.77% 88.82% 93.20% 97.92% 97.10% 95.19%

New Delhi Johannesburg Jerusalem Amman

Moscow ABC international bureaux and correspondents Jakarta Beijing

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ABC in the Community

The ABC reaches communities across initiated by the Corporation may be organised Australia through the country’s most at a local level or be supported at an ABC extensive radio and television transmission Corporate level. coverage—and via ABC Online, which is visited by over two million Australians every The ABC’s travelling Exhibition Trailer, month. Local communities across the offering a variety of interactive activities continent use the ABC to connect with as well as a stage for concerts and outside one another, the nation and the world. broadcasts, was launched in 2002 and has become a popular addition to agricultural The ABC has Local Radio stations in shows and events around the country. Its 51 regional centres, as well as in nine outings in 2005–06 included Royal Shows in metropolitan cities. They have a local focus, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane (EKKA); reflecting the lives and interests of their Gardening Australia Expos in Sydney and respective audiences. In times of crisis, Melbourne; a North Queensland tour, where such as a bushfire or flood in the area, it was a feature at the Townsville and Cairns these stations provide vital information Shows; a Western Australian tour on which that has the potential to save lives. the trailer visited Wagin, Bunbury and Perth; the celebrations in Sydney’s In regional areas, the small local broadcasting Hyde Park and Play School 40th Birthday teams not only instigate special events for concerts in Central Australia. their listeners but also play significant roles in the daily life of their communities. Festivals ABC Radio participates in and supports a A team of 70 specialist rural reporters is number of music festivals around the country deployed across the country with one reporter such as the Tamworth Country Music Festival, at each regional radio station and one or two Queenscliff Music Festival, the Port Fairy in each capital city. In some outposts, such Folk Festival, WOMADelaide, the East Coast as Kununurra in Western Australia, the rural Blues and Roots Festival, the Dreaming reporter is the only staff member. All the Indigenous Festival of music and arts in rural reporters travel constantly around their Queensland and Canberra’s National Folk regions and, in remote areas, often stay on Festival. Through live and recorded broadcasts properties and present outside broadcasts from such events, the ABC showcases from them. Their close contact with people Australian musical talent to a wider audience means that these ABC staff members have than it would otherwise reach. a personal knowledge and understanding of the issues that affect those who live and Particular arrangements for media support work in the region. and broadcast are also made with a number of major comprehensive arts festivals. These Events include the Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide In regional and metropolitan centres, Open Arts Festivals, the Brisbane Music Festival Days and organised guided tours welcome and the Brisbane Writers Festival, the Sydney the general public to ABC studios to meet Writers Festival and Rockhampton’s Arts in the people they hear and see on air. the Park, which the Local Radio team was instrumental in establishing in conjunction The ABC is a major player in community with the local council in the early 1990s. events across Australia. Those that are ot n dl hiscm t youth and adult choirs came 2006, 7000singers from more made bylisteners. Between March sele countdown concert featured the CD boxed setbyABCClassics andan nation’s top 100opera moments.Aneight- association with Opera Australia to findthe a survey ABCClassic FM conducted in were registered inthe inaugural year. In Over 250schoolssubmitted entriesinthe music programs inAustralian schools. campaign, showcases themost outstanding association withthe Flame Awards of competitions andspecialevents. to themusical life ofthe nationwithanumber ABC Television. ABCClassic FMcontributes with thesupportofABCLocal Radioand manuscript wasconducted byABCBooks best original,unpublishedadultfiction and Touring Exhibition; Awards; theAustralian SnapshotsCompetition Short StoryProject 2005–06, itsmanyprojects includedthe talent andradio andonlineproduction. In regional Australia, fostering local artistic audiences diverse voices from around to radio, onlineand,more recently, ABC2 which wasestablished in2001,hasbrought The ABCRadioRegionalProduction Fund, Giving voice toAustralia publishing. preferences reflected inprogramming and audiences theopportunityto have their creative life ofthecommunity andoffered competitions expanded theABC’s role inthe In 2005–06,thelaunchofanumbernew for radio andonline. a numberofradio playsanddocumentaries Hour’s 60thAnniversary Travelling Showand concerts intowns visited bytheCountry Concert inOrange, NewSouth Wales; free in regional areas; theSSO drought Relief Fresh Air Australian acts—often for thefirst time; experience oflive musicfrom well-known Stand , whichgives regional youth the , atalent search for musicians The ABCFictionAward , runbyABCClassic FMin 2006, over 10000votes ; theNewcastle Music Music PlayforLife Classic 100Opera triple j ’s ’s ogether to than 250 One Night and June for the The ction opera , in locations allover Australia. public events featuring ABCScience people ABC Science Outreach, which presented were offered in allstates and territories, and Women inEngineeringScholarships, which made available bytheABCincluded the Two educational andinformation opportunities Christmas Concert attheAlbany Town Hall. Western Australia, ABCSouthCoast’s free WESTECH FieldDaysinBarcaldine. the NSWPremier’s SpellingBeeandthe Week celebrating IndigenousAustralia to Games Queen’s Baton RelayandNAIDOC community activitiesfrom theCommonwealth continued to take partinadiverse range of In 2005–06,ABCstaff in all ABCbranches record 800entriesfrom across Australia. youth achance to beheard, attracting a competition 2005 marked theeighthyear for thenational and Townsville. sessions were heldinevery capital city for ABCClassic FM hear eachothersinginauditionsessions the awareness, especially atholiday time,and Radio broadcasts dedicated to road safety examples in2005–06were specialLocal is ongoingandtakes manyforms. Two The ABC’s contribution to community welfare Community welfare Appeal; the support for theSalvation ArmyChristmas Christmas collections; ABCQueensland’s Love; Tasmania andVictoria’s Future Kids Night inaidofthechildren’s charity included 891ABCAdelaide’s CharityQuiz and on-airsupport.In2005–06,these Local andnational charitiesreceive staff Media Reporting. Drug andAlcohol Award for Excellence in usage, whichwontheprogram aNational triple jHack Victorian BlanketAppeal ; the Heywire program’s coverage ofdrug NSW KnitIn Choir oftheYear , whichgives regional for Wrap with Giving Tree and, in Kids . These 47

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Emergency coverage In 2005–06, the ABC, particularly through After the main Cairns FM translator went Local Radio, provided extensive emergency off air in the early hours of Monday, a special coverage to audiences affected by floods HF satellite service via Radio Australia’s in the NSW Far North Coast and Central Shepparton facility was provided for those West regions and Katherine and Top End unable to receive the AM service from Cairns. communities in the Northern Territory; Broadcasts were also heard via the Gordonvale bushfires on the New South Wales Central AM transmitter south of Cairns and live Coast and in Victoria’s Stawell region and streaming online from the Cairns studios. cyclones in Western Australia, Queensland When the cyclone passed, ABC Local Radio and the Northern Territory. staff began a series of outside broadcasts from affected communities. The ABC set The ABC in all states and territories, except up a temporary outpost in Innisfail, which New South Wales, have Memoranda of continued to service the area for some Understanding with their emergency service months. Operating out of the same building providers. Local Radio is the prime platform that housed the recovery task force, and of delivery and, in many areas, the only using a generator that enabled broadcasts platform for delivering emergency service to continue even when power supplies were information in a comprehensive and timely unpredictable, the outpost gave a direct link manner. New South Wales has a complex set to sources of information that were vital to of emergency providers that cannot be the rebuilding and recovery of the area. covered in a single MOU. A Memorandum of Understanding with the Rural Fire Service In May, the ABC mounted a free concert as a is in place and others are being negotiated. tribute to and morale booster for the people of Innisfail and surrounding communities. In April 2006, following the ABC’s extensive Managed by ABC Corporate Marketing and coverage of a spate of emergency situations, hosted and presented by ABC Queensland the ABC created the new position of Manager, and Local Radio, the all-day concert featured Emergency Services and Community entertainment for all ages. The previous day Development. This role manages and reviews ABC Radio’s AM program team as well as ABC network emergency broadcasting procedures, ’s Morning program services and training and liaises with external broadcast from the main street of Innisfail. emergency service organisations. A notable example of the vital community role of the The ABC community spirit was also in ABC in times of emergency is the coverage evidence in June 2006 when ABC and subsequent support given when category in Wagga Wagga organised a working bee 5 smashed into the far north to provide help to local landowners affected Queensland coast and Southern Tablelands by the January and February bushfires. in March 2006. From the Saturday morning, Over 100 listeners volunteered and the ABC ABC Tropical North (Mackay), 630 ABC North Riverina team coordinated their assignment Queensland (Townsville) and ABC Far North to 27 properties, as well as presenting four (Cairns) began alerting their listeners to the outside broadcasts from different locations. advance of the cyclone. These stations and ABC Western Queensland (Longreach) broadcast through the night with updates of the cyclone’s progress. of theworkforce. People withadisabilityrepresent 10% are from non-English-speakingbackgrounds. are IndigenousAustralians andafurther11% men and49%women,1.2%ofitsemployees community. Ithasagenderbalance of51% reflect thediversity oftheAustralian The ABCaimsfor itsworkforce to broadly around Australia andin14overseas bureaux. 100 different locations (63offices and41shops) overseas. TheCorporation’s staff workatover programs to itsaudiences inAustralia and support, develop, produce, present anddeliver over 5000people—who worked together to full-time equivalent staff members—or just At 30June2006,theABCemployed 4345 ABC People in November 2005.So far, more than50 New Managers’ Program waslaunched experienced andexecutive. Thepilot ABC of theirmanagementcareers: entry-level, cater for managers atthree distinct stages year, theABCexpanded itsprograms to considered critical to theABC’s future. This professionals withtheskillsandattributes been putinplace to buildacohort ofable the ABCandanumberofprograms have Management development isapriorityfor accredited training standards. competency inaccordance withnationally- Attainment, whichisatotal of494 units of 28 fullqualifications, 95Statements of in qualifications for staff. TheABCissued In manycases, this formal training resulted hours ofstructured training were provided. opportunities for staff. Thisyear, 60557 a widerange ofskills-development In 2005–06,theABCcontinued to provide and practice across theCorporation. sustaining highlevels ofprofessionalism The ABCiscommitted to improving and Developing ABCStaff of thethree-year course. all theavailable programs ofthefirst year Territory andVictoria successfully completed In 2005–06,sixrecruits from theNorthern of theABCbusiness, policiesandprocedures. and systems, aswellbroader knowledge maintain andsupportbroadcast equipment with theskillsandknowledge required to level staff to theTechnical Services areas 2004. Theprogram aimsto introduce entry- recruitment andtraining program beganin of theEntryLevel Technologist (ELT) technical experts for thefuture, development To ensure thattheABChaswell-trained program beganin2003. number ofparticipantsto 50since the Development Program, bringingthetotal participated inthesuccessful Leadership in August 2006.Afurther20seniorexecutives was launchedinlate Juneandwillbepiloted The ABCExperienced Managers’ Program managers have participated inthisprogram. misconduct andperformance issues. efficient andconsistent management of CaseTrack A comprehensive case managementsystem, ABC accepted alloftherecommendations. related mechanismsandprocedures. The improve execution oftheABC’s policyand report contained 25recommendations to Policy. Notwithstanding thesefindings,the the implementation oftheAnti-Bullying success inaddressing bullying issues since at theABC,andthatthere hasbeenearly widespread orpartofthewiderculture found thatbullying isnotperceived to be Policy andrelated procedures. IHR’s report review oftheCorporation’s Anti-Bullying firm IHRAustralia to conduct anindependent ABC engagedhumanresources consultancy that isfree from bullying andharassment, the commitment to provide aworkenvironment In October 2005,aspartofitsongoing Workplace Environment Creating aPositive , wasimplemented to ensure 49

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Admin/Professional

Program Maker

Senior Executive ABC Staff Numbers (Full-Time Equivalent) Technologist 1996-97 4 887

1997-98 4 177 Retail Staff 1998-99 4 134

0 1999-00 4 293 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 3 000 2000-01 4 116

2001-02 4 260

2002-03 4 321

2003-04 4 244 ABC Staff by Region 2005–06 ACT ACT 2004-05 4 298 WA

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4.6% Tasmania NSW 46.9%

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5.4% Corporate Technology and 8.1% Strategy and Queensland 2.9% Distribution 8.7% Communications 2.6%

NT International 0.7% Enterprises Overseas 2.3% Broadcasting 2.4% 8.7% ces New Media and Business Services Digital Services 3.0% Human Resour

News and Current 20.4%

Radio 20.7% Aff airs 17.7%

Production Resources The WayAhead2006BenchmarkingStudy that participated inthe ranked inthetop 25Australian organisations and Family Awards 2005.TheABCwasalso Category oftheACCI/BCA NationalWork a finalist intheGoldAward–Public Sector This approach resulted intheABCbeing information andresources onthesubject. provided itsstaff withincreased access to conditions ofservice andtheABChas management assessment andbroader issues isincludedintraining, performance initiatives. Awareness ofwork/life balance in Corporation-wide plans,policiesand workplace environment. Thisisreflected important element ofachieving apositive work/life balance andflexibility isan The Corporation recognises thatsupporting Anti-Bullying Policy. policies intheIHRreview oftheABC’s registered theirknowledge oftherelevant to thehighpercentage ofemployees who Participation intheprogram contributed the training andfor newemployees. scheduled for staff whohave yet to receive the training. Further workshopshave been 97% oftheABC’s workforce hadundertaken workplace culture. AtJune2006,just over policies andcontribute to amore positive bullying, discriminationandharassment raise staff awareness ofconflict resolution, “Creating aBetter Place to Work” program to The ABCcompleted roll-out ofitsmandatory management across theCorporation. report andwillensure improved case recommendations intheIHRbullying CaseTrack While anumber ofnewIndigenousemployees represented 1.2%of total staff (1.3%in2005). representation. In2005–06,Indigenous staff include aminimumof2%Indigenous staff ABC policyisthatitsworkforce should Initiatives Indigenous Employment addresses someofthe Work/Life Initiatives: . with over 1000employees. October 2005inthecategory oforganisations and InclusionofIndigenousAustralians” in Diversity initiatives, theCorporation received anational implementation ofIndigenousemployment In recognition oftheABC’s continuous them across theorganisation. staff asameansofraising awareness of the Corporation’s Indigenousprograms and Ultimo Centre inSydney, whichshowcased ordinated aninaugural forum attheABC In April2006,theBonnerCommittee co- encourage retention of Indigenousemployees. career development opportunities and South Wales. Thesescholarships provide Week 2005to two employees from New Awards were presented duringNAIDOC The third IndigenousStaff Scholarship College, whichattracted over 400students. with anIndigenousCareers DayatDjarrugun and cultural protocols. Theevent coincided focused onemployment issues, programming 46 ABCdelegates. Conference proceedings Cairns, Queensland,andwasattended by Conference washeldinSeptember 2005in The Corporation’s biennialIndigenousStaff advisory group, theBonnerCommittee. Scholarship Awards andtheABC’s Indigenous Indigenous Staff Conference, IndigenousStaff staff representation. Theseincludethe awareness andbuildthelevel ofIndigenous to pursue anumberofinitiatives to raise in otherorganisations. TheABCcontinued to take-up specialist Indigenouspositions of fixed-term contracts andothers wholeft by thedeparture ofemployees oncompletion commenced duringtheyear, thiswasoffset reduction ininjuries, zero fatalities and Strategy (2002–12) andto achieving a40% OHS which iscommitted to theNational Safety isanimportant issue for theABC, Occupational HealthandSafety @ Work Award for “Employment 51

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better return-to-work outcomes following Knowledge Sharing injury. The ABC, its managers, supervisors Cross-divisional stimulus events promote and employees are responsible and a Corporation-wide focus on the future by accountable for safety and are expected encouraging a critical mass of people in the to adhere to a variety of legal instruments, ABC to engage in dialogue about changes in guidance documents, best practices and the the industry, likely impacts on ABC operations, ABC OHS Agreement 1998. The Agreement and future directions and ways of working. is between the ABC, its employees and In 2005–06, over 500 people participated in their representatives. a variety of events of this kind, including a Cross Media Production Conference in In 2005–06, the ABC continued to pursue Sydney sponsored by New Media and Digital improvements to its OHS management Services, and smaller workshops covering systems. Initiatives included operational risk topics such as podcasting. Similar innovative management training, whole-of-life plant events were also organised in Melbourne and equipment safety management guidance, and the smaller states. electrical safety improvements, a major manual-handling review in the Production Future Workforce Planning Resources Division and the safety and security Forward projections indicate that the management of the ABC’s involvement at proportion of Australians in the labour force Melbourne 2006 . will shrink over the coming decades. This trend will reflect both the retirement of the Further details of the ABC’s OHS activities large “Baby Boomer” generation (people are contained in Appendix 12 (see page 193). born between 1946 and 1961) and declining numbers of younger people entering the Employment Agreements workforce as a result of the relatively low A number of ABC Employment Agreements fertility rates of recent decades. Moreover, expired during 2005–06. The terms of these the increasingly-rapid rate of change in the agreements remain in effect while the digital media environment is beginning to Corporation negotiates new enterprise change the skills mix required by media bargaining agreements with the relevant organisations such as the ABC. unions. The negotiations have been complex, in part because of the need to thoroughly In response to these anticipated changes, ABC review and assess the impact of the Human Resources has begun to develop a recently-introduced WorkChoices legislation. holistic workforce planning strategy to ensure that the Corporation’s future organisational Performance Management needs are met. In 2005–06, the Division held Performance Management continues to be consultations with ABC stakeholders and an important focus for the ABC. In 2005–06, undertook comparative research into best efforts were concentrated on supporting practice workforce planning in similar staff and managers to effectively engage and organisations. Based on this research participate in performance management and consultation, Human Resources will through provision of one-on-one coaching design a strategy in 2006–07 to address for line managers, as well as training more the ABC’s needs. than 380 staff and managers. 53

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The ABC’s corporate governance system is Communications, Information Technology subject to continuing review and refinement. and the Arts, Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Poor governance practices in an organisation said the change was intended to improve may be readily seen to result in under- corporate governance. She described the performance. Yet compliance with “better position of staff-elected Director as an practice” governance processes does not anomaly among alone guarantee strong performance in a agency boards that gave rise to concerns demanding industry. For that reason the ABC about conflicts of interest and the effective endeavours to maintain a balanced approach functioning of the ABC Board. to its performance as a creative broadcaster and its need to comply with the formal The ABC Chairman, Donald McDonald, said obligations of a modern statutory corporation. in a public statement that amendments to the Act were a matter for the Government The success of this balanced approach found and ultimately the Parliament. Mr McDonald acknowledgment in 2005–06 not only in the said he had worked with three staff-elected form of strong audience and community Directors, each of whom had sought to make support but also the findings of a Government- a contribution to the Board. “Inevitably there appointed ABC Funding Adequacy and has been a tension between the expectations Efficiency Review conducted by KPMG (see placed by others on their role and their below). The Government took account of the established duties as directors of a findings of this Review in making its decision corporation”, he said. The interests of staff to provide additional funding to the ABC for and the ABC’s audiences would continue to the 2006–09 triennium. be among the main concerns of the Board.

ABC corporate objectives, strategies, policies On 15 June 2006, Senator Coonan announced and activities derive from the requirements the reappointment of Mr McDonald as ABC of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Chairman for six months until 31 December Act 1983 (“ABC Act”). Of particular relevance 2006 (his second, five-year term was to have are section 6 of the Act—the ABC Charter— concluded on 24 July 2006). The Minister and section 8, which lays out the duties of said the reappointment would provide a the Board (see page 240). The Act provides consistency of leadership during a transitional for both the editorial and administrative period following the appointment of Mark independence of the Corporation, thereby Scott as Managing Director. The Minister 05–06 investing the Board with considerable also announced the appointment of two new discretion. In acknowledgment of that non-executive Directors for five-year terms— independence, the ABC accepts the bringing the Board up to full strength for the obligation to meet the highest standards first time since early 2005. of public accountability. Board Governance Changes to the ABC Board The Board held twelve meetings during In June 2006, the Parliament amended the 2005–06, including two special meetings ABC Act to abolish the position of staff-elected in January 2006. Details of the six Board Director, the first legislative change to the Committees and Board members’ attendances

Corporation’s governance structure since at meetings are provided in Appendix 4 ANNUAL REPORT 20 the Act took effect in 1983. The Minister for (page 188). 54

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During the year, Directors continued KPMG Funding Adequacy to place considerable emphasis on the and Efficiency Review role and performance of the following The Corporation welcomed a decision by the Board Committees: Government—originally at the suggestion • Audit and Risk Committee of the ABC Board—to engage independent (four meetings) consultants to review the adequacy of its • ABC Advisory Council Committee funding and the efficiency with which it used (three meetings) that funding. Undertaken by KPMG, this • Editorial Policies Committee became one of the most comprehensive (three meetings) external performance reviews of the • Executive Remuneration Committee Corporation in several decades, uniquely (two meetings). so in its focus on financial management and funding. Each Committee is entitled to the resources and information it requires, including direct At 30 June 2006, the Government had not access to employees and advisers. Senior released publicly the KPMG report, which Executives and other selected staff are invited it dealt with in the context of the 2006–07 to attend Committee meetings. A quorum Budget process. Specifically the Government of a Committee is at least two members. took account of the report when considering Following each Committee meeting, generally the ABC’s Triennial Funding Submission at the next Board meeting, the Chairman for the 2006–09 period. The Government’s of each Committee provides a verbal report. decision to provide the ABC with a total of Committee minutes are tabled at Board $88.2 million of additional funding over the meetings. The performance of Committees new triennium appeared to reflect the generally is discussed and reviewed, initially within favourable conclusions of the Review. This each Committee, and then as part of the additional funding was significant but not Board’s performance review. the entire amount requested in the Triennial Funding Submission. The Board’s Editorial Policies Committee continued work on a review of the 2002 An ABC project team convened by the Chief edition of the ABC Editorial Policies. This Operating Officer worked throughout 2005 to is the principal document of direction and ensure the consultants, when appointed, would guidance for all ABC program production have immediate access to comprehensive and media services. Under section 8 of and accurate performance information and the ABC Act, the Board exercises specific analysis. KPMG independently reviewed and responsibilities reflected in the Editorial analysed this data, supplemented it and Policies. These include a duty to ensure applied a range of comparative performance the independence and integrity of the benchmarks to the ABC. Corporation, that news and information is accurate and impartial according to The ABC demonstrated that it operated the recognised standards of objective efficiently and effectively, providing a high journalism, and to develop codes of practice volume of outputs and high levels of quality, relating to programming matters. relative to the funding it received from the Parliament. Like other broadcasters internationally and in Australia, the ABC property holdings. October 2006inrelation to theCorporation’s efficiency measures—and areport by ABC’s progress infollowing upadditional She asked to receive anannualupdate ofthe 2006–09 triennialfundingarrangements. Chairman to notifyhimoftheCorporation’s On 11May2006,theMinister wrote to theABC explored further. of additionalefficiencymeasures to be so after taking account ofasmallnumber programming andservices. Thisremained its existing range, quantityandmixof indexation) wasnotadequate to sustain its level ofAppropriation (includingannual ABC believed theanalysis confirmed that During thecourse oftheKPMGReview, the services required inthenationalinterest. and comprehensive archiving andlibrary mechanisms notprovided byotherbroadcasters extensive audience complaint andfeedback tended to consolidate theiroperations; centres atatimewhencommercial media operations across 60metropolitan andregional a geographic spread oftelevision andradio incurred significant uniquecosts, including: Charter-based obligations,theCorporation As apublicbroadcaster withparticular digital media,expanding itsservice offering. continued to adaptto thechallenges of Australian mediaenvironment. the accelerating transformation ofthe continuing workto positionitselffor for theperiodreflect theCorporation’s the people ofAustralia. Strategic priorities standards; andprovide maximumbenefit to the ABC’s independence, integrity and high innovative programs andservices; ensure identity; engageaudiences withrelevant and ABC Act:contribute to asenseofnational Objectives derived specifically from the operate, framed around four high-level The Performance Reporting Planning and Corporate Plan2004–07 continued to 2004–07 Performance Against the Corporate PlanSummary(page 13)and levels ofmeasurement issetoutinthe The ABC’s performance against thethree Corporation’s 15strategic priorities. actions andtargets setfor eachofthe Services; andtheachievement ofspecific Radio, Television andNewMediaDigital the performance ofABCoutputsacross the ABCinproviding benefitto thecommunity; at three levels: theoverall effectiveness of reports duringtheyear, withmeasurements The Board received twoperformance progress but nowreports to theManagingDirector. reported through the ChiefOperating Officer of General Counsel.Thispositionpreviously Legal Services whoalso performs the role reporting arrangements for the Headof In 2005–06,theCorporation changedthe report to theChiefOperating Officer. Human Resources andBusiness Services— and Distribution, Production Resources, of operational supportareas—Technology of theExecutive Committee. OtherDirectors to theManagingDirector butisnotamember The Director ofEnterprises reports directly and Communications. the Director ofCorporate Strategy is alsothechieffinancialofficer); and Affairs; theChiefOperating Officer (who Services; theDirector ofNewsandCurrent Television andNewMediaDigital consisting oftheDirectors ofRadio, chaired bytheManagingDirector and peak managementbodyoftheCorporation, The Executive Committee operates asthe revenue-generating enterprises. positioning, operational supportand content andchannelmanagement,strategic is builtaround four broad streams ofactivity: The ABC’s executive managementstructure Management Structure (page 112). Corporate Plan 55

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The Head of Group Audit reports to the premium rate from 0.80% in 2004–05 to 1.14% Board Audit and Risk Committee, with in 2005–06. The ABC’s 2005–06 premium administrative accountability to the Chief rate of 1.14% of its total salary costs compares Operating Officer. favourably with a Commonwealth average of 1.77% of salary costs. As a result of lower Risk Management claims and costs than originally forecast, the The ABC takes a Corporation-wide approach ABC received a $609 000 rebate from Comcare. to risk management. In 2003, the ABC developed strategies in relation to its key Further information is provided in Appendix risks and the operational controls in place 12 (page 193). to manage them. In February 2006, as part of a three-year planning cycle, the Corporation Internal Audit undertook a review of these strategies to ABC Group Audit aims to provide an determine whether they still applied or if independent internal audit service that other risks had emerged, and to identify contributes to the achievement of the appropriate compliance processes. Corporation’s objectives and provides assurance to the Board and management. The ABC also engaged an independent review of the Corporation’s risk management and In 2005–06, it completed 41 audits in compliance framework. It included an accordance with the 2005–06 Strategic Audit assessment against better practice and risk Plan, was in discussion with management management standards (such as AS/NZ: about two audits and had another 13 in 4360 and COSO—the Committee of Sponsoring progress. As in previous years, Group Audit Organizations of the Treadway Commission). used a combination of in-house staff and It also considered the impact of proposed outsourced contractors so as to have access amendments to the Commonwealth Authorities to the most appropriate expertise. The unit and Companies Act 1997 on risk management also provided advice and guidance on good compliance. The results of the review were governance, policies and controls, as well to be provided to the Board’s Audit and Risk as advice on a number of projects and Committee meeting in July 2006. initiatives of the Corporation.

The Comcover 2006 Risk Management Group Audit conducted staff awareness Benchmarking Survey of 124 government sessions in each capital city, some regional agencies rated the ABC’s risk management locations, during staff induction programs practices as “comprehensive” and one of the and to Divisional conferences and meetings. highest amongst the Commonwealth agencies. The purpose was to improve knowledge and awareness of ABC policies and procedures, The annual workers’ compensation premium fraud, the responsibility for controls and paid for 2005–06 totalled $3 141 600. This the ABC’s Confidential Hotline. comprised a 24% increase on 2004–05, attributable to higher average claim costs Further information is provided in Appendix since 2002–03, despite the number and cost 5 (page 189). of claims having decreased in 2004–05. This resulted in an increase in the ABC’s 2005–06 issues for furtheraction. Tax Credits. TheATO noted there were no GST amountsandclaimingthecorrect Input obligations, charging andremitting thecorrect that theABCfully complied withallGST the ABCwithafavourable report. Itnoted Business ActivityStatements. TheATO issued undertook anauditoftheABC’s Taxation– In 2005–06,theAustralian Taxation Office ATO Tax Audit in annualreporting. qualitative criteria, includingoverall excellence 2004–05 AnnualReportfulfilled thefive Australasian ReportingAwards. TheABC’s Report received aGoldAward inthe2006 For thethird successive year, theABC Annual Annual ReportAwards to theothersixorchestra companies. then beconstituted to provide ongoingservices company, withnoconnection to the ABC,will up. Itislikely thatanewshared-services company, SymphonyAustralia, willbewound in the2006–07financialyear. Theseventh companies willbedivested from theABC that sixoftheseven symphonyorchestra recommendations. TheABCanticipates implementation oftheStrong Committee’s group to assist Government withthe ABC participated inacross-agency working by guarantee. Throughout 2005–06,the reconstituted aspublic companies limited symphony orchestra companies be The Reportrecommended thattheABC’s Review Report2005 published itsreport, from theABC.TheStrong committee boards andwithsources offundingseparate subsidiaries oftheABC,governed byseparate around Australia operated aswholly-owned Australia. Seven orchestral companies and efficiencyoforchestral services in Strong to chairareview oftheeffectiveness Government commissioned MrJames As reported in2004–05,theFederal Symphony Orchestras , on14March 2005. A NewEra:Orchestra Advice Line(phone,letter andemail). Consumer Affairs, NewsandCurrent Affairs andtheReception ABC Board andpublishedontheABCwebsite. The results ofthisanalysis are reported to the to track ABCcoverage. engages anexternal research company during campaign coverage, theCommittee internal monitoring ofeditorial performance about election coverage. Inadditionto political parties,andreviews anycomplaints grant ofpartyelection broadcasts to eligible The Committee alsooversees the Board accuracy, impartialityandbalance are met. that during coverage ofthecampaign to ensure Committee isto review ABCelection content Coverage Review Committee. Thetask ofthe is called, theABCconvenes anElection When astate, territory orfederal election Review Committee Election Coverage (a 1%increase). and particularABCprograms andservices switchboards instate andterritory capitals (a 9%decrease) and115321calls to This total included50329letters and emails audience contacts, a3%decrease on2004–05. In 2005–06,theABCreceived over 165 000 and policyenquiries. responses to arange ofprogramming Practice of theABC’s complaints referring to possible breaches program areas andinvestigates allwritten Consumer Affairs isindependentofABC Communications Division.Audience and Affairs unitoftheCorporate Strategy and referred to theAudience andConsumer balance, biasorinappropriate content, are concerns aboutfactual inaccuracy, lackof All complaints received bytheABC,suchas Audience Contacts 1 Combined audience contacts received byAudience and ABC EditorialPolicies or Charter. Theunitalsocoordinates Editorial Policies 1 requirements of , Code of 57

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Table 1—Summary of contacts received Contact type Email/Letter Phone Total Number % Number % Complaint 11 616 23.1 15 571 13.5 27 187 Appreciation 5 883 11.7 9 280 8.0 15 163 Other* 32 830 65.2 90 470 78.5 123 300 Grand Total 50 329 100.0 115 321 100.0 165 650 * “Other” includes suggestions, requests for information, scheduling and transmission enquiries and general comments

Table 2 Subject matter of contacts received Subject Email/Letter Phone Total % Total Requests for information, programs, product availability, other matters 29 676 76 185 105 861 63.9% Complaints about program standards and scheduling 9 166 14 051 23 217 14.0% Radio and television transmission enquiries and complaints 3 206 14 286 17 492 10.6% Appreciation of programs and presenters 5 883 9 280 15 163 9.2% Complaints of factual inaccuracy 820 461 1 281 0.8% Bias (other than party political)* 749 352 1 101 0.7% Party political bias 431 459 890 0.5% Lack of balance 398 247 645 0.4% Grand Total 50 329 115 321 165 650 100.0% * Includes claims of bias in relation to issues such as sport and religion.

Key concerns reflected in the audience related to program standards and scheduling, contacts this year included the decision while four complaints alleged party political to take The Bill off air on Saturday nights bias, one complaint alleged inaccuracies and for eight weeks from August to October 2005, one complaint alleged a lack of balance. which generated 1 035 written and telephone complaints, and changes to the scheduling Of the total 27 187 complaints received, 1 991 of an Enough Rope interview with the former were claims of party political or other bias, Leader and author, Mark Latham, 645 alleged lack of balance and 1 281 were which resulted in 744 complaints. The ABC claims of factual inaccuracy. These complaints also received 1 705 contacts regarding the related to a broad range of ABC programs various series of Doctor Who broadcast. and services.

The ABC’s coverage of the 2006 Tasmanian During 2005–06, Audience and Consumer and South Australian State Election campaigns Affairs finalised 8 708 written complaints, resulted in 164 audience contacts, of which of which 500 (5.7%) were upheld. All upheld 149 were complaints. Of these, 143 complaints complaints are brought to the attention of (91%) received responses within28days. 24 298audience contacts. Ofthese,22218 Consumer Affairs responded directly to and 30June2006,ABCAudience and contacts within28days.Between1July 2005 ABC endeavours to respond to allaudience As outlinedinthe ABC website. Review Executive. Itispublishedonthe reviews finalisedbytheABC’s Complaints ABC Audience andConsumerAffairs andall and upheldprogram complaints finalisedby provides summariesofaudience contacts of theABCcomplaints process. Thereport increase transparency andaccountability Comments andComplaints a quarterly Since January2003,theABChaspublished to theABCBoard. All upheldcomplaints are reported indetail reviews ofandimprovements to procedures. correction ofmaterial onABCOnline,and staff, removal ofinappropriate content or apologies, counselling orreprimanding of to complainants, on-aircorrections and upheld complaints includedwritten apologies In 2005–06,actionstaken inresponse to corrective actionistaken whenappropriate. the senioreditorial staff responsible and question, themanner inwhichthecomplaint CRE hasbroad scope to review thecontent in Consumer Affairs and all program units,the Independent ofbothABCAudience and and MediaAuthority. Panel ortheAustralian Communications review viatheIndependentComplaintsReview preclude thecomplainant seekingexternal response to theircomplaint. Thisdoesnot with ABCAudience andConsumerAffairs’ for complainants whoexpress dissatisfaction provides anadditionallevel ofinternal review The ComplaintsReview Executive (CRE) Complaints Review Executive Public ReportonAudience ABC EditorialPolicies , inorder to , the quarterly ontheABCwebsite. A summaryoftheCRE’s findingsispublished complaints were notupheld. favour oftheDivisionsconcerned and the on theothertwodisputes, theCREfound in to theinitialcomplaints beingupheld,while of Audience andConsumerAffairs, leading the disputed matters, theCREfound infavour compared withthree in2004–05.Infour of ABC Divisionsover responses to complaints, between Audience andConsumerAffairs and The CREalsoadjudicated onsixdisputes these matters were upheldinpartorfull. initial response to theircomplaint. Two of a complainant wasdissatisfied withthe Consumer Affairs referred 29for review after with 41in2004–05.Ofthese,Audience and reviewed atotal of35complaints, compared In theyear ending30June2006,theCRE are reported to theABCBoard. the ABCacted appropriately. AllCREfindings Consumer Affairs, andto determine whether was originally handled byAudience and Independent Complaints Review Panel (ICRP) In theperiod1July 2005to 30June2006,the panellists selected from the nominations. appoints aConvenor oftheICRPandtwo the StJamesEthicsCentre). TheABC Board bodies (theCommunications LawCentre and are nominated bytwoindependentexternal external to theABC.Two ofthethree members factual inaccuracy. Ithasthree members bias, lackofbalance, unfair treatment or to adjudicate onmatters related to serious to thecomplainant. TheICRPisempowered independent review ofcomplaints atnocost Complaints Review Panel (ICRP)to undertake Board has appointed theIndependent response to awritten complaint, theABC For persons notsatisfiedwiththeABC’s Review Panel Independent Complaints 59

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received 20 requests to review complaints, transmission provider, led to a series of which six were accepted for review. The of initiatives to better ensure continuity fourteen requests not accepted for review of service. either did not constitute serious cases of factual inaccuracy, bias, lack of balance or In 2004–05, BA instigated a number of unfair treatment, or involved matters outside measures to improve the reliability of its of the ICRP’s area of responsibility. emergency power plants (EPPs) used as stand-by power systems, including an The Panel concluded reviews of seven audit of all EPPs to review their design complaints during the year, none of which configurations and asset condition. This was upheld. In each case, a report of the work continued in 2005–06, with the Panel’s findings was made available on the implementation of a comprehensive ABC website. As at 30 June 2006, one review refurbishment and upgrade program of was in process. works. The program included the replacement of a number of EPPs, mains switchboards Appendix 18 (page 200) provides details and associated control systems, voltage of matters reviewed by the ICRP and the regulation and earthing systems. BA revised decisions of the Panel. servicing, maintenance and testing practices, as well as implementing various telemetry Australian Communications improvements to enhance remote monitoring and Media Authority and control capabilities. Members of the public who complain to the ABC about matters covered by the As a result of these initiatives, the annual Corporation’s Code of Practice and who performance of emergency generators are dissatisfied with the ABC’s response used as stand-by power systems improved or the handling of their complaint or the from 96% in 2004–05 to 97.5% in 2005–06. adjudication of the ICRP may seek review A target of 98% is projected for 2006–07. from the Australian Communications and While BA and the ABC are working to Media Authority (ACMA). improve the reliability of services during power failures, increasing numbers of During 2005–06, the ACMA finalised its commercial power failures across the investigations into ten such matters (19 in country during 2005–06, particularly in 2004–05). In each of these cases, the ACMA’s regional areas, led to a rise in outages investigation concluded that there had been at transmission facilities where there are no breach of the ABC’s Code of Practice. no emergency power plants. The ABC and BA are continuing to seek improvements Transmission Failures to mains power reliability from state and As the national broadcaster, the ABC is territory utility companies. expected to provide uninterrupted radio and television services. During 2004, specific The performance of the transmission and incidents relating to disruptions of commercial distribution network is reported in detail power systems at transmitter sites operated in the Operations Group section (page 99). by Broadcast Australia (BA), the ABC’s Financial Statements Completion ofAnnual Financial Summary financial year. of fundsbyfunction for the2005–06 broadly represents theABC’s application The chart“SplitActualExpenditure 2005–06” Application ofFunds budgeted sources for 2006–07. against actualsources for 2005–06andits budgeted fundsfor thevarious categories The chart‘ABC Source of Funds’ depictsABC’s other sources, includingABCEnterprises. The ABCalsoreceived some$186.7m from for 2005–06to $774.254m. funding, bringingthetotal appropriation provided additionalOutcome 3digital process inFebruary 2006,theABCwas Commonwealth BudgetAdditionalEstimates in theMay2005Federal Budget.Inthe The ABCwasappropriated $773.488m Sources ofFunds 2005–06 2005–06 financialyear. and Government appropriations for the operated withinitstotal sources offunds Consistent withprevious years, theABC Financial Outcome 2005–06 available ontheANAO website. This guidehasbeenpublishedandis Statements byPublicSector Entities”. practice guideon“Preparation ofFinancial agencies, to assist inpreparing abetter the ABCwaschosen,along withother Statements inthepublicsector. Subsequently, better practice inthepreparation ofFinancial ANAO considered thattheABCdemonstrated 2004–05 FinancialStatements audit,the unqualified auditopinion.Asaresult ofthe National AuditOffice (ANAO) issued an Financial Statements andtheAustralian endorsed thesigningof2005–06 On July 2006,theAuditandRiskCommittee nldn qiyijcin822.7 –82.0 Less Analog Transmission Funding including equityinjection Outcomes 1,2and3, Total appropriation per financial year is: renewal. TheABC’s fundingfor the2006–07 programming across Australia, andcapital and documentaries, non-metropolitan for funding Australian drama additional the ABC’s basefunding and provided The May2006Federal Budgetmaintained Efficiency Review conducted byKPMG. the report oftheFunding Adequacyand The Submission wassupplemented by Australian content, anddigital television. the ABCcan make to regional services, into thefuture, andthedistinctive contributions the Corporation’s fundinganditssustainability outlined proposals inrespect oftheadequacy the Australian Government. TheSubmission 2006–09 Triennial Funding Submission with In December 2005,theABClodged its Appropriation The Year Ahead Capital Strategy. will complete itsworkonthe Integrated conducted byKPMG.Further, theCorporation Funding Adequacy andEfficiencyreview the of thechangingmedialandscape and to explore strategic prioritiesinthelight During 2006–07,theCorporation willcontinue is aimedatmaintaining current activities. budget funds,the2006–07BudgetStrategy With nonewexternal sources ofongoing Budget Strategy 2006–07 financialyear. appropriation offundsbyoutputfor the 661.1 broadly represents theABC’s budgeted The chart“Appropriation byOutput2006–07” –74.6 Total Appropriation Funds Less Digital Transmission Funding $m 61

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Television 51% Five-Year Analysis qiy()7%7%7%6%5%56% 55% 67% 70% 70% 71% 492532 (c) Equityasapercentage oftotal assets. 531110 (b) Current assets dividedbycurrent liabilities. $’000 688215 387358 (a) Netcost of services iscost ofservices less operating revenue. 715 527 427955 716404 $’000 334271 178751 742154 310347 208607 Equity (c) 209282 308547 $’000 879890 218673 1.681.561.811.571.021.03 Current 125672 184949 302085 959065 208599 694941 Ratios 115635 214501 $’000 1022486 194712 744564 1025874 Ratio 134452 197602 1024951 174095 824884 Total 1044239 Equity 147567 209683 $’000 154518 816191 Total Liabilities (b) $’000 209682 815269 Non-Current Liabilities 248309 $’000 795930 Current Liabilities $’000 Total Assets Non-Current Assets $’000 Current Assets Financial Position 148334 $’000 781147 632813 146299 822856 676557 153712 $’000 858728 705016 201712 926161 724449 166430 $’000 891298 724868 187015 929236 742221 Revenue from Government Net Cost ofServices (a) Operating Revenue Cost ofServices ABC Operating 7 5 7752 5 3 7685 3 6 710565 733469 726895 757532 757532 774 254 06(EFS 0520 032002 2003 2004 2005 (AEIFRS) 2002 2006 2003 2004 2005 (AEIFRS) 2006 Recast 2005 Recast 2005 63

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Perth Accommodation Project

The ABC Perth Centre is a three-storey and productivity. The high-quality technical complex on a 5 700-square-metre site fit-out enhances on-air performance and accommodating 230 staff and incorporating promotes operational flexibility. Local Radio, Television, News and Current Affairs, Classic FM, Radio National, triple j, Notable technical facilities include the ABC’s production studios, outside broadcast first Content Distribution Centre (incorporating facilities and associated management, Radio Master Control, Television Master administrative and support operations. Control, Television Presentation, Television News Exchange, and Radio News Lines Site works for construction commenced Room in a single acoustic space), a 600- in November 2002 and the building was square-metre television production studio, completed on schedule in late 2004. The a 220-square-metre music studio and a ABC’s technical fit-out continued after fully-equipped radio drama studio. building handover and in March 2005 staff commenced relocation to coincide with the As part of the project, the ABC commissioned first radio broadcasts. The final move was a number of Western Australian artists and completed in August 2005. The project craftspeople to produce works for the new was delivered within the approved budget. building, including a striking mural by artist Brian McKay at the main entrance. The ABC Perth Centre was opened on 29 September 2005 by the Prime Minister, There has been an overwhelmingly positive the Hon. MP. The ceremony reaction to the building from both ABC staff was attended by over 500 staff and guests and visitors. The success of the project was from all levels of Western Australian further acknowledged when the building government, business and the community. received an architectural award from the Western Australian Chapter of the The open design of the building facilitates Royal Australian Institute of Architects communication and interactivity amongst in June 2006. staff and talent and encourages creativity

The ABC East Perth Centre Counsel Stephen General Collins ABC DivisionalStructure Note: TheBoard Secretariat provides administrative support totheBoard News and Cameron Director Current Members oftheABCExecutive Affairs Director Howard Jean-Gabriel Manguy John Radio Sue Chief ofStaff ABC AsiaPacific Radio Australia Broadcasting International Ian Carroll ABC AdvisoryCouncil New Media and Digital Television Marshall Services Director Director Dalton Lynley Kim Gary Linnane Managing Director ABC BOARD Communications Gary Dawson(a) ACT—Elizabeth McGrath Qld—Chris Wordsworth Strategy and State andTerritory Rep—Geoff Duncan Corporate Territory Directors’ NT—Mark Bowling NSW (State Rep)— WA andState and Director Tas—Rob Batten Winter-Dewhirst Mike McCluskey SA—Sandra Vic—Vacant Directors Murray Green (a) Board Secretariat Enterprises Director Robyn Watts ABC Resources Business Services Director Director Burgess Palmer Human Trevor Colin Operating Pendleton Officer David Chief Distribution Technology Cruttenden Production Resources Knowles Director Director David Colin and Head of Dindar Group Audit Aziz 65

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“Virtually all of [Radio National’s] The Health Report with Norman programs you can access via Swan appeals to both specialist and mainstream audiences, setting their website as streaming health and medicine within social, radio or podcasts.” scientific and political contexts. It is broadcast on ABC Radio National Anthony D, Castlemaine, Victoria at 8.30am Mondays and both repeated and podcast.

“The key thing is how much As more programs become [triple j has] influenced my life” available for podcasting and David G, Morisset, NSW vodcasting, listeners can catch the ABC programs that cater for their particular interests at times that suit their particular lifestyles.

Collectors (8pm Friday ABC Television) Collecting is addictive whether it’s art deco or bottle tops. More than a showcase for collectables, this program offers practical hints and is an extraordinary expose of people’s curious habits and obsessions.

At the Movies (10pm Wednesday on ABC Television and repeated) Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton combine a passion for cinema with decades of movie- going and an encyclopaedic knowledge of film history.

Philosopher’s Zone (1.30pm Saturday on ABC Radio National, repeated and podcast) Presented by Alan Saunders, who studied Philosophy in Britain and at the Australian National University, 6:30pm the program looks at the world of philosophy and at walking the dog to the world through philosophy— both the simple questions of life The Health Report podcast and perplexing issues in contemporary society. 68

Sue Howard Director of Radio

A passion for the wireless became a career when Sue Howard joined the ABC in 1986. She has presented programs on Radio National, ABC Classic FM and Local Radio and achieved some impressive firsts for the ABC, pioneering ABC Radio’s midnight-to-dawn shift, becoming the first woman to present a Breakfast program in 1993 and the first female Local Radio manager when taking on the combined metropolitan and regional management responsibilities in Victoria in 1996. Sue was appointed Head of Regional Services in 1996 and Director of Radio in 2000. She remains passionate about the wireless and is excited about its digital radio future. Sue holds a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University and a Diploma of Education.

and podcasts. In June, ABC NewsRadio began ABC Radio podcasting Federal Parliament Question Time to coincide with the 60th anniversary In 2005–06, ABC Radio increased local of Parliamentary broadcasting. content for local audiences, strengthened its participation with Australian communities ABC Radio now distributes its programming and expanded the availability and reach of far more widely than its traditional radio its content on new platforms. broadcasting networks. Its content appears on radio, television and online, as well as in Using National Interest Initiatives (NII) print, on mobile phones and other emerging funding, ABC Local Radio introduced new platforms, and in a range of merchandise. Breakfast shifts from Port Lincoln, South Australia in September 2005 and from The Division constantly examines emerging Shepparton, Victoria in October 2005. These platforms and opportunities for its content will generate approximately 1 000 hours and is well positioned for the introduction of new local programming in a full year. of digital radio in 2009.

ABC Classic FM introduced local news Distinctly Australian bulletins in each State, providing listeners In its fifth year, the ABC Radio Regional with local weather and traffic information Production Fund (RPF)—established with NII at peak times of the day. funding to showcase new talent in regional Australia—commissioned 125 hours of new Consistent with its essential role as an Australian content for ABC Radio networks, emergency broadcaster, Local Radio with a particular focus on projects which established a new national Manager of could be delivered to audiences on multiple Emergency Broadcasting and Community platforms. Interactive websites with online Development in April 2006 to coordinate the videos were commissioned to accompany network’s coverage of emergencies and several regional radio series and programs, further connexions with local communities. including The Wounding Song, The Last Outback Boxing Troupe, Where Can I Get In March 2006, 774 ABC Melbourne a Drink Around Here, From a Trickle to a commenced live online streaming. Throughout Roar: Stories from the Australian Alps and 2005–06, ABC Radio increased the amount of Kameruka. The latter three projects were its content available online as MP3 downloads also commissioned for screening on ABC2. 69

In 2006, following negotiations with the through August 2006. The competition will National Australia Day Council, ABC Local culminate in a national final broadcast direct Radio replaced Southern Cross Broadcasting from the Sydney Opera House in September as the major media partner of the Australian 2006. As well as prize money, the winning choir of the Year Awards. will receive a specially-commissioned new choral work to perform on ABC Classic FM. Australian Music In November 2005, triple j celebrated The 4th annual 1233 Newcastle Music Awards Australian Music Month, broadcasting were held in October 2005. The Awards exclusive live events on . provided support and airplay to emerging New and emerging Australian acts featured artists living in the NSW Hunter and Central on the network every day as part of triple j’s Coast regions and attracted 2 000 entries Next Crop initiative and its website offered in 23 categories, providing 400 new music podcasts of interviews and music from the tracks for the 1233 ABC Newcastle playlist. Next Crop artists and live performances and interviews from well-known Australian Regional artists discovered through the RPF’s bands. At the same time, listeners were 2004–05 Fresh Air competition featured in a invited to submit an “Ausmusic Mix” tape for series of regional concerts in all States and the a chance to program an hour of Australian Northern Territory to celebrate the Country music on the station. In December 2005, Hour 60th Anniversary. A second series of triple j announced the new J Awards for Best regional concerts showcasing emerging Australian Album, which are designed to regional artists was commissioned for 2006, reward outstanding achievement in Australian the first of which were held in Lameroo, music. The network also received funding South Australia, in April and Maryborough, from the Australia Council to develop a site Victoria, in May. for its unearthed project that will allow artists to upload their music to the site at Young jazz musicians from the Central any time and allow listeners to access the Queensland Conservatorium were offered music online. That site will be launched in the chance to play and perform with leading August 2006. jazz performers in a tour of eight Central Queensland regional centres. Approximately ABC Classic FM launched its inaugural Choir 9 000 people attended the performances of the Year competition. Auditions were held in June. The concerts were recorded for in each State and Territory and a series of broadcast on ABC Local Radio, dig and finals broadcast on ABC Classic FM from March ABC Classic FM. 05–06

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four popular Australian acts, the concert ABC Radio continued was broadcast live across Australia. triple j’s program was presented live Australian Communities from the town and the current affairs and ABC Local Radio plays a vital role within talkback program Hack stationed a reporter the Australian community as an emergency in Port Pirie during the week to file stories broadcaster. In 2005–06, Local Radio staff from the region. participated in planning events with emergency services in all States and Territories around In February, approximately 40 small Australia in preparation for natural and other communities around Australia heard triple j disasters. Local Radio stations provided for the first time after applying for coverage of emergencies to affected audiences transmission through the federally-funded in many parts of the country, as described in self-help subsidy scheme. Over a week, The ABC in the Community (page 48). triple j’s Top Shelf presenter welcomed listeners from these communities, Rural Radio’s Country Hour 60th Anniversary who were given first priority for requests Roadshow, which started in Rainbow, Victoria in the nightly Super Request program. To in May 2005, visited Oodnadatta in South celebrate the arrival of triple j in Broome, Australia, Cooktown in Queensland, Hyden Robbie Buck and Breakfast presenters Jay in Western Australia, Riana in Tasmania and and The Doctor broadcast live from Broome’s finished in Cumnock in Central West New Cable Beach Amphitheatre in June and South Wales in November. At each event, presented a concert by Australian hip-hop concerts supported by the RPF featured group Hilltop Hoods. well-known artists and regional talent “discovered” through the Fresh Air series. Cross-Media Innovation ABC Radio’s combined websites are estimated In 2005, ABC Classic FM cooperated with to reach 45% (May 2006) of the overall ABC the Music Council of Australia to launch the Online audience. The domestic networks, inaugural Flame Awards, to acknowledge as well as dig and dig jazz, are available on and reward the country’s best school music the Foxtel and Austar satellite subscription programs. The competition is open to all television platforms, while dig and dig jazz are primary and high schools across Australia broadcast on free-to-air digital television. dig and the judges consider how the wider and ABC Classic FM are available on digital school community is involved in helping radio trials in Sydney, along with ABC NewsRadio to create the right kind of environment for in Melbourne. triple j content is available on enthusiastic and effective music-making. mobile platforms and ABC Radio has increased Finalists from each State and Territory the amount of its content available online as receive $1 000 for the purchase of music MP3 downloads and podcasts. equipment and a selection of music CDs and magazine subscriptions for their school. The dig digital radio’s three music services (dig, national winner receives an additional $2 000 dig jazz and dig country), Radio National, and hosts a world-class concert for their triple j and ABC NewsRadio are streamed community, organised and broadcast by ABC online 24 hours a day. In March 2006, 774 ABC Classic FM. The 2005 winner was Virginia Melbourne commenced streaming, joining State School from outer Brisbane. Local Radio’s ABC Coast FM and 702 ABC Sydney, which are available online 24 hours a In April, South Australia’s Port Pirie hosted day. Operational issues delayed the roll-out of triple j’s One Night Stand concert. Featuring audio streaming of the remaining metropolitan Presented by allowing itssubscribers to access on theHutchison 3mobile phonenetwork, of theshoware alsoavailable ondemand music material from ABCTelevision. Elements interviews andfeatures, aswellarchival comprises musicclips, performances, music. Aimedatthoseover 30,theprogram emphasis oncontemporary andAustralian blues, soul,country, folk andjazz,with an of musicfrom genres includingrock, pop, ABC2 inJune2006,features adiverse mix Services. Theseries,whichcommenced on initiative withABCNew MediaandDigital television series,asanewcross-media In 2005–06, to similarfeatures through and Telstra subscribers already have access and reviews from theirmobile phones.Optus ringtones, wallpaper,musicnews andfeatures the network’s ev talks to the (video podcasting) thepre-concert introductory ABC Classic FMalsocommenced vodcasting of Representatives Question Time. podcasting theFederal Senate andHouse In June2006,ABCNewsRadiobegan ABC Audiences (page31). more information onpodcasting results, see each weekare RadioNationalprograms. For than halfofallABCpodcasts downloaded 2006, 37programs were beingpodcast. More are regularly podcast. BytheendofJune the numberofRadioNationalprograms that Throughout theyear, ABCRadioincreased introduced progressively in2006–07. Local Radiostations. Theseservices willbe In July 2005, talks andtranscripts. members can download thevideoof Stars commissioned into multi-platform delivery. ABCRadio host Graham Abbott,audience dig triple j Keys To Keys To In Performance ening concerts broadcast in dig tv and launched anew3Gsite , an18-part,weekly triple j Music triple j branched and program. WAP sites. Rising triple j from the initiative involving launched inJuly 2006. New MediaandDigital Services, willbe all ofMozart’s 630works. ABC Classic FM’s progress inbroadcasting as wellacatalogue to helplisteners track and competitions associated withthefestival, festival webfeature detailing majorevents ABC Classic FMhasdeveloped aspecial ABC Classic FMcelebrated its30thbirthday. birthday, 24January—thesamedaythat This festival waslaunched onMozart’s a year-long festival called 250th anniversary ofthebirthMozart,with In 2006,ABCClassic FMiscelebrating the an eight-CDboxed setthrough ABCClassics. soloists. The the Opera Australia Chorusandselected featuring theAustralian Ballet Orchestra, the Concert HalloftheSydney Opera House concert broadcast live across Australia from audience andstaged thefinale withaspecial counted downtheworksselected bythe Countdown moments for the listeners to nominate theirfavourite opera In September 2005,ABCClassic FM invited efforts andtheminers’ ordeal. coverage anddiscussion oftherescue around thecountry provided up-to-date Radio NationalandotherLocal Radiostations Beaconsfield GoldMine.ABCNewsRadio, trapped onekilometre underground inthe duration oftheoperation to rescue twominers Mornings Local RadioinTasmania broadcast Commonwealth Gameswebsite onABCOnline. Melbourne. Thiswasaccompanied bya of CommonwealthGamescoverage from around Australia carried over 120hours In March 2006,Local Radiostations Broadcast Highlights dig from Beaconsfield for thetwo-week . InMarch 2006,thenetwork website. 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for their favourite performances, from which ABC Radio continued 55 classic and rare sets were broadcast. Due to the overwhelming response, triple j plans Former Australian Test batsman Michael to hold the Festival annually. Slater and Australian Women’s Cricket Captain Belinda Clark joined the Radio Sport Co-Productions Australian Test commentary team for the and Partnerships summer season of cricket. Local Radio’s The ABC’s regional youth initiative Heywire coverage was also broadcast via Radio continued with funding from the Rural Australia and the South African Broadcasting Industry Research Development Corporation, Corporation (SABC) and was streamed live the Australian Sports Commission and the on ABC Online. The ABC Cricket website Commonwealth departments of Agriculture, averaged 2.3 million accesses in each week Fisheries and Forestry; Family and Community of Test Cricket during summer, with a peak Services; Health and Ageing; and Transport of 5.5 million for the Third Test between and Regional Services. Heywire 2005 attracted Australia and South Africa. The One-Day a record 800 entries from which 38 winners coverage was also streamed on the ABC were chosen from across Australia. The Cricket website and rebroadcast in South winning stories provided an insight into what Africa by the SABC, on Cricket Plus in the life is like for the young authors in regional West Indies, the Sports Network in New Australia. They were broadcast on ABC Local Zealand and on the International Cricket Radio, triple j and Radio National and Council website around the world. published online. Winners attended the Heywire Youth Issues Forum at the Australian Sunday Profile presented by Monica Attard Institute of Sport in February 2006, where was the only radio program to secure an they explored issues of importance to regional interview with former Australian hostage and rural youth and attended a morning in Iraq, Douglas Wood, who talked openly tea at Parliament House with a number of about his experience and addressed questions Federal ministers. Heywire 2005 culminated about his deal with the Ten network and the in a presentation dinner at Parliament House. criticism that followed. In May 2006, Sunday Profile presented by Julia Baird featured the The ABC co-produced the four-part series A first interview with Shelley Kovco, the widow World Without Waste with the BBC’s Science of Private Jake Kovco, whose death in Iraq Unit. Broadcast on Radio National, the series was the subject of a military inquiry. examined the local and global impact of different waste management policies from ABC NewsRadio produced a special hour-long landfill and incineration to recycling and program in commemoration of the 60th renewables. The program highlighted anniversary of the end of the war in the scientific solutions, as well as the cultural Pacific for cross-platform broadcast on ABC and social obstacles faced by many countries NewsRadio, ABC2 and ABC Online. on the road to reform. A special Radio National website including transcript From its 30 years of broadcasting, triple j summaries, links and a photo gallery selected 500 live performances from its accompanied the series. archival collection to create a ‘virtual music festival’ which invited listeners to vote online from the selection to schedule the Impossible Music Festival broadcast on triple j across a weekend. The Festival attracted more than 48 000 listeners voting 73

Kim Dalton Director of Television

Kim Dalton was appointed the ABC’s Director of Television in January 2006, having previously been Chief Executive of the Australian Film Commission. Other roles have included Manager of Acquisitions and Development for Beyond International Limited, General Manager of the Australian Children’s Television Foundation, Investment Manager for the Australian Film Finance Corporation and principal of his own production company, Warner Dalton Pty Ltd. Kim graduated from the Flinders University Drama School and has a postgraduate Diploma in Arts Administration.

• Answered by Fire, a critically-acclaimed ABC Television drama, presented a personal perspective on Australia’s involvement in in 1999. ABC Television delivers a commercial-free, • Peking to Paris, one of the most successful free-to-air national television service via ABC Television documentaries, which broadcast and other means, offering followed intrepid adventurers in five 100- distinctive programs that inform, educate year-old cars on a 14 000 kilometre journey. and entertain. It is simulcast on digital • Dust to Dust, an ABC Television co-production, terrestrial and analog frequencies. Its which focused on the lives and work of one unique role and contribution as the public of the last family-owned and operated television broadcaster in Australia is to funeral homes in Australia. deliver content across a broad spectrum • Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History, a of genres, including programs of specialist one-hour documentary on the achievements appeal, as well as programs for general of the well-known Australian photographer interest audiences. and adventurer. • Spicks and Specks, one of the ABC’s most Engaging in Australia’s social, watched programs. It has a popular website cultural and political life and received several Logie nominations In 2005–06, ABC Television played a key and an AFI Award nomination. role in creating a shared experience and • The Glass House, which won Best Light engaging with many facets of national life Entertainment Program at the 2005 05–06 by broadcasting contemporary and relevant AFI Awards. Australian programs that cultivated a shared • A fourth edition of the popular ABC experience and a national conversation. Documentary series, Dynasties, covering They included: the Roycrofts, the Archers, the Forrests, the Darrell Leas, the Donovans, the Aarons, • Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, which the Jones’s and the Moras. continued to engage leading national and • Remembering Rain, a one-hour documentary international figures on a personal level to co-production between Film Australia and which audiences could relate. On the eve of ABC Television, which talked to families the publication of his controversial diaries, about their experiences in Australia’s

former Labor Leader Mark Latham granted drought-stricken areas. ANNUAL REPORT 20 his first television interview to the program. • Saving Andrew Mallard, an ABC documentary 74

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about an Australian family fighting to quash Australian First-Release and Repeat an unjust murder conviction. Content 6am–midnight, as a percentage of Hours Broadcast • Girl in a Mirror, which documented the work of photographer Carol Jerrems, and

was developed and produced in association 2001-02 with the ABC. It has screened and won accolades in an array of Australian and international film festivals and awards. 2002-03 • A range of other documentaries, including:

Punjabi Love Story, which looked at the 2003-04 lives and loves of an extended Australian/ Pakistani family in Pakistan; Dennis O’Rourke’s film Land Mines—A Love Story, 2004-05 about a family in Afghanistan; The Men Who Would Conquer China, which followed 2005-06 two businessmen trying to establish an investment company in China; and the 0 10203040 personal exploration of a troubled and % unusual relationship with a criminal father, First Release Repeat Bruce and Me.

ABC Television presents Australia’s most comprehensive and respected package of Australian First-Release and Repeat news, analysis and commentary, produced Content 6pm–midnight, as a percentage by ABC News and Current Affairs: the 7pm of Hours Broadcast News, The 7.30 Report, Lateline, The Insiders,

Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent and 2001-02 .

ABC Television engages in the life of the 2002-03 nation by covering major commemorative events and programs. It acted as host 2003-04 broadcaster for the 2006 Gallipoli Dawn Service, hosted by Andrew Denton, and provided a live feed to other Australian and 2004-05 international broadcasters. The ABC also broadcast the State ANZAC marches live 2005-06 and a range of other programming on the Gallipoli campaign: Gallipoli Pilgrimage on 0 102030405060 Compass, a Gallipoli Special on Enough % Rope with Andrew Denton and an episode First Release Repeat of Battlefield Detectives covering the events at Gallipoli. In 2005–06, ABC Television confirmed a ten-year commitment to broadcast the Gallipoli Dawn Service, up and subjects, providing great breadth and commitment to abroad range ofgenres ABC Television has continued to upholdits range ofaudiences Providing for adiverse including 1431hours inprimetime. in accordance withlegislative requirements, hours ofHighDefinitiondigital programming, In 2005–06,ABCTelevision broadcast 4383 to differing levels onlocal content.) slightly inotherstates andterritories due the Sydney transmitter. Figures mayvary on 2004–05.(Basedhours broadcast from comprised 7.2%ofhours broadcast, adecline in 2004–05.RepeatAustralian programs (6pm to midnight)slot, compared with57% Australian content, 56%intheprimetime In total, theABCbroadcast 1157hours of Queen byRolf the highly personal andvery popular unique documentaries: 80th birthday,ABCTelevision broadcast two half amillionAustralians. To marktheQueen’s Elizabeth II Service fromStAndrewswithH.M.Queen Opera House Her MajestyQueenElizabethIIattheSydney ABC Television wasalsohost broadcaster for of Gallipoliin2015. to andincludingthe100thAnniversary , events thatwere watched byover and . The CommonwealthDay The Queenat80 The , and children intheolderage range. to provide awide range ofprograms for 2006. The the Most Outstanding Children’s program in and theprogram received aLogieAward for viewers episode hadanaudience of500000 same timeslot in2004.Thehighest rating groups, compared withaudiences for the increases inthe13–17and5–12year old age screened in2005,achieving significant The teen drama materials for teachers andstudents. video of been significantly enhanced withstreaming supporting resources. Onlinematerials have the associated website providing crucial an estimated 500000students aweek,with continued strong performance, reaching winning year, withapopularwebsite. Theaward- compared to thesametimeslot intheprevious and increased the0–4year oldaudience Best FriendCorky The AdventuresofBottleTopBillandhis programs. TheAustralian pre-school program it broadcast 92ofthetop 100children’s children’s programs inAustralia. In2005–06, free-to-air broadcaster ofhigh-quality ABC Television isstill themost comprehensive throughout Australia. depth ofprogramming to audiences Behind theNews Behind theNews Rollercoaster Answered ByFire Blue WaterHigh premiered in 2005 program continued program stories andstudy demonstrated was first 75

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Message Stick, which is produced by ABC Television , presents the continued lifestyles, history and culture of Aboriginal ABC Television provides for diverse audience and Torres Strait Islander peoples and interests, such as programs and series with showcases documentaries, drama and classical and contemporary music as the short films. In 2005–06, these included subject, such as Forging the Ring, an ABC Cos I’m Free, about Olympic Gold Medallist production about staging Wagner’s Ring Cathy Freeman, and the half-hour drama Cycle in Adelaide; Lost Highway: The Story Grange, which also screened at national of Country Music; The Blues; and Broadway: and international festivals. The American Musical. Prominent Australians were interviewed by Peter Thompson in ABC Television also provides a wealth of Talking Heads, in its second year; The Cook Australian entertainment, such as The and the Chef presented Maggie Beer and Einstein Factor, My Favourite Film, Strictly Simon Bryant; and The Pet Show engaged Dancing, The New Inventors and Agony pet-loving audiences. Aunts with Clive Robertson, which explored the relationships of six very different ABC Television broadcasts quality Australian partnerships. Gardening Australia continued and overseas comedy, which continues to to perform strongly and the popular Collectors be very popular with audiences. We Can moved into a coveted 8pm timeslot. Be Heroes: Finding the helped to re-define the Australian The ABC-produced Sunday Arts program “mockumentary” genre and showcased commenced this year with interviews, comedian ’s extraordinary talent, performances, workshops, first-run locally and internationally. The series won Australian documentaries and short films. Lilley the Award for Best New Talent and Most Outstanding Comedy at In 2005–06, ABC Television broadcast 256 the 2006 . ABC Television also hours of national sport, including netball, carried social and political Da Kath women’s , bowls, hockey and live and Kim Code and The Chaser’s War on , and 453 hours of state and territory Everything. The Chaser also has a significant sports coverage. Most of these were full live online presence and its website averaged coverage, with additional edited highlights around 2 million page views each month. and magazine-style programming. Netball, which has the highest rate of participation of The ABC’s award-winning science series any Australian sport, was broadcast live on Catalyst continued to be Australia’s most ABC2—the first live coverage of the game— trusted source of science television, covering and delayed on ABC Television. ABC Television topics including space and physics, health also produced a weekly half-hour sports quiz and medical, technology, brain science and show, Head 2 Head, for the main channel psychology. The program’s website carries and ABC2. program streams and additional materials. ABC Television broadcast daily highlights Compass continued to explore life’s biggest of competition from the 2006 Paralympic questions, with a focus on religion and ethics, Games in Turin, including coverage of the and providing thoughtful explorations of Opening and Closing ceremonies and a focus contemporary and historical issues. This year, on the performances of Australia’s leading Gallipoli Pilgrimage examined the formative disabled winter athletes. inspiration that Gallipoli provides the nation. 77

Australian Content as a Percentage of The Division continued to broadcast outstanding Hours Broadcast, 2001–02 to 2005–06 programs from around the world, including groundbreaking documentaries like The 2001-02 Gospel of Judas, The Divine Michelangelo and Sir David Attenborough’s Life in the 2002-03 Undergrowth; and gripping crime dramas 6am–midnight such as Jericho and Silent Witness. The 60th 6pm–midnight anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz 2003-04 was marked by the compelling documentary

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution. 2004-05 A variety of drama was broadcast, including Canterbury Tales, Doc Martin and Unconditional Love. 2005-06

0 10203040506070% A total of 44.6% of ABC-made programs were produced outside of Sydney and ABC Commissioned Programs,* First Release, Melbourne in 2005–06, compared to 37.8% Hours Broadcast 2001–02 to 2005–06 in 2003–04 and 2004–05. These programs 2001-02 included Collectors in Hobart, Can We Help and The Pet Show in Perth, Talking Heads in Brisbane, and Behind the News in 2002-03 Adelaide. Weekly programs such as Compass, Catalyst, Message Stick and 2003-04 Sunday Arts also include segments produced outside Sydney and Melbourne. 6am–midnight 2004-05 6pm–midnight Creative leadership and innovation 2005-06 The Division is engaging with the issues and changes in the rapidly-changing and 0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 Hours * ABC internal productions and co-productions; excludes pre-purchased unpredictable digital environment. The programs (including many documentaries and children’s drama programs) Director of Television spoke at a digital media conference on the role of the ABC in ABC Television Genre Mix 2005–06 as a Percentage the digital environment and the importance of Hours Broadcast 6am–midnight (excludes interstitial material) of distinctive, local content for Australian Sp Religion and Et 05–06

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ABC Television continued

ABC television broadcast a range of innovative The ABC Television program Can We Help programs. The Catalyst series Battle of was an initiative with the independent the Brains, followed gifted teenagers production industry and Screenwest, an competing for gold at the International Biology audience-driven series with the questions Olympiad in Beijing. Two ABC Television arts and stories coming from viewers. ABC documentaries featured in the 2006 Sydney Television also broadcast the new and Film Festival: 900 , about the innovative animated comedy Bromwell High. notorious Northcott Building in the Sydney inner suburb of Surry Hills and The Archive Project about Australian documentary makers during the Cold War. The Message Stick documentary Shifting Shelter, directed by Ivan Sen, was screened to great response at the Message Stick Indigenous Film Festival.

Other creative and innovative ABC programs broadcast included drama mini-series The Silence; the popular factual series Outback House, in which a group of Australians spent three months running a remote sheep station as their forebears did in 1861; and Real Life Water Rats, a four-part documentary focused on the work of Tasmania’s elite Marine Police Unit. In addition, ABC Television began producing natural history programs in highest-quality (1080i) high definition format.

Peking To Paris Regional Five-City Metropolitan aKt n i oe2101000 294000 1 Enough RopewithAndrew Denton Special:Billy Connolly Da KathandKimCode Most Popular Television Programs 2005–06 pcsadSek 503000 501000 507000 513000 512000 534000 512000 535000 554000 537000 512000 579000 592000 574000 *Source: RegionalTAM Television Ratings Bears: SpyintheWoods 910000 591000 Spicks andSpecks 649000 Grumpy OldWomen 565000 Enough RopewithAndrew Denton Special:Billy Connolly Schools Spectacular 2005 Grumpy OldMenatChristmas Outback House Doc Martin 1072000 Taggart 1047000 Silent Witness Real Life Water Rats Strictly DancingFinal2005 The Queenat80 135000 1 Sherlock Holmes andtheCaseofSilkStocking 1057000 1098000 The New Inventors Final2005 1105000 138000 1 Midsomer Murders 1164000 Grumpy OldWomen atChristmas The QueenbyRolf 081000 1 Military Tattoo 2005 1140000 1075000 Da KathandKimCode 1190000 Most ABCPopular 1168000 Television Programs 2005–06 1286000 *Source: OzTAM Television Ratings Grumpy OldMenatChristmas 1281000 Agatha Christie: Poirot: After theFuneral My Favourite Film Agatha Christie: Poirot: TheMystery oftheBlueTrain New Tricks Agatha Christie: Poirot: Cards ontheTable 1244000 Strictly DancingFinal2005 Bears: SpyInTheWoods Silent Witness Grumpy OldWomen The New Inventors Final2005 The Queenat80 Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2005 Taggart Midsomer Murders Sherlock HolmesandtheCaseofSilkStocking Grumpy OldWomen atChristmas The QueenbyRolf Average Audience Average Audience 1 079000 1 176000 520 000 527 000 79

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John Hinde 1914–2006

In early July 2006, during preparation of this Annual Report, the ABC learned of the passing of former journalist and film critic John Hinde at the age of 92. The Corporation wishes to acknowledge John's unique contribution to Australian over six decades. He served as one of the ABC's first foreign correspondents during World War II and later as a highly-respected film reviewer before retiring in 1999.

Born in Adelaide, he became editor of the ABC Weekly, before moving to the fledging ABC News department. He became a war correspondent after one of the ABC’s three overseas reporters suffered injury, and was attached to General Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters in 1942.

Following the War, John worked in various roles for ABC News and Current Affairs, contributing to the first ABC news bulletin prepared by ABC journalists (rather than newspaper copy being read on air), the first edition of AM and the first television news bulletin.

In 1966, he became a freelance film reviewer for ABC Radio, providing Monday night radio reviews, which continued until 1992; and, from 1983, he reached new audiences by also appearing on television.

John retired in 1999 and in 2002 was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the film and media industry. 81

Director of Lynley Marshall New Media and Digital Services

Lynley has over 20 years experience in the broadcasting industry. She held a series of senior broadcasting positions in New Zealand before joining the ABC in 2000 as Director of New Media and Digital Services. She is responsible for the integrated delivery of the ABC’s digital content, including ABC Online, digital channel ABC2, ABC Video On Demand, interactive television, mobile and other emerging platforms. Lynley leads the ABC’s digital strategy and content development, and represents the Corporation’s interests on various industry groups addressing the development of digital broadcasting in Australia. Most recently, she participated as a member of the Strategic Industry Leaders Group, contributing to the development of the Government’s Digital Content Action Agenda. Lynley holds a Master of Business Administration.

New Media and Digital Services

In 2005–06, New Media and Digital Services as delivering a growing number of podcasts expanded its content and services to cater to and live radio streams of ABC Radio programs. the media consumers seeking content on an on-demand basis and the growing number of High-speed access has led to increased use Internet users who are creating and sharing of online audio and video and has enabled their own content. In response to this continued people to post more of their own content shift toward interactive formats, and given to the web. New Media and Digital Services the higher percentage of broadband users adapted to changing audience preferences across ABC Online versus its peers, the and on 13 March 2006 launched a Video Division added more rich, interactive content on Demand site, which aggregates video to its sites, including video, photo galleries, content from ABC Broadband, ABC2, ABC games and audio content. Television and online documentaries. The availability of audio content across ABC Online The Division also developed new and innovative also increased tremendously with the addition 05–06 television programming and production for of podcasts from all ABC Radio networks. ABC2, the ABC’s free-to-air digital television channel, and ABC Video on Demand. This As user-generated content is gaining was achieved at relatively low cost by popularity with Australian Internet users, utilising cross-media production methods, ABC Online began incorporating more existing resources and integrating audience- audience-contributed photos into the generated content. editorial process, such as ABC News Online galleries of the cyclone in Queensland in ABC Online February 2006. Over the next year, News ABC Online celebrated its 10-year anniversary Online will increase its capacity to allow in August 2005. The site continued to users to read, write and discuss news, ANNUAL REPORT 20 experience strong audience growth, as well combining user-generated content with 82

New Media and Digital Services continued traditional journalism. ABC Online established In March 2006, New Media and Digital Services web logs (“blogs”) on a number of topics hosted a cross-media conference for ABC such as Entertainment and The World Cup, staff to explore how the ABC can address in line with audience interest in this type these changes to ensure the ABC’s relevance of content. to audiences well into the future. The conference included speakers from inside Drawing on ABC Online’s strength in the ABC and from broadcasters and media children’s content, in May 2006 ABC New organisations around the world. There Media and Digital Services, in partnership were also workshops, case studies, and a with the Raising Children Network, launched moderated hypothetical designed to explore abc.net.au/parents. The site brings quality some of the ways in which the ABC might parenting information to Australian families engage in a cross-commissioning model. and raises awareness of issues affecting The conference resulted in increased parents and children. The site complements awareness and heightened interest in the ABC gateways that cover topics relevant digitised media landscape among ABC to parents and children such as health, staff from all divisions. education, science and news. This year’s cross-media projects have included During the year, the Division launched a weekly five-minute Chaser News Alerts for new home page for ABC Online which allows Video on Demand, ABC2 and mobile platforms; users to customise the page for news, Pacific Stories, a curated series of Film weather and a link to the appropriate Australia documentaries shown on ABC2 and ABC Local Radio website by city or town. supplemented with ABC archive material, new introductions and a high-end broadband Cross-Platform Initiatives website; and Dust Echoes, five Australian Audiences are consuming media in very dream-time stories uniquely interpreted different ways as a result of digital technology. by musicians, artists, writers, actors and They are shifting away from passively animators and launched on Video on Demand watching and listening, and are increasingly and ABC2. Downloadable lesson plans and interacting, watching and listening to ABC activity packs were also produced for teachers content on many platforms and in many places. and students. Ace Day Jobs, a new series of

The Wagalak Sisters from Dust Echoes Following thesuccess of young people, sport,artsandtheenvironment. and includesathemedsegmentcovering report daily onlocal newsandcurrent affairs national networkofprogram makers to Demand. Australia Widedraws ontheABC’s New MediaandDigital Services alsoproduced screened inahighlightsprogram onABC2. had theirworkshownonABCOnlineand and community inwhichthey live. Finalists people to filmashortstory abouttheplace national videocompetition, whichencouraged in Australia. which were sentto every secondary school online, bybroadcast onABC2andDVDs with innovative careers wasmadeavailable five-minute videoepisodesaboutAustralians given the DVB-H-enabled handsetsfor a one handset.Over 400participantswere television, data andvoice services onthe to amobile phone,sopeople can have live service enables delivery ofbroadcast television technology, knownas“movemedia”. The Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) participated inaSydney-based trialofDigital ABC2 onotherdigital platforms andin2006 The Divisionhasalsopursued delivery of which makes uponeofthedaily segments. to make aregular videodiaryoftheirlives budding filmmakers were given camera kits content. archives, aswellaudience-contributed Australia andtheAustralian FilmCommission produced thisyear usingtheABC,Film A numberofnewandoriginalprograms were television service. set-top-box orasubscriptionto adigital pay Australian householdswithadigital television, in March 2006.Theservice can beseenin ABC2 completed itsfirst year ofoperation Digital Television ChannelABC2 Video Lives for ABC2andABC Videoon was theresult ofa Video Lives , several investment from theABC. from theSAFC andABC,plusfurtherin-kind series withacash contribution of$450 000 broadband anddigital television animation will befor theproduction ofanintegrated multi-platform animationcontent. Funding produce innovative, interactive andintegrated South Australian mediapractitioners to Initiative inSouthAustralia to encourage also embarked onanewDigital Animation South Australian FilmCorporation (SAFC) New MediaandDigital Services andthe up to four willbecommissioned for production. seven projects were indevelopment, ofwhich via ABC2andABCOnline.Atyear’s end, factual anddocumentary content for delivery geared toward developing cross-platform Initiative (BCPI),aproduction initiative extended theBroadband Cross-Platform with theAustralian FilmCommission, New MediaandDigital Services, inpartnership and international awards in2005–06. recognised withmore thaneleven local to bepopularwithaudiences andwere Network. Manyoftheprojects have proved Arts Corporation andtheRaisingChildren Commission, FilmAustralia, DjilpinAboriginal Corporation, ThePacific FilmandTelevision Film Commission, SouthAustralian Film collaboration partners includetheAustralian locally-produced interactive content. Current industry andincreasing thevolume of producers asameansofdeveloping the tertiary education sector andindependent agencies, government departments,the relationships withState andFederal screen The Divisioncontinued to develop strategic Partnerships trial iscurrently inprogress. proved popular andplanningfor asecond DVB-H applications inAustralia. Theservice technical capability andmarket potential for three-month periodandthetrialtested the 83

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Director of News John Cameron and Current Affairs

John Cameron has been Director of News and Current Affairs since July 2004. He has been with the ABC for more than 20 years, most of that time in Queensland as a radio and television reporter and producer, as well as five years as the Queensland State Editor. John was also Washington Bureau Chief for three years, including the period of the first Gulf War, and worked as State Editor in Victoria, before becoming the National Editor for News and Current Affairs in 2000. He began his career with a newspaper cadetship in New Zealand, and then worked in newspapers and commercial radio in New Zealand, the UK and Australia for 12 years before joining the ABC.

News and Current Affairs

ABC News and Current Affairs continues to are planned for radio current affairs and enjoy considerable success with its flagship television current affairs. A cross-media programs and vast range of services for all review aimed at improving coverage across Australians. Its programming is a significant all platforms was also completed and led part of content on all ABC platforms, both to several pilot projects, including: exploring traditional and emerging, and it attracts the viability of new regional television news strong audiences to all those platforms. programs using existing infrastructure; enhancing television news coverage in The Division’s programs aim to reflect the regional areas with a video-journalism trial Australian identity and contribute significantly in Newcastle, in which solo journalists film to the national debate. ABC News and Current and edit their own stories; and improving Affairs represents quality and localism in coverage of specialist areas such as business a fragmenting, global market. There is an and sport across all platforms using a new increasing focus on delivering content to production model. audiences wherever they are and whenever they want it. News and Current Affairs began broadcasting additional television news updates from a The quality of News and Current Affairs new studio at Ultimo, Sydney, in early 2006. programming was again recognised by peer This is an automated studio operated by a awards, including almost all broadcast presenter and one other person. The new categories of the Walkley Awards, as well facility also provides the capacity to provide as the and the award for news updates around the clock. Journalistic Leadership. Divisional staff also won both peer-voted journalism Coverage categories of the Logies. During the year, a number of stories domestically and internationally required the Initiatives mobilising of reporters and crews to provide To ensure the highest quality of content in coverage across radio, television and new the changing media environment, the Division media. This mobilisation involved extensive reviewed the operational performance of logistical planning and resources. radio and television news. Similar reviews responses inothermedia. by governments andsparked wide-ranging communities. Thestories led to investigations violence andsexual abuseinAboriginal people innursing homesanddomestic significant issues—the abuseofelderly leading thefieldinreporting oftwo Lateline resignation ofthecountry’s PrimeMinister. in lawandorder inEast Timorthatled to the earthquake inPakistan; andthebreakdown Katrina intheUnited States; thedevastating of Australians facing drugcharges; Hurricane the trialsofso-called BaliNine—agroup dominated bytheLondonandBalibombings; Internationally, thenewsagendawas national security. in theareas ofindustrial relations and Government’s legislative changes,including Games inMelbourne;andtheFederal Australia andTasmania; theCommonwealth and Western Australia; elections inSouth cyclones inQueensland,theNorthernTerritory the rescue oftwominers twoweekslater; Beaconsfield mineaccident inTasmania and Domestically, thesestories includedthe of ABCAsiaPacific), the next morning. service, theAustralia Network(thenew name on ABC2andtheABC’s international television The program willbere-versioned for broadcast broadcast onABCTelevision after business program, Plans are welladvanced for anewnightly news round-up a result ofthechanges,international political discussion program, hosts additional newsbulletins. devoted to analysis ofsport,andtwo revamped, with theintroduction of News andCurrent Affairs programs was The Sundaymorningline-upofTelevision Programs Offsiders had aparticularly effective year, , aswellpresenting the 7 Days Lateline Business was discontinued. Insiders Offsiders Lateline , to be . As . , the television broadcast. had notbeenavailable untilsome timeafter broadband. Previously, thebroadband edition presented simultaneously ontelevision and was thefirst timetheprogram hadbeen “SuperMax”, aboutamaximum-securityjail, The last coverage revisiting thesite ofthedevastation. many ofthereporters involved intheoriginal was broadcast at7.30pmonBoxing Day,with Asian tsunami,aspecialtelevision program To markthefirst anniversary ofthe2004 late 2006. and arelated serieswere inproduction for marking 50years ofABCTelevision journalism At theendofJune,arange ofprograms in Italy, NewYork andChina. abroad. Thefirst three episodeswere set a range ofAustralians livingandworking television called Pacific Focus Michael Maher,former presenter of a national7pmbulletin ofAustralian news. current affairs programs eachweek and bulletins from five to 12eachday,three including anincrease inthenumberofnews for theAustralia Network/ABCAsiaPacific, A new suite ofprograms isbeingproduced the service established aCanberra bureau. the bottom ofthescreen. Atthesametime, and theuseofanews“ticker” runningacross featuring plasmabackgrounds, animproved set, Pacific alsolaunchedanew on-airlook, In 2005–06,thenews service for ABCAsia for eachstate. fresher titles, newcolours andnew images graphics have beenre-designed, combining country. Theopeningtitles andprogram Stateline Four Corners was given anewlook around the , produced anewseriesfor Another Sun program for 2005, that profiled Asia 85

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Papua New Guinea Correspondent Steve Marshall talks with rebel soldiers in Bougainville’s “No-Go” zone

News and Current Affairs continued

Four Corners, in conjunction with New Media Staff and resources and Digital Services, also trialled a system The Division restructured its executive to for transcribing, archiving and processing accommodate evolving needs and changed footage before editing that is intended as a circumstances. The number of executives trial for an all-ABC system. The technology remains the same, but two members of the should create greater efficiencies for script executive have had their roles changed. writing, as well as making it easier for content The focus of the Head of Planning includes to be re-fashioned into new media formats. quality control mechanisms, program review co-ordination, cross-media development and The Division continued to make additional new media opportunities. The position of programming using funds provided by the Head of Network and State Coverage has Federal Government under the National responsibility for the 7pm Television News Interest Initiatives. This included enhanced and an overview of State and Territory business coverage, local weekend television operations, as well as management bulletins in the ACT and the Northern Territory, of business and political coverage. and the funding for two reporters in the new ABC studios in Ballarat. The ABC’s annual intake of cadet journalists began in February 2006. The eight cadets To help ensure programs are meeting were chosen after an exhaustive national expectations and their briefs, News and recruitment process. The cadets, who are Current Affairs conducts regular formal each based in a capital-city newsroom editorial reviews of all of its programs. around the country, were brought together in These formal reviews complement the Sydney for two weeks of intensive training— informal daily monitoring of output. the first focused on radio news reporting, the second on television reporting. They have also been given training in Editorial Policies, writing, presentation, legal and copyright, safety and teamwork. personnel issues. The a fullrange ofeditorial, budgetary and Editors inSydney inearly September, covering a conference oftheeightState andTerritory News andCurrent Affairs managementheld technology for moving audioaround Australia. They alsoaimto take advantage ofnew existing bottlenecks intheproduction process. by eliminatingduplication andfreeing up make theseareas more effective andefficient Radio NewsandCurrent Affairs inSydney to Changes were implemented to operations in access byallstaff. available inacomputerised form for easy Guide and common concerns. for onedayto discuss program development Executive Producers alsojoinedtheconference and CurrentAffairsStyleGuide production, delivered includedpresentation, writing, and domestic reporters. Othercourses being relating to safety inthefieldfor international was aparticularfocus ondeveloping courses quality ofitsprograms. In2005–06,there and deliver training courses to improve the News andCurrent Affairs continued to develop for ABCAsiaPacific. been appointmentsinIndonesiaandIndia journalists inoverseas bureaux. There have A program hasbegunto recruit video was revised andfor thefirst timeis Editorial Policies Stateline and the . The program Style News House, whichwasbroadcast onRadioNational. about political language attheSydney Opera Sydney Writers’ Festival, organised aforum English (SCOSE),inconjunction withthe The ABC’s Standing Committee onSpoken foreign correspondents. with more stories from theABC’s A book, into Australian life. experiences thatprovide auniqueinsight of to produce afive-minute video,inthestyle the program. Theprogram invited students student to winathree-month internship with offered theopportunityfor auniversity program wasalsopublishedandtheABC Melbourne andSydney. Abookbasedonthe with anumberofpublicevents inBrisbane, Australian Story Events All radio figures are nationaltotals. broadcasts thatinterrupt bulletin schedules. not includeseasonalvariations, such assport and anyrolling coverage. Thefigures alsodo reporters into radio programs; budget specials ABC AsiaPacific service; live crosses to ABC News Radio, RadioAustralia andthe provided to NewMediaandDigital Services; These figures donotinclude:material broadcasts inSouthAustralia andTasmania. This year thefigures includeelection night and radio onitsdomestic services. Current Affairs programming ontelevision 14 000unduplicated hours ofNewsand In 2005–06,theABCbroadcast more than News andCurrent Affairs Annual Production of Australian Story Travellers Tales2 celebrated 10years onair , whichreflects personal , wasreleased 87

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News and Current Affairs continued

Radio News Outlet Hours Local Radio and Radio National 7 102 Regionals 3 361 triple j 253 ABC Classic FM 502 Total 11 218

Radio Current Affairs Outlet Hours AM (Early) Local Radio 42 AM (Radio National) 84 AM (Main) 159 AM/PM special Election coverage 3 The World Today 219 PM (Radio National) 183 PM (Local Radio) 204 Saturday AM (Local Radio and Radio National) 40 Correspondents Report 20 Finance Market Report at Noon 8 Finance Market Report PM 16 Total 978

Television News and Current Affairs Outlet Hours 7pm News (all states and territories) 1 445 Evening News Updates 96 Summer Late Edition News 14 News Updates—24/7 (includes weekend midday bulletins) 19 Asia Pacific Focus 17 Australian Story 21 4 Corners 22 Foreign Correspondent (includes Another Sun)23 Inside Business 21 Insiders 36 Landline 52 Lateline 125 Offsiders (began January 2006) 10 7:30 Report 105 Seven Days (ceased November 2005) 7 Stateline 155 The Midday Report 131 State Election night coverage (South Australia and Tasmania) 6 National Press Club 47 Order in the House 17 Parliamentary Question Time 110 Total 2 479 89

Jean-Gabriel Manguy Head, Radio Australia Jean-Gabriel Manguy has been the Head of Radio Australia since 1997. Under his leadership, Radio Australia has moved from being simply a shortwave radio service to an expanding network of rebroadcast partners and local FM relays throughout Asia and the Pacific. Radio Australia’s close relationship with broadcasting organisations in the region has also extended to supporting the development of a free and independent media. Jean-Gabriel migrated to Australia in 1969, studied Asian and Pacific History and worked as a community development worker and trainer in the Pacific before becoming a broadcaster and journalist for Radio Australia. International Broadcasting Radio Australia Your Asia Pacific Network In 2005–06, Radio Australia consolidated To respond to an increasing demand for the ABC’s position as a key international trusted coverage and analysis in Asia and broadcaster, connecting daily with millions the Pacific, Radio Australia boosted its live of listeners across Asia and the Pacific in six coverage and reportage of the major events languages. Radio Australia moved into new and issues of the region. areas of live and online programming to interact more readily with audiences. It A new morning current affairs program, expanded its network of local relays and Connect Asia, was launched to include more rebroadcasts and became more closely live interviews and reports on Asian affairs involved in the development of a free and as listeners in Asia wake up. The program is independent media in Asia and the Pacific. matched in the evening by its sister program Asia Pacific and now provides Asian audiences Connecting With Audiences with an alternative to the highly respected To enhance the relevance of its programming Pacific Beat program, which is targeted at to audiences in Asia, Radio Australia Pacific audiences. introduced a second English-language stream aimed specifically at Asian listeners In 2005–06, Radio Australia provided special at key times of the day. Radio Australia’s coverage of major events in the region, 05–06 broadcasts to Asia and the Pacific continue including the second Bali bombing, Solomon to be built around a common core of Islands elections and the riots that followed, programming, but diverge at certain times the riots in East Timor, the Yogyakarta into programs better tailored to the specific earthquake, the Fiji elections and political interests of listeners in each region. tensions that followed.

Radio Australia’s new morning schedule to Understanding our neighbours Asia was enhanced by a new live morning In , Radio Australia’s annual program Breakfast Club, which connects audience reach jumped 30% to 5.9 million with audiences across the region through listeners, with a vast majority of listeners interactivity via telephone, SMS and emails now hearing Radio Australia through local ANNUAL REPORT 20 in a live and engaging format. Its Pacific relays. To respond to this growing trend, counterpart, In The Loop, aimed at Pacific Radio Australia revamped its Indonesian audiences, goes to air later in the day. language schedule to tailor its broadcasts 90

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to the format of local relays and enhance Radio Australia programs are now heard its coverage of local news in the process. on 160 stations in 40 countries in Asia and the Pacific, including 75 live daily satellite In Vietnam, where shortwave listening has relays and nine 24-hour FM relays in Phnom declined steadily in recent years, Radio Penh, Siem Reap, , Port-Moresby, Australia shifted its focus from dwindling Honiara, Port-Vila, Nadi, Suva, Nuku’alofa general audiences to the Internet-savvy and Rarotonga. youth with a new interactive website aimed at addressing their information and Going Digital educational needs. Radio Australia’s multilingual website enhanced its content with additional audio Radio Australia maintained its focus on files and images making it one of the ABC’s educational content with a new situational more popular sites for podcasting and radio and online English-language series streaming. In particular, podcasts of new English for Tourism for China, Vietnam, educational English-learning content Indonesia and Cambodia. A further series, attracted strong interest in China. English for Business is currently in production. Shortwave broadcasting entered the digital era Radio Australia’s Pacific Service saw the with new Digital Radio Mondiale–capable return of the French language with a unique transmitters commissioned at Brandon in online text and audio news service 24 Heures Queensland. The current financial year ended dans le Pacifique, rebroadcast daily by local on a promising note with Radio Australia stations in New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Tahiti. negotiating a rebroadcast arrangement on a digital DAB radio platform in Singapore. Your Local ABC Radio Australia Radio Australia extended its satellite service Media Development to India and Sri Lanka and reached new In 2005–06, the ABC, through Radio Australia, audiences through more local relays and played a prominent role in Cambodia, Papua rebroadcast agreements in Indonesia, China, New Guinea and Solomon Islands in the Cambodia, Tonga and Cook Islands. development of a free, professional and independent media. A growing partnership New 24-hour FM relays were installed and between the ABC and Australia’s overseas enhanced in East Timor, Tonga and Cambodia, aid provider, AusAID, helped Radio Australia with additional relays secured in Bali, Jakarta to provide media development support to some and Aceh in Indonesia. of its key partners in Asia and the Pacific.

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Chief Executive of Ian Carroll ABC Asia Pacific

Ian Carroll has been Chief Executive of ABC Asia Pacific since February 2005. Previously, he was Head of Network and Programming, ABC Asia Pacific. Before that, Ian was Head of ABC Digital Television, where he established two channels, ABC Kids and FLY. Ian Carroll is one of Australia’s most successful and experienced television news and current affairs executives both for the ABC and the commercial networks. Among the Australian programs Ian has created or led as executive producer are Lateline, Nationwide, Channel Nine’s Today, Four Corners, The 7.30 Report, ABC News and the Paul Kelly documentary One Hundred Years. Ian holds a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma of Media Management from Macquarie University.

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ABC Asia Pacific The service remains one of the fastest-growing ABC Asia Pacific (to be renamed the “Australia channels in the region according to the PAX Network”) is the ABC’s international television Synovate audience survey. It is now seen in arm. It broadcasts to Asia and the Pacific and 41 countries, is retransmitted by no less than operates in a highly competitive market, as 300 television pay operators, is available in most countries in the region offer between more than 200 000 hotel rooms and can be 40 and 100 channels. The service is designed seen in 10.2 million homes (up from 9 million) for an audience demographic comprising across the region. decision makers and opinion leaders in the private and public sector, including emerging Distribution middle class community segments, student Three Services in One and learning communities, and international Due to its ever-expanding footprint, ABC expatriates and Government missions based Asia Pacific transformed its service during in the region. 2005–06 by augmenting its original signal, which is timed to Hong Kong/Singapore (Asia Audience Growth service), with two new signals, one timed 05–06 Throughout 2005–06, audiences for ABC to Suva (Pacific service) and the other to Asia Pacific grew rapidly. The last quarterly Delhi/Mumbai (India service). survey showed annual growth of 52% and an estimated monthly audience of 1 165 000 ABC Asia Pacific introduced its dedicated viewers. Access to the channel’s website India service in September 2005. Timed to during the year increased by 25% to an Delhi/Mumbai, the service allows viewers in average of 250 000 accesses per week. India to watch programs at appropriate times. The India service is currently rebroadcast During 2005–06, the largest audience growth in India through DishTV, India’s largest occurred in Hong Kong. Other markets of direct-to-home pay television operator,

significant growth included Mumbai, Delhi, which places the ABC in over 400 000 homes ANNUAL REPORT 20 Bangalore, Seoul and Bangkok. in India. In May 2006, ABC Asia Pacific 92

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appointed Indian television distribution Online company, Setpro Holdings Pty Ltd, as its The companion website to ABC Asia Pacific exclusive distributor in India. The appointment television, abcasiapacific.com, provides a is expected to significantly expand ABC Asia comprehensive program listing and television Pacific’s audience throughout India in the schedule, and an up-to-the-minute regional coming year. news service produced specifically for an international online audience. During the As with the India service, the Pacific service year, weekly accesses to the online service was introduced to provide local viewers in increased to on average 250 000 accesses the Pacific with the opportunity to view ABC per week. The popularity of ABC Asia Pacific Asia Pacific’s programs at appropriate times. education programs Nexus and English Bites The dedicated Pacific service was introduced were a major factor in this growth. in February 2006 to coincide with the commencement of the South Africa, New Programming Zealand and Australia Rugby (SANZAR) ABC Asia Pacific offers a diverse range of Super 14 rugby union competition. quality programming rather than a single program genre such as movies, sport or New Markets 24-hour news broadcasts. This programming ABC Asia Pacific continued to improve its strategy makes the service unique amongst presence in the Pacific, signing a rebroadcast the international broadcasting community arrangement in French Polynesia during and has played an important role in its rapid September 2005. Working in conjunction take-up . with Tahitian Broadcaster OPT, ABC Asia Pacific became the first channel originated The nightly prime-time programming line-up in English to sign a broadcast agreement is built on four main strands: ABC news and in French Polynesia. current affairs produced for the Asia Pacific region; quality Australian or international Encryption drama series; a world class documentary; Having acquired marquee sports programming, and an informative and entertaining feature such as SANZAR Rugby, Australian Rules or lifestyle program. and , ABC Asia Pacific was required to implement encryption of its During 2005–06, the channel’s programming services. This sizeable project, which comprised 80% Australian content, with an required direct-to-home viewers and emphasis on news, drama and information rebroadcasters to register with ABC Asia programs, such as Getaway, RPA, Catalyst Pacific and be authorised to continue to and Australian Story. receive the service, was substantially completed in only two months. ABC Asia Pacific also transmits education programs of real benefit to audiences across The encryption project had the added benefits the region. Nexus and other English-language of providing ABC Asia Pacific with details of learning programs generated considerable over 150 rebroadcasters who took the service viewer support. This viewer support for without its knowledge, as well as previously education programs correspondingly drove unavailable information about its direct-to- online usage in 2005–06, with 50% of all home viewers throughout the region. abcasiapacific.com visitors accessing the education content on the site. 93

In 2005–06, the channel broadened its As a result of the tender, ABC Asia Pacific will Australian sports coverage, with coverage be rebranded “Australia Network” from August of the SANZAR Super 14 competition; live 2006 (its website will be correspondingly broadcasts of home test matches featuring rebranded to australianetwork.com). The the Wallabies, All Blacks and Springboks; new contract with DFAT will see the ABC as V8 Super Cars; the and the operator of Australia Network to at least Spring Carnival; and the Australian Rules August 2011. The ABC intends to improve the and Rugby League. service, with changes to the schedule and implementation of strategic directions for Among the most successful programs future growth. Australia Network—a different broadcast in 2005–06 were the 36 ABC Asia name, a different schedule, the same spirit. Pacific half-hour news programs each week; Australian dramas such as All Saints, The Alice and ; and Australian information programs such as Dynasties, Getaway, Catalyst, The New Inventors and Enough Rope with Andrew Denton.

The Future of the Brand ABC Asia Pacific’s operations are funded directly by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). ABC Asia Pacific’s five-year contract with DFAT will expire in August 2006.

In September 2005, DFAT placed the continuing operations of its Television Service to the Asia Pacific region to open market tender. In December 2005, the Federal Cabinet endorsed the tender evaluation panel’s recommendation that the ABC continue to operate the television service. 05–06

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Robyn Watts Director of Enterprises

Robyn Watts has been Director ABC Enterprises since the establishment of the commercial operations division in July 2003. She began at the ABC in July 2000 as Director Content Rights Management. Before joining the ABC, Robyn was CEO of Southern Sales and Director Marketing and Distribution Film Australia. She has been a board member of Screenrights, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and the Screen Producers’ Association of Australia. Robyn holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University, a Master of Arts from Reading University, UK and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the University of Canberra.

ABC Enterprises

ABC Enterprises contributes to the activities The 2005 Business Process Review of CPCS of the Corporation by selling and distributing examined the business systems and processes ABC programming and content, hiring spare used by each of the CPCS business units and ABC resources capacity, and developing and recommended increased integration between, retailing quality consumer products associated and standardisation across, the business with ABC programming or relevant to ABC operations of all those business units. The Charter roles and values. In this way, the recommendations of the Business Process Division extends the life of ABC programming, Review were assessed and implemented assists in fostering and developing Australian throughout the year. talent and creativity, and makes a financial return to the Corporation for reinvestment ABC Video/DVD reported another above-budget in programs. financial performance, driven by outstanding sales of Da Kath and Kim Code, We Can Be The Division is currently structured into the Heroes, The Aunty Jack Show and a range of three businesses: ABC Consumer Publishing DVD releases from perennial ABC for Kids and Content Sales, ABC Retail and ABC favourites The Wiggles. As in the previous Resource Hire. financial year, ABC Video’s performance was supported by a strong BBC catalogue, including ABC Consumer Publishing titles such as Series 1 and 2 of Little Britain, and Content Sales Pride and Prejudice, Seven Wonders of the In 2005–06, ABC Consumer Publishing and Industrial World and The Office. Content Sales (CPCS) released more than 1 000 consumer products relating to ABC Spotless, by Shannon Lush and Jen Flemming, programming and Charter activities, and was the best selling title for ABC Books for distributed content and programming to the year, with sales of more than 200 000 global business and consumer markets. copies. Other best selling titles for ABC Books The business made a net profit of $11.612 were Why I Live Where I Live, Australian Story, million in 2005–06, compared with $10.640 and 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before million in 2004–05. You Die, as well as leading children’s titles including the 2006 edition of Sing, My Daddy, 95

the Fairy Realm series, My New Baby and Sanctuary, by the Australian Brandenburg Emily’s Rapunzel Hair. The winner of the Orchestra, won Best Classical Album. inaugural annual ABC Fiction Award, a joint Throughout the year, ABC Music artists won initiative between ABC Books and ABC Local two Golden Guitar Awards, three Victorian Radio, was William Elliot for his work The Country Music Awards, the CMAA Entertainer Pilo Family Circus. of the Year Award and the Frank Ifield International Spur Award. Following the The best selling ABC Audio product for the success of the The Classic 100 Piano in financial year was Unplugged, by ABC Radio 2004–05, ABC Classics released The Classic commentator Kerry O’Keeffe. ABC Audio 100 Opera, an eight-CD boxed set, which continued to explore opportunities for sold more than 15 000 units. downloading audio product, and expanded the audio catalogue through the acquisition ABC Events staged major exhibitions, including of audio rights to literary titles including the Gardening Australia Festival in Sydney Salvation Creek, Theft, A Man Without a and Melbourne and the first Gardening Country, and Fat Forty and Fired. Australia Expo in Brisbane. Approximately 35 000 people attended each exhibition. ABC The breadth of music under the ABC Music Events also entertained more than 250 000 umbrella was acknowledged with ABC Music, young Australians at more than 400 concerts ABC Classics and ABC for Kids receiving a and “meet and greets”. New Zealand total of 15 nominations in eight categories audiences were treated to a Bananas in for the 2005 Australian Record Industry Pyjamas tour in September and October. Association (ARIA) Awards. The Wiggles won the Best Children’s Album ARIA for Live The success of Little Britain, on ABC Television Hot Potatoes and the ABC Classics release and in DVD sales, carried through to licensed

Contribution to ABC Revenue ABC Enterprises Revenue by ABC Enterprises by Activity 2005–06

96-97 Product and Content Sales Gift 0.5% 97-98 Magazines Licensing 0.4% 98-99 Events 0.4% Contemporary Music 05–06 99-00a Music 2.4% 8.8% Publishing 0.4% Classics 00-01 Audio 1.8% 2.0% 01-02 3.8% Retail 44.5% 02-03 Books 8.3% 03-04b

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05-06 Resource Hire 0 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 $‘000s 21.3% a. includes cash from Program Sales, Video Business Development Unit, Non-Theatrics 5.3% and Stock Footage ANNUAL REPORT 20 b. includes cash from new Enterprises departments—Content Sales and Resource Hire 96

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product sales for ABC Licensing, and the with more than 250 hours of quality business introduced innovative new products documentaries, in particular, represented for brands such as Girlforce and The Fairies. a significant increase in new Australian content for distribution to the ABC Magazines added to its stable of licensed international market. titles when it launched a bi-monthly ABC lifestyle magazine, Life etc, in October. The During 2005–06, ABC Product and Content 2005 edition of the ABC Cricket Magazine Sales attended international program and was the highest-selling Ashes edition to content markets MIPTV, MIPCOM, MILIA, date, with sales of almost 17 000 units. ABC ATF, WAEA and SITHENGI. It represented Magazines published in-house a one-shot more than 140 hours of first-release content The Collectors magazine, in association and a new Opera Australia catalogue with the ABC Television program. supplement at MIPCOM 2005 in October.

ABC Music Publishing maintained its In developing new markets for content for commitment to Australian composition and wireless and internet usage, deals were re-appointed Mushroom Music Publishing to finalised with Mobile Streams to distribute administer music copyrights represented by ABC mobile comedy content within the the ABC for a further three-year period. United Kingdom and Ireland, and Optus Mobile for World Cup and Commonwealth ABC Product and Content Sales distributes Games material. ABC Product and Content content produced by the ABC’s Television, Sales launched a number of sites during the Radio and Online platforms and independent year, including six i-mode and WAP sites producers, and ABC consumer product on Telstra Mobile, and the ABC Kids mobile through non-traditional retail sales and channel on Hutchison 3G. direct sales channels. Global clients include broadcasters, producers, airlines, video/DVD In a market where expensive new delivery distributors, educators, museums, Internet technologies are part of the day-to-day and wireless service providers. operations of competitors, ABC Product and Content Sales investigated cost-effective Sales revenue from ABC-owned and delivery methods and worked with partners, independently-acquired content increased including the BBC Motion Gallery, National with a net profit of $2.989 million in 2005–06, Geographic Digital Motion and AP Archive, compared to $2.712 million in 2004–05. to achieve revenue targets for footage sales. Programs including Kath and Kim, The Nominees (a.k.a. We Can Be Heroes), Kylie From January, the Radio, TV and Online Sales Kwong, Surfing the Menu, The Silence, unit began providing copies of titles, including Peking to Paris and The Fairies attracted Australian Story, Four Corners, For the major global buyers. Juniors and Behind the News, in DVD format.

ABC Product and Content Sales continued ABC Retail to implement a strong third party content The net profit for the Retail business for acquisition policy, to offset the decrease 2005–06 was $4.355 million, a 2.6% increase in available ABC-produced content. The on the previous year. acquisition of the Film Australia catalogue 97

Campbelltown—one of the 41 ABC Shops around Australia

At the end of 2005–06, ABC Retail had 132 as book signings by Kostya Tszyu, Shannon outlets trading, comprising 41 ABC Shops, Lush and Ian McNamara. 90 ABC Centres, and the Home Shopping Service which provides home delivery of DVD Sales increased from 44% of all products products ordered by telephone, fax, mail sold in 2004–05 to 54% in 2005–06, while and through the ABC Shop Online. During video sales again dropped significantly to the year, one new ABC Shop was opened represent only 1% of products sold. The most at Tuggerah in New South Wales, 18 ABC popular genres of products sold were comedy, Centres were opened and seven existing children’s and factual. The best-selling Centres closed. products were the Spotless Book, We Can Be Heroes DVD, Little Britain Series 1 and 2 Sales through the ABC Shop Online increased DVDs, and Pride and Prejudice DVD. by 13% on the previous financial year. Demand for downloaded music and ring tones, which ABC Resource Hire were introduced in 2004, continued to grow ABC Resource Hire uses spare capacity slowly. The demand for downloading is in ABC facilities and crews for productions expected to increase significantly when for clients Australia-wide. Services offered video is introduced in 12–18 months time. are digital outside broadcast, live minicam The ABC Reward Program continued to be sports coverage, production services, an important promotional tool, contributing and costume hire and manufacture. Also 22% of total sales. Approximately 200 000 available for hire are studios, rehearsal 05–06 members, including the 33 000 new members rooms and theatres. who joined during 2005–06, used their Reward Card during the year. ABC Resource Hire generated a net profit of $3.222 million in 2005–06, compared with The major national promotions of Father’s $1.245 million in the previous financial year. Day, September Kids, Christmas, New Year It also used $2.36 million worth of the ABC’s Sale, Easter Clearance, Mother’s Day and fixed production labour force compared Mid Year Sale were all successful. During the to $1.93 million the previous financial year. year, 415 local promotions were undertaken The results reflect a strong production in ABC Shops and Centres. The most marketplace driven by television network successful of these were Gardening Australia competition and new events, as well as a ANNUAL REPORT 20 Festivals in Sydney and Brisbane, as well major one-off event, the Commonwealth 98

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Games. Across the year, the business In 2005–06, ABC Minicam again covered the successfully won contracts to provide V8 Motor Racing series around Australasia, services to all Australian television networks. travelled regularly to Asia for sporting events and covered gliding in New Zealand. In 2005–06, ABC Resource Hire provided studios, facilities and crew for television ABC Costumes continued to grow by increasing programs such as Australia’s Brainiest Kid, its public-hire customer base and expanding Kids Club Band, Kylie Kwong Series 2, its manufacturing activities. Venue Hire and Five Minutes More, as well as television clients included major cultural organisations commercial shoots for various clients. for performances and recordings in Sydney and Melbourne. In association with ABC Asia Outside broadcast facilities and crew covered Pacific, ABC Resource Hire provided facilities entertainment events including Soweto Gospel and crew for production of education Choir in Melbourne and SBS Movie Show in programs in Adelaide. Perth. National sports outside broadcast coverage included: AFL in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Tasmania; and sports including rugby union, soccer, basketball, horse racing, boxing and canoeing in various locations nationally.

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Chief Operating David Pendleton Officer

David Pendleton joined the ABC as the General Manager of Group Audit in 1996. He went on to become General Manager of Financial Operations and Accounting, and later Head of Finance. In February 2002, he was appointed to the position of Director of Finance and Support Services, which was re-named Director of Business Services on 1 July 2003. On 31 August 2004, he was appointed as the Corporation’s Chief Operating Officer. Before joining the ABC, David held senior management positions in the public sector at the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and State Super Investment and Management Corporation. David holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and a Graduate Diploma from the Securities Institute of Australia.

Operations Group

The ABC’s Operations Group comprises four Strategic Alignment to support Divisions: Business Services, Human Corporate Objectives Resources, Production Resources and In 2005–06, the Operations Group realigned Technology and Distribution. its resources for maximum flexibility and responsiveness to the technological and Business Services supports the ABC’s legislative environment within which the ABC operations by providing financial advice, operates. The Group focused on structuring analysis and support; accounting services; its services to ensure the delivery of property management; fleet management; infrastructure and equipment necessary archives and library services and for the ABC to continue to fulfil its Charter rights management. obligations into the future.

Human Resources supports the management In November 2005, all the Corporation’s and development of the ABC’s workforce. It capital works projects were consolidated provides a range of services including policy under the newly-created Capital Works development, performance management, Department, which assumed responsibility learning and development, organisation for all aspects of capital project management design, workplace relations, occupational for the output Divisions, including Property 05–06 health and safety (OHS), recruitment projects for which the anticipated value services and payroll operations. exceeds $100 000.

Production Resources provides facilities and The Technology and Distribution Division labour to produce television programs and formed a discrete strategic unit in early to operate Radio and Television broadcast 2006 to concentrate skilled resources on the facilities for the delivery of ABC programming. development and implementation of agreed technology strategies for the ABC. The Technology and Distribution develops creation of the new department will ensure and supports the ABC’s technology and the continuation of the Corporation’s high

transmission infrastructure in accordance standards through the facilitation of strategic ANNUAL REPORT 20 with industry best practice and national debate and the adoption of the best possible and international regulatory requirements. technological solutions to guide the ABC further into the digital broadcast era. 100

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In 2004, the Operations Group began 63 outside broadcasts for Television. This developing a ten-year Integrated Capital included the visit of Queen Elizabeth II, Strategy to manage the ABC’s infrastructure the Port Arthur Memorial Service and the at a sustainable level. The work of that Tiwi Island Football finals. Internationally, project fed into the Corporation’s Triennial news crews travelled to trouble spots in the Funding Submission 2006–09, as a result of region—Solomon Islands, East Timor, Bali and which the Government announced in the May the Indonesian mainland—to provide additional 2006 Budget that it would augment the ABC’s support to the overseas news bureaux. capital spending by $45 million over three years. Following this announcement, the The ABC’s archival collection, managed by Operations Group recommenced intensive the Business Services Division, was a source work on the Integrated Capital Strategy. In of inspiration for program-makers and conjunction with this work, Human Resources enjoyment for ABC Audiences. Late Night initiated dialogue within the Corporation Legends, ABC2’s top-rating program for about the shape of the ABC’s future workforce 2005, showcased sporting highlights from into the future as a precursor to workforce the ABC’s Archives, while music fans around planning initiatives in 2006–07. the world have enjoyed music clips made available through film preservation projects. Output Delivery Access to material in the collection enabled The Operations Group continued to support the re-broadcast and DVD release of a number the delivery of ABC services, providing of ABC classics, including Palace of Dreams, resources to facilitate the creation and Scales of Justice and the fabulous Aunty distribution of content for more Australians. Jack DVD, which was compiled with the assistance of National Archives of Australia. Content Creation In 2005–06, Production Resources provided In 2005–06, the Technology and Distribution more than 1.23 million hours of labour Division introduced around-the-clock across all states and territories for more technical support in Sydney and Melbourne. than 200 television projects, special events This commitment of resources allows the and new projects. ABC to more efficiently fulfil its commitment to its 24-hour broadcasting operations. An Coverage of the number of significant global, improved response time to emergencies has cultural and political events in 2005–06 provided greater continuity of Television and required high-level co-ordination and expert Radio broadcasts for ABC audiences. technical skill. This year, Technology and Distribution technical services staff and Content Transmission and Distribution Production Resources crews provided support The Broadcast Operations Group co-ordinated —including broadcast and communications and managed the distribution and delivery facilities—for the coverage of two State to audiences of all television and radio elections, the Commonwealth Games, signals nationally. the Beaconsfield Mine rescue in Tasmania, Cyclone Larry in Queensland and the The ABC increased its potential audience Katherine floods. reach in 2005–06 with the commencement of 54 new radio services through the Radio The two groups together also supported Subsidy Scheme. This highly successful reporting across all platforms, including scheme allows communities the opportunity channel, ABC2,and programming information for theABCmain went live inMay2006.TheGuidedisplays services, theABCVideoProgram Guide As partofthesuite ofABCdigital television Mallacoota, Myrtleford, Rosebud,Kiewa. Victoria: Bell, Tully, Monto, Mission Beach,Tara Collinsville, Ravenshoe, MiriamVale, Warwick, Yeppoon, Ayr, Miles, Harbour, Stuart,Texas, Wangetti, Redlynch, Rockhampton East, Shute Mareeba, Mossman, Proserpine, Goondiwindi, Herberton, , Queensland: Cooma/Monaro Kandos, Laurieton, Mudgee,UpperHunter, New SouthWales: The newservices were established at: signal from aminimumof440locations. The Corporation aimsto transmit itsdigital locations, compared with95.82%in2004–05. of Australia’s populationfrom 177transmitter the ABC’s digital transmission reach to 96.19% transmission services commenced, bringing digital services. Forty newdigital television of equipmentandtheestablishment ofnew broadcasting in2005–06,withtheupgrading The ABCcontinued itstransition to digital total, servicing83regional communities. Eighty-nine newservices are plannedin service ofanythefive radio networks. establishing anABCRadioretransmission to receive aone-timesubsidytowards carried out ontheABC’s HeadOffice at review byAustralian Federal Police was broadcasting operations, asecurityrisk with appropriate securityto protect its and procedures. Inorder to provide theABC general public,itregularly revises itspolicies governance andthesafety ofitsstaff andthe As theABCiscommitted to strong corporate Management Supporting Responsible weather forecast. program promotions andthenational Cann River, Genoa,HallsGap, Airlie Beach,Eidsvold, , Gloucester, dig radio, aswell details online. TheDivisionalso made some oftheirpersonal employee and payroll This service enables staff to viewandupdate an Employee SelfService to all ABCstaff. The HumanResources Division implemented Commonwealth heritage value. have beenidentifiedasdisplayingpotential Station, Elst Building), Hobart;andtheMetropolitan Fire Rockhampton; Railway Station (Stone Mount Morgan GoldMiningCo.Building, heritage value: Middenbury House, Brisbane; properties have beenassessed ashaving with ownership ofheritage items. Four management andplanningissues associated Commonwealth heritage value and addresses Corporation inidentifyingABCproperty with developed Heritage Strategy assists the and property management.TheABC’s newly consistent withbest practice inconservation and caring for heritage property initscontrol, 2003 Biodiversity ConservationActAmendments Under the more efficientandrobust system. time-recording procedures, introducing a The Divisionalsorevised itsrostering and in place asaresult oftheFacilities Review. systems for facility utilisationdata were put and itsABCclientdivisions.More appropriate demand planningfor Production Resources developed, resulting inbetter supply and The Costed Supply Plancontinued to be towards maintaining operational capacity. saving of$1.5million,whichwillbeput restructure resulted inanannualrecurrent in 2004.Amanagementandadministrative independent review oftheDivisionconducted to implement therecommendations ofan In 2005–06,Production Resources continued be completed bytheendof2006. the review. Theseworksare expected to that implement therecommendations of physical securityoftheUltimoBuilding was underwayfor improvements to the Ultimo. AttheendofJune2006,planning , theABCisresponsible for identifying Environment Protectionand ernwick. Afurthertwelve sites 101

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Behind the scenes at the tally room during the Tasmanian State election

appropriate policy and system adjustments ABC-owned Port Moresby premises. Premises in anticipation of the introduction and were also refitted in Shepparton in Victoria, implementation of Super Choice, the new in Queensland and Port Lincoln Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation and Mount Gambier in South Australia. Plan scheme (PSSap) and ComSuper’s Employer Services Online (ESO). In accordance with new channel requirements imposed by the Australian Communications The ABC’s Finance System (SAP) database and Media Authority (ACMA) in 2004, the software was migrated to a new database phasing-in of new digital electronic news to facilitate the future upgrades of the gathering equipment for television was system. Management reporting and completed in all states and territories. payment processing were improved with The new equipment enables safer and the implementation of an interface for more flexible news-gathering and supplies travel-related expenses. a clearer picture to the ABC television news audience. Projects Technology and Distribution completed Since commencing its online service in 1995, planned upgrades to five regional radio the ABC has been committed to creating studios, including the installation of new a diverse online media experience for its digital radio consoles that can be maintained audience. In order to meet the current and monitored remotely. The ABC intends demands of its growing audience, a New to upgrade a total of 38 regional studios, Media Resilience project was initiated providing its regional radio audiences with to improve the online infrastructure and a more efficient service. provide a broadcast level of reliability. The project was completed this year and The five studios upgraded this year were the ABC’s services are now accessed Port Lincoln and Port Pirie in South Australia, by 28 million people each week. Shepparton in Victoria, Mount Isa in Queensland and Launceston in Tasmania. The ABC has continued its commitment Refurbishment work was completed on the to the Government’s review of Critical ABC’s leased overseas properties in New Infrastructure capabilities as the major Delhi, Tokyo and Bangkok, and in the provider of emergency-related information health andsafety requirements. compliance to stringent ABCoperational case ofthenewcable-less cameras, better will provide greater efficiency,andinthe introduction ofnewandintegrated technologies play-out technology. Thereplacements and replay facilities, includingcameras, editand and Current Affairs acquisition,editingand the process ofreplacing itsTelevision News projects in2005–06.TheCorporation isin The ABCcommenced several majorcapital hours ofradio andvideoindigital format. digitisation strategy, preserved 12000 Project, akey component oftheABC’s Business Services Archives Digitisation and future archival material. In2005–06, for preservation andonlineaccess to existing digital libraries hasestablished aplatform over the2005–07period.Thenetworkof converting 60000hours ofanalog content the UltimoCentre, withthetask ofinitially A conversion centre wasestablished in Storage Area networks andTape Libraries. state capital locations, andare basedaround the digitisedcontent were installed inall Networked systems for storing andmanaging video mediaarchive commenced thisyear. Digitisation oftheABC’s uniqueaudioand such asanatural disaster orutilityfailure. event ofasubstantial business interruption, on-air radio andtelevision services inthe improving theCorporation’s abilityto restore completion ofaspecificproject dedicated to capabilities. Thisyear sawthesuccessful Management andDisaster Recovery regular scenario-based testing ofCrisis Continuity Managementprogram, including Corporation maintains afocused Business services to Australian communities. The Operations Group and theirtroubled aftermath. coverage oftheSolomon Islandselections enabled theSIBCto deliver itsfirst live systems were delivered. Notably, theproject and introduce newinformation technology transmission, improve production facilities of infrastructure projects designedto boost work andmanagement.Inaddition,anumber providing advice andtraining onproduction work withSIBCmanagementandstaff, project enables two ABCstaff members to Mission to theSolomon Islands(RAMSI).The in association withtheRegionalAssistance (SIBC) Capacity-BuildingInitiative was devised The Solomon IslandsBroadcasting Corporation editorial guidelineswasdelivered. the development ofcorporate planningand NBC’s archive began,andassistance with and putto airbyNBC.Thedigitisationof aimed atdevelopment issues, were produced a socialhistory program andaserialdrama Corporation (NBC)ofPNG.Two newprograms, assistance to theNationalBroadcasting conjunction withRadioAustralia, provided Initiative PhaseI,designedanddelivered in The Papua NewGuineaMediaDevelopment Capacity-Building Initiative. Islands Broadcasting Corporation Development Initiative andtheSolomon the year: thePapua NewGuineaMedia two majorAusAID-fundedprojects during various donors, theABCcontinued to deliver in Vietnam,Malaysia,andFijifundedby In additionto smaller-scale training activities development projects. region through various training and with publicbroadcasters intheAsiaPacific The ABCcontinued to strengthen ties Broadcasters intheRegion Supporting Public continued 103

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ABC Distribution and Transmission Network Aggregated 2005–06 Performance as Reported by Broadcast Australia

ABC Broadcast Australia Distribution Transmission Total Network Total “On-Air” No. of Network Network Availability Availability ABC Service Transmitters (See Note 1) (See Note 2) (See Note 3) (See Note 4) 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 –06 –05 Target –06 –05 –06 –05 –06 –05 %%%%%%%%% ABC Classic FM 67 99.98 99.90 99.83 99.89 99.92 99.21 99.46 99.88 99.84 triple j 57 99.91 99.98 99.82 99.88 99.91 99.27 99.56 99.72 99.83 Local Radio 241 99.67 99.71 99.79 99.71 99.87 98.18 99.40 99.21 99.63 ABC NewsRadio 13 99.99 99.84 99.89 99.87 99.94 98.86 99.23 99.69 99.90 Radio National 257 99.97 99.97 99.74 99.74 99.85 99.56 99.64 99.65 99.72 Analog Television 440 99.97 99.91 99.75 99.77 99.83 99.16 99.25 99.72 99.77 Digital Television 173 99.85 99.91 99.79 99.83 99.84 98.37 99.31 98.95 99.15 State NSW 253 99.95 99.84 99.80 99.83 99.85 98.91 99.37 99.80 99.71 NT 54 99.73 99.94 99.71 99.65 99.71 97.58 99.36 98.14 99.66 QLD 310 99.90 99.98 99.76 99.68 99.86 99.32 99.65 99.59 99.65 SA 76 99.96 99.89 99.79 99.84 99.90 99.48 99.23 99.76 99.83 TAS 83 99.91 99.95 99.81 99.73 99.83 98.58 99.22 99.59 99.68 VIC 120 99.97 99.92 99.82 99.84 99.85 99.08 99.21 99.85 99.83 WA 179 99.93 99.91 99.75 99.86 99.82 99.93 99.57 99.72 99.82

ABC Notes 1. ABC Distribution Network (included contracted service providers): The ABC distribution network ensures that programs are delivered from the studio to local transmitters throughout Australia. It includes outsourced satellite and terrestrial broadcast distribution services from telecommunications carriers such as Optus and Telstra. This measure has been designed to be consistent with the contracted transmission targets and represents the aggregated performance of more than 60 agreements the ABC has in place to distribute programs. The ABC’s overall performance in this area improved in 2005–06 relative to 2004–05. The failure of the Optus satellite distribution service affected the performance of triple j and digital television. Note: Local Radio, which serves remote and regional Australia, is reliant on non-redundant Telstra broadcast lines. These performed below expectation due to an increase in the time taken to repair a small number of lines failures to remote sites in 2005–06. 2. Broadcast Australia Transmission Network (ABC Transmission Contractor): The reported transmission network performance, provided by Broadcast Australia, was close to the targets in most cases, but declined in 2005–06 relative to 2004–05. Performance of the Local and the services in the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Tasmania were below their targets. The installation of new digital television services and the introduction of improved monitoring equipment at transmission sites throughout the year resulted in the disruption of existing transmission services. Cyclones in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia and commercial power and stand-by power system failures adversely affected the reported network performance. The new digital television services performed above the target, but below expectation, declining relative to 2004–05. Broadcast Australia have included the performance of services that were subject to unexpected interference issues that were not anticipated during the planning and construction phases of a number of the new services this year. 3. Total Network Availability shows the impact of all outages of the overall network. It reflects the delivered service availability to the audience, regardless of of the fault or interruption. In practice, during the majority of reported outages, a reduced level of service continued to be provided. This accounts for the difference between the contracted and overall network performance. Overall, these statistics show the delivery of services to ABC analog network audiences in 2005–06 declined relative to 2004–05. Except for South Australia and Western Australia, all networks and states performed below expectation. Digital television services’ performance remained well below expectation, due in part to resolution of post-commissioning adjustments to a large number of the new services. Three new digital television services in Victoria were switched off due to interference, affecting overall performance. The data does not include all instances where Broadcast Australia operated services below minimum performance levels. The ABC is endeavouring to monitor and rectify such services. 4. Total “On-Air” Availability shows the direct impact of all outages experienced by the audience, where some level of service continued to be provided throughout faults and maintenance. That is, where there was no total loss or denial of service to the majority of the audience. In 2005–06, Broadcast Australia reported an overall increase in the total period services were “off”, in comparison to 2004–05. Reported digital television performance deteriorated in comparison to the previous year. The Northern Territory was affected by the loss of the three inland High Frequency (HF) Vertical Incidence Local Radio services that were switched off for long periods to facilitate the installation of new transmitters for these services. A temporary replacement service was provided from the Broadcast Australia HF transmission facility at Shepparton in Victoria during most daylight hours over this period. 105

Acting Director of Gary Dawson Corporate Strategy and Communications Gary Dawson has been Acting Director of Corporate Strategy and Communications since March 2006 and is the Head of Strategy and Development for the Division. Prior to joining the ABC in May 2005, Gary was the Communications Director of The Law Society of New South Wales and previously spent five years as a senior advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office, including two years as senior policy adviser on communications, information technology, science and innovation. Earlier in his career, Gary worked as a journalist for 15 years in print, radio and television, including with ABC radio and television news in Townsville and Canberra. Gary holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree from the Australian National University.

Corporate Strategy and Communications

The Corporate Strategy and Communications subscribed to a range of audience Division provides a range of Corporation-wide measurement data and commissioned support functions in relation to corporate research to help measure its audiences; policy, strategy and governance, and the inform programming, scheduling and ABC’s position and influence in the internal marketing decisions; and gauge audience and external environment. attitudes to the Corporation’s services.

Audience and Consumer Affairs Information on the ABC’s audiences in 2005–06 Audience and Consumer Affairs’ key role is to can be found in ABC Audiences (page 28). ensure that program complaints are handled in accordance with the guidelines set out in Bonner Committee the ABC Editorial Policies and in particular, The Bonner Committee was established to to independently investigate complaints that play an active role in enhancing and promoting relate to issues covered by the ABC’s Code of Indigenous issues within the ABC through Practice. The ABC’s Code of Practice outlines a range of measures, including employment, a range of program standards against which training, career development and “specialist 05–06 the ABC can be publicly judged. The unit also staffing” of Indigenous content areas and/or responds to a large number of programming programs. The Committee’s Executive reports and policy enquiries. to the Director of Corporate Strategy and Communications on a bimonthly basis. Further details about the nature and subject of contacts received by Audience In 2005–06, the Committee undertook a range and Consumer Affairs can be found in of activities, including: collaborating with Corporate Governance (page 57). ABC Television to establish the definition of a “true” Indigenous production or program as Audience Research one in which a minimum of two of three of Corporate Strategy and Communications the key creative principals (producer, director ANNUAL REPORT 20 manages Audience Research on behalf or writer) are Indigenous Australians; of the Corporation. In 2005–06, the ABC coordinating the first Indigenous Programs 106

Corporate Strategy and Communications continued Launch on 28 April 2006 for the ABC’s Ultimo Centre in Sydney. Volunteer guides specialist Indigenous programs across ABC were recruited and trained during June and Radio, Television and Online; developing July 2005, with the first tours beginning in Indigenous marketing material, including mid-August. Since then, an estimated 3 290 an Indigenous broadcasting logo; and setting people have taken the tour, made up of out a two-year Mission Statement outlining primary and secondary school groups, the objectives and goals of the Committee. community groups and overseas delegations. Corporate Marketing provided cross-divisional Corporate Marketing marketing support for Radio’s podcasting The Corporate Marketing unit manages the service, the 10th Anniversary celebrations ABC brand, its partnerships, cross promotions, of ABC Online and celebrations marking ABC community events and cross-divisional Television’s 50th Year. Partnerships were marketing needs. established with the in Sydney and Melbourne’s Australian Centre In 2005–06, the unit focused on reaching new for the Moving Image, both of which launched audiences with a broad range of community exhibitions marking 50 years of television. activities and a corporate cinema campaign in Sydney. ABC exhibitions continued in the foyer of the Ultimo Centre with displays featuring The travelling Exhibition Trailer continued Television’s Peking to Paris series and to provide the main focal point for the Playschool. Through Australian Eyes, the Corporation’s community presence. It ABC’s retrospective look at more than 70 appeared at all major State agricultural years of ABC foreign reporting finished its shows, as well as completing regional tours year-long exhibition in Old Parliament House of Queensland and Western Australia. The in Canberra. The exhibition has now moved Trailer also supported the 60th birthday to Wagga Wagga. celebration of Radio’s The Country Hour and the 40th Anniversary Playschool Tour of Corporate Media remote communities. During the year, the and Communications Trailer attended 21 events across all states The Corporate Media and Communications and territories and was open to the public on unit manages the ABC’s media relations 72 days. In late May, it supported the ABC’s and all matters that relate to corporate “Just Larried” Concert in Innisfail, hosted by communications, including the ABC Intranet, ABC Local Radio in the wake of Cyclone Larry, the ABC Corporate website About the ABC and also supported Gardening and all major policy announcements and in both New South Wales and Victoria. platform launches. The unit publishes the external newsletter Inside the ABC and the During the summer period, a corporate internal newsletter, abcXchange. cinema advertisement was scheduled in the Sydney market aimed at infrequent ABC Corporate Media and Communications viewers and listeners, promoting the message managed the public release of a number of that the ABC was “Part of Everyday Life”. significant ABC documents and statements during 2005–06. These included the release Early in the year the Corporation extended of Newspoll’s ABC Appreciation Survey 2005 its community involvement with the launch in August and the public summary of the of a Public Tours Program for the ABC ABC’s Triennial Funding Submission 2006–09 major review ofthe Efficiency Review. Unit staff coordinated a conduct theABCFunding Adequacyand Information Technology andtheArtsto by theDepartmentofCommunications, the external consultants from KPMGemployed It alsomanagedtheABC’s relationship with Triennial FundingSubmission Officer inthepreparation ofthe Corporation’s Managing Director andtheChiefOperating In 2005–06,theunitworked closely withthe in majorcorporate projects. external submissions, andparticipates work, produces the coordinates corporate planningandpolicy it provides industry andpolicyanalysis, governance oftheCorporation. Specifically, advice relating to thepositioning,policyand Board withstrategic support,analysis and provides corporate managementandthe The Corporate PlanningandGovernance unit and Governance Corporate Planning access to information aboutthe Corporation. contemporary look while providing easier About theABC During 2005–06,theABCCorporate website Federal Budgetoutcome. the ABC’s publicresponse to the2006–07 in early 2006.InMay,theunitcoordinated of thedevelopment ofa10-year Integrated contributed significantly to thefirst phases for the The ABCExhibitionTraileratHermannsburg,NT Play School was redesigned to give itamore 40th Birthdaytour ABC EditorialPolicies Annual Report for 2006–09. and , Corporation (SABC). and theSouthAfrican Broadcasting (RNZ), RadioTelevision HongKong(RTHK) Hoso Kyokai (NHK),RadioNewZealand Telecommunications Union(ITU),Nippon Committee (IRAC) andtheInternational International Radiocommunications Advisory (CBA), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), Broadcasting Union(ABU),Asia-Pacific around theworld,namely the:Asia-Pacific broadcasters andbroadcasting associations The ABChasclose contact withpublic International Relations material willberetained asnationalarchives. makers to helpthemdecidewhataudiovisual a tool thatwillbeusedextensively byprogram supporting audiovisual Sentencing Guidelines, accompanied bythejointsigningof Authority (RDA) to theABC.Thiswas handed over thenewRecords Disposal National Archives ofAustralia signedand was achieved on6June2006,whenthe (DIRKS) methodology. 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Corporate Strategy and Communications continued Flowing from the ABC’s Charter as a public On a day-to-day basis, the unit provides advice service broadcaster, the Corporation has to other ABC Divisions on dealing with the a number of aims in its interactions with Government, Government Departments and these organisations: Parliamentarians, responds to departmental • to contribute to the “health” of public requests for information and liaises with broadcasting internationally; Ministerial offices, media companies and • to demonstrate good corporate citizenship industry groups on issues as they arise. by supporting the need for expertise by less-developed broadcasters in the The most significant area of work in 2005–06 region; and involved devising and implementing a strategy • to influence the policy debate on matters for the presentation and advancement of relevant to the ABC, by being part of the ABC’s Triennial Funding submission to Planning and Strategy groups and by Government. This encompassed advice on having input into the regulation of global the preparation of the Submission around technical standards via international key policy themes; advice on the timing of bodies such as the IRAC and the ITU. public release of a summary of the submission; advancing the ABC’s case with departmental Participation in international discussions officials, Parliamentarians and Ministers; about public broadcasting is compatible input into the Funding Adequacy and with the values and principles expressed Efficiency Review and handling of the ABC’s in the ABC’s Charter. It also helps to shape Budget response. current thinking on public broadcasting and its regulations. The Strategy and Development unit also provided advice on preparation and advocacy In June 2006, the Committee on Review of in support of the ABC’s bid for a renewal of the Public Service Broadcasting in Hong Kong, contract for the Asia Pacific Television service, called upon the ABC to provide guidance and funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs. input into a range of broadcasting issues on the future of public service broadcasting, The Government’s media reform agenda and including Radio Television Hong Kong. The opportunities for the ABC resulting from Government of the Special Administrative regulatory changes involving digital television Region of Hong Kong initiated the Review, and media ownership was also an area of which commenced in January 2006. activity for the unit. This involved liaison with other media companies and industry groups, During 2005–06, the ABC welcomed to its as well as advocacy and liaison with the premises in Australia delegations from Minister’s office on the role the ABC can around the world, benefiting from an exchange play in the new media environment. of ideas and debate. The ABC appeared before the Senate Estimates Strategy and Development Committee three times during the year, in The Strategy and Development unit includes October 2005, February 2006 and May 2006. government and parliamentary relations and It provided answers to 355 Senate Estimates has responsibility for liaison with the Federal Questions on Notice over the year, across a Government and Parliament, Parliamentary broad range of subject areas. The Manager committees, Commonwealth Departments, Parliamentary Relations co-ordinated the major media companies and industry groups. preparation and lodging of answers to these Questions on Notice. local cross-divisional initiatives for ABC2. leadership role inencouraging andsupporting (FOI) reviews. TheDirectors alsoplayed a conducted internal Freedom ofInformation of theComplaintsReview Executive and National Broadcasting, performed theduties the Role andAdequacyof Government Funded Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiryinto ABC contribution to theSouthAustralian Adequacy andEfficiencyReview, managedthe election coverage, contributed to theFunding 2005. Directors oversaw local andFederal opened bythePrimeMinister inSeptember of thenewPerth ABCcomplex, whichwas upgrades inSouthAustralia andthecompletion newsroom, radio studio andeditbooth projects, includingcollocation oftheDarwin a key role insignificant local infrastructure thinking andplanningoftheABC.They play and t significant role incontributing astate showcase theABC.TheDirectors playa major community events designedto The State andTerritory Directors coordinated Territory andQueensland. cyclones inWestern Australia, theNorthern Victoria andSouthAustralia, andduring better served duringmajorbushfires in agencies resulted incommunities being maintaining partnerships with emergency The State andTerritory Directors’ workin ABC’s history inthere-opened Press Gallery. House inCanberra andthedisplayof included apartnership withOldParliament Relationships withexternal stakeholders needs to inform ABCprograms andpriorities. and monitoring community interests and stakeholders, providing feedback to theABC and maintain relationships withexternal divisional managers. State Directors establish of theABCandled State Executives of worked to enhance community appreciation ABC’s business. In2005–06,theDirectors geographical andoperational breadth ofthe The State andTerritory Directors reflect the State andTerritory Directors erritory perspective to thestrategic and overseeing governance atalocal level. as breast cancer concerns inBrisbane, occupational healthandsafety issues, such management, transmission, monitoring local areas ofbusiness continuity planning,risk included aparticularemphasisonthe also oversee operations. In2005–06,this teams, theState andTerritory Directors As wellasleading local management of court andthenew uniform defamation laws. Corporation, covering topics suchascontempt workshops for program makers withinthe a seriesofspecialist in-housemedialaw exposure to legal proceedings bydelivering which isaimedatminimisingtheABC’s continued itsmedialawtraining program, Consistent withprevious years, theDepartment measures andtheiroutcomes. and review oftechnological protection on theInternet andancillaryprivacy issues, in thedigital age,unauthorisedphotographs 2005, fair useand othercopyright exceptions on matters includingtheAnti-Terrorism Bill ABC EditorialPolicies agreements; participated inthereview ofthe by theABC;renegotiated blanket rights applications to restrain broadcasts proposed During 2005–06,LegalServices resisted and State government bodiesaboutlawreform. developing submissions to Commonwealth statutory obligationsofalldivisions;and rights issues, regulatory regimes andthe providing detailed advice oncontractual and litigation commenced against theCorporation; Australia-wide basisto alldivisions;conducting including pre-publication advice ona24-hour, range oflegal supportto theCorporation, ABC LegalServices provides acomprehensive Legal Services ; formulated submissions 109

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The ABC has long had a strong commitment to women’s sport such as the national netball competition. In May 2006, it began screening netball live on Friday nights on ABC2, with highlights “I’m completely thrilled on ABC Television the next day. Netball has the highest participation that the ABC keeps rate of any Australian sport. playing the netball.” Holly B, North Freemantle, Since inception, ABC Radio has provided authoritative commentary WA on all sports. ABC Television provides selective coverage of sport, including state and territory “[The ABC is] able to football codes and the Hopman give all Australians a Cup tennis tournament. sense of community.” Grandstand Jon B, West Brunswick, (Weekends, ABC Local Radio) Grandstand is ABC Local Radio’s Victoria flagship sport program, presenting Australian and international sporting news alongside coverage of cricket matches in Summer and football games in Winter, as well as special broadcasts of major sporting events.

Offsiders (10.30am Sunday on ABC Television, repeated on ABC2) Hosted by Barry Cassidy, Offsiders applies the Insiders formula to sport, creating a challenging and sometimes humorous debate.

This Sporting Life (2pm Sunday on triple j and by podcast) Presented by the inimitable “Rampaging” Roy Slaven and H.G. Nelson, This Sporting Life is a satirical look at 8pm the week’s news, with particular emphasis on sport. enjoying Netball Live on ABC2 digital television 112

Performance Against the Corporate Plan 2004–07

The Corporate Plan 2004–07 includes three due to the introduction of local Breakfast levels of performance measurement. program shifts in Port Lincoln in South Australia and Shepparton in Victoria. However, The first level measures the effectiveness or these shifts, as a percentage of the total hours, outcome of ABC services in providing benefit do not materially affect the overall outcome. to the Australian community. These measures and the ABC’s performance against them in Number of unduplicated television 2005–06 are set out in the Corporate Plan broadcast hours that comprise state Summary (page 13). and national programming. Of the 10 841 total television transmission The second level measures how well the ABC hours there were: delivers its output across Radio, Television • 2 196 hours (20.3%) unduplicated, and New Media and Digital Services. These state-based, first-run television broadcast performance measures encompass seven hours (74 hours less than 2004–05). key result areas relating to programs and Comment: The decline is due to the services, audience reach by media platform reduction in coverage of local sport. and network, innovation and efficiency. • 3 264 hours (30.1%) unduplicated, national, first-run television broadcast hours The third level of evaluation relates to the (65 hours less than on 2004–05). actions and performance targets set for Comment: The decline represents a each of 15 strategic priorities. For reporting decrease in the number of first-release, purposes, these targets are assessed as purchased hours which is mainly overseas “Achieved”, “On Track” or “Not Achieved” material. In the main these hours have against agreed performance criteria. been replaced with repeat ABC-made and, to a lesser extent, repeat purchased Key Results Areas material, of which the latter is predominantly Measuring how well the ABC delivers its overseas content. This has had a positive programs and services across radio, television, impact on the levels of Australian content online and new media—measured twice yearly. as shown below.

Objective One—Contribute to Number of full-time equivalent staff assigned a sense of national identity. to New Media and Digital Services producing local and state, and national content. Percentage and number of unduplicated At 30 June 2006, 14.5% of content staff radio broadcast hours that comprise local produced local and state content, an increase and state/territory programming. of 0.7% on June 2005, with the remainder ABC Local Radio broadcast approximately producing national content. 109 040 hours of unduplicated programming in 2005–06, of which approximately 55% was Percentage of Australian content on local and 18% state-based programming. ABC Television between 6am and midnight While the percentages are consistent with compared with 2003–04. that of 2004–05, the number of unduplicated National transmission, 6am–midnight: hours of local programming increased by 49.8% (1.9 percentage points up on 2003–04). approximately 640 during the reporting period Total transmission (including local break-outs), • • • • Local Radio:31%against target of25%. Radio National: 35.3%against target of25%. • • ABC Classic FM:36%ofAustralian music • which broadcasts music. performance for eachRadionetwork Percentage ofAustralian music points upon2003–04). 6am–midnight: 64%(2.6percentage • ABC hadabouttherightamount ofcoverage. out of22issues, 50%ormore believed the This compares to the2005survey whenon21 ABC hadabouttherightamountofcoverage. Appreciation Survey, 50%ormore believed the on 20outof22issues listed inthe2006ABC and current affairs atleast once perfortnight: Based onpeople whoused theABCfor news • • • Percentage ofpeople whobelieve theABC: Radio Australia: 60%against atarget of60%. • Source: ABCAppreciation Survey 2006 Source: ABCAppreciation Survey 2006 Source: ABCAppreciation Study 2006 2005 2005 2005 Australian musiccomposition. continues tostriveachievethislevelof While ithasnotachievedthetarget,Radio aspirational targetformusiccomposition. Comment: ABCClassicFMadoptedan target of12%. of Australian musiccomposition against performance against target of30%,10.2% of wideappealandspecialised interest. achieves agoodbalancebetween programs and currentaffairsreportage provides anappropriatemixofnews provides programsofaneducationalnature performing artssuchasmusicanddrama encourages andpromotesAustralian dig country dig jazz dig triple j : 40.5%against target of40%. : 41.7%against target of40% : 27%against target of20%. : 27%against atarget of25%. 84% 84% 86% 85% 79% 78% • • Local Radio:2233000(35up 5–8 2005and1–42006,people aged10+: Overall 5-cityaverage weekly reach, surveys combined 5-cityreach. Radio audience reach bynetwork and and services. and innovative programs audiences withrelevant Objective Two—Engage • • • • Combined 5-city average weekly reach: • ABC NewsRadio: 643000(1up • Radio National:653000(8down • ABC Classic FM:664000(26down including onlineandmobiletechnologies use of the decline.Thisresultdoesnotreflect entrants. Workiscontinuingtominimise market drivenbynewtechnologiesand continuing fragmentationoftheyouthmedia Comment: thisdeclineisduetothe on equivalent periodin2004–05). triple j on equivalent periodin2004–05). in views (sub-site of dig country total pageviewfigure). (sub-site of dig jazz measurement system. not availableduetochangeinABCOnline Comment: comparabledatafor2004–05 dig statistically significant. National andNewsRadioarenot audience reachforClassicFM,Radio Comment: downwardmovementsin period in2004–05). 3 704000(62down onequivalent on equivalent periodin2004–05). on equivalent periodin2004–05). on equivalent periodin2004–05). dig : 64785average weekly pageviews. total pageviewfigure). : 968000(124down triple j : 9300average weekly pageviews : 4400average weekly page dig services onotherplatforms, radio andincludedin dig radio andincluded dig . 113

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Television audience reach. Evidence of innovative activities. • Average weekly metro: 8 540 000 or The ABC’s commitment to innovation resulted 61.5% of the population. Down by 343 000 in the development of a wide range of on 2004–05. technology-based projects using media • Average weekly regional: 4 122 000 or platforms such as WAP, SMS, podcasting, 65.3% of the population. Down by 166 000 vodcasting and participation in digital video on 2004–05. broadcasting–handheld trials. Other Comment: these decreases reflects innovations resulted in engaging and the overall decline in reach of content-rich programs. Details are provided free-to-air television. in the Radio, Television and New Media and Digital Services sections of this report (see New Media and Digital Services pages 68–83). audience reach. • Reach in active Australian Internet Critical review. population, aged 2+, monthly average: Awards won by the ABC during 2005–06 are 17.1%, 2.7 percentage points up on listed in Appendix 22 (page 209). 2004–05. • Reach among total Australian population, Industry feedback. aged 2+, monthly average: 9.7%, 1.9 As a result of the 2004–05 Financial Accounts percentage points up on 2004–05. audit, the ANAO considered that the ABC demonstrated better practice in the preparation Share of ABC Television audiences. of Financial Statements in the Public Sector Total viewing (people)—includes free-to-air, and with several other agencies was chosen subscription and community television to assist in the preparation of a better practice and regional spill (whereby people residing guide. This guide has been published on the in a metropolitan market can watch a ANAO website and is currently being printed. regional station) • 6am–midnight, metropolitan people share: Objective Three—Ensure the 12.2%, 1.9 share points down on 2004–05. ABC’s independence, integrity • 6pm–midnight, metropolitan people share: and high standards. 12.8%, 1.6 share points down on 2004–05. Board confidence that it has fulfilled its Free-to-air viewing (households) statutory obligations. • 6am–midnight, metropolitan household During 2005–06 the Board: share: 15.6%, 1.6 share points down on • held 12 board meetings informed by 2004–05. comprehensive papers, including a • 6pm–midnight, metropolitan households: written Managing Director’s report and 16.7%, 1.2 share points down on 2004–05. Governance and Activity reports from Comment: The decline in share for each Divisional Director; ABC Television is a result of the fierce • held four meetings of the Audit and competition among the commercial Risk Committee, three of the Editorial free-to-air networks in a tight and Policies Committee, two of the Executive highly contested market. Remuneration Committee and three appropriate data collection. inadequate. TheABC is developing Currently available information is to beanemployer ofchoice. Evidence thattheABCisconsidered • 0.0007 breaches andupheldcomplaints • 7.74 breaches andupheldcomplaints broadcast and10000onlinepageaccesses: and upheldcomplaints per 10000hours of The percentage andnumberofbreaches in needofadditionalfunding. any financialgainsfrom efficiencies,was efficient organisation andthat,after factoring from furtherefficiencies,itwasabroadly the Corporation hadsomescope to benefit Review conducted byKPMGfound that,while The ABCFunding AdequacyandEfficiency benchmarks andreviews. ABC performance against external • oversaw theonlineintroduction of met annualreporting requirements• for • published its2004–05 • witnessed unqualifiedfinancial • approved the2006–09Triennial Funding • reviewed theABC’s anti-bullying program; • commenced itsreview ofthe 0.004 in2004–05. per 10000pageaccesses (down from on 2004–05). per 10000hours ofbroadcast (0.05up ABC WorkSafe. Annual Energy Consumption;and Environment Protection Measures and Disability Strategy, theNational Equity andDiversity, theCommonwealth Reporting Awards); (given aGoldaward bytheAustralasian statements for 2004–05; 2006–07 budgetoutcome ontheABC; Submission andnoted theimpactof Board Committee; meetings oftheABCAdvisoryCouncil Editorial Policies ; Annual Report ABC broadcast hour Average salarycost perunduplicated unduplicated broadcast hours. Total staff costs asapercentage oftotal of total costs Corporate supportcosts asapercentage total costs. Corporate supportasapercentage of of Australia. maximum benefittothepeople Objective Four—Provide non-Appropriation revenue Percentage ofgross costs fundedby as apercentage oftotalcosts. Value ofnon-Appropriation revenue capacity for television production facilities. enable reporting onfacilities usageand comprehensive data willbecaptured to from 2006–07,pendingsystem review/upgrade, implementation project. Itisanticipated that part oftheProduction Resources Review A facilities review hascommenced as Levels offacilities utilisation. 224$ 6 229$2366 $2279 $2362 $2 284 40 50 40 05–06 04–05 05–06 04–05 40 50 40 05–06 04–05 05–06 04–05 40 50 40 05–06 04–05 05–06 04–05 .%92 .%8.8% 8.2% 9.2% 9.0% .%47 .%5.3% 4.6% 4.7% 4.2% ugtActual Budget Actual Budget ugtActual Budget 115

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Performance Targets Local Radio: The 2004–07 ABC Corporate Plan sets out 136 • Continue to provide the 2003–04 levels of individual targets. In this, the Plan’s second non-networked local programming made year of operation, 77 (57%) of the targets possible through National Interest Initiative were achieved. Of the remaining 59 targets, (NII) funding from the Parliament. 46 (34%) are on track to be achieved as Achieved required and 13 (9%) have not been achieved. • Review the location of regional radio stations to ensure they reflect significant Objective One—Contribute to changes in population demographics. a Sense of National Identity On Track Source and commission content from Key Direction 2004–07 independent producers in regional Australia Create more opportunities for audiences to through the Regional Production Fund. connect with the diversity of their communities Achieved through an ABC that is distinctively Australian. Extend the availability of ABC Radio networks: Strategic Priority 1 • Seek funding to increase the transmission Maintain its commitment to the provision coverage of national radio networks. of programs and services tailored for local, Achieved regional and state/territory-based audiences • Distribute national radio services via through the: digital television transmission by 2005. • Program coverage by national television, Achieved radio and online networks of issues • Deliver all services via the Internet. relevant to audiences outside the major Achieved capital cities • Spread of Local Radio services Television across Australia Reflect Australian communities through: • Accessibility of all ABC media services • ABC Television’s main channel, as a national to audiences throughout Australia. network with state/territory program breakouts, broadcasting to a mass audience. Actions and Targets Achieved Radio • Continuation of the 2003–04 levels of National Radio Networks: production commissioned outside of • Maintain at least the 2003–04 range of Sydney and Melbourne. programming that specialises in regional Achieved and rural affairs. Achieved New Media and Digital Services • Venture outside metropolitan centres to Present rich information content for local collect program material and give voice and regional audiences, and in particular: to regional and rural audiences. • Broaden opportunities for audience Achieved interaction through localised information gateways. Achieved • Provide local • newsandspecialist information • Expand broadband production compared Achieved major significance andcelebration. Provide comprehensive coverage ofevents of • Implement Disaster Plansto ensure • Establish andmaintain formal of emergencies andmajorevents: communities across Australia attimes as theprimarypointofconnection for Strengthen furthertherole ofLocal Radio Radio • Present relevant andengaging • Cross-promotion activitieswillconstitute Centrally coordinate• policiesandstrategies communications andevents. Bring people together through Actions andTargets • • • • issues oflife inAustralia: Reflect theexperiences andcontemporary Strategic Priority2 Achieved and events diaries. state/territory-based sport,local weather and regional communities, including of relevance to particularstate/territory Achieved to 2003–04. Achieved immediate andappropriate responses. On Track organisations inallstates andterritories. relationships withemergency services Achieved community events. Achieved on ABCRadioand15%Television. at least 20%oftotal on-airpromotions Achieved to project theAustralian identityoftheABC. of majorsignificance Respond toemergenciesandevents with oneanother Offer waysforAustralianstoconnect Present Australiancontent Promote ideasanddebate . On Track music talent. Identify andsupportnewAustralian On Track NewsRadio. annual targets for allnetworksexcept ABC and performance bysettingandachieving Continue to give priorityto Australian music Achieved and Local Radio. of ideasandopendebate onRadioNational Actively facilitate discussion ofabroad range Achieved audience-generated content. guest books,events diariesand similar extensive useofforums, mailinglists, or theirareas ofinterest, through the defined eitherbytheirgeographic location Facilitate thegrowth ofonlinecommunities, • Provide emergency information sites • Evaluate anddevelop onlineandwireless local communities attimesofcrisis: Strengthen theABC’s capacity to support New MediaandDigitalServices Achieved of majorsignificance andcelebration. Provide coverage ofemergencies andevents Achieved categories, respectively. in fictional,factual andentertainment Australian seriesorprogram eachyear Broadcast onegroundbreaking/significant Television Achieved relevant agencies. with emergency contacts andlinksto deliver information online. an initiative. Instead, itwouldcontinue to subsequently decidednotto proceed with conjunction withMurdoch University and Services concluded anevaluation in Not Achieved (SMS) distribution oftargeted newsalerts. —New MediaandDigital 117

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International Broadcasting Provide high levels of customer and client Contribute to a greater awareness and service including responsiveness to feedback. understanding of Australia and Australian On Track attitudes to world affairs: Radio Australia: Establish and implement mechanisms • Complete the production in all broadcast for effective measurement of individual languages of the ‘Australia Now’ feature visitors to ABC Shop Online and establish series by 2006. benchmarks for traffic to the site. Achieved On Track • Co-produce two public debates per year on Australian responses to key Strategic Priority 3 regional events. Across the total range of media services— On Track Radio, Television and New Media and Digital • Set and achieve annual Australian Services—achieve a comprehensive mix of music targets. program genre to reflect Charter obligations. Achieved • Ensure audiences receive timely and Actions and Targets accurate information at times of crisis. Radio On Track Achieve a distinctive mix of genre across the six radio services: ABC Asia Pacific: • ABC NewsRadio—around-the-clock news, • Maintain or increase the 2003–04 level current affairs and information. and quality of Australian-produced Achieved programming, sourced both from the • Radio National—programs of analysis and ABC and other suppliers. specialised interest, including education, Achieved music, drama and arts. • Ensure audiences receive timely and Achieved accurate information at times of crisis. • Local Radio—news and information, sport Achieved and entertainment, music and arts. Achieved News and Current Affairs • ABC Classic FM—classical and new Enrich the in-depth coverage of major events music, performance and arts. through cross-media program enhancements Achieved offering additional information and • triple j—news, information and music online forums. relevant to youth, including performance On Track and arts. Achieved Enterprises • dig—music, features and performance Establish more points of connection with via the Internet and digital television audiences through a continued expansion in transmission. the number of ABC retail outlets. Achieved On Track • Outside ofprimetime,give priorityto • Give priorityto distinctive Australian • Maintain theABC’s commitment to news • Achieve abroad genre spread during Across thetelevision schedule: Television • Expand production ofprograms onhealth, • Enhance newsandcurrent affairs services Radio Australia: interest to theregion. Pacific through programming inkey areas of Provide auniqueperspective onAsiaandthe International Broadcasting • Content sites thatcomplement selected • Lifestyle andentertainment. • Regional andrural, includinglocal arts. • Children andyouth. • Science, technology andhealth. • News, sport andbusiness, especially for new services: Priority content genres across existing and New MediaandDigitalServices On Track children’s andfurtherartsprogramming. Achieved and for reinvigorated artsprogramming. particular to planningfor Australian history content inevening primetimeand,in Achieved and information. Achieved evening primetime,across theyear. Achieved language services byDecember 2004. development andAustralia to allsix On Track responsiveness. through improved relevance and Achieved ABC RadioandTelevision programs. Achieved Achieved Achieved Achieved Achieved broadband and3Gmobile platforms. • Provide aspecificPacific Islandprogram • Strengthen newscontent relevant to the ABC AsiaPacific: • Cover majorcultural issues and Achieved of competitive advantage. Sustain educational programming asanarea ABC AsiaPacific: Develop atleast• one neweducational series • Develop newsituationalEnglishlearning Radio Australia: International Broadcasting • Work withABCRadioand Television to • Enrich children’s andyouth material on New MediaandDigital Services: Provide content ofaneducational nature: Educational Programs andContent On Track evening timeslots. especially news,isbroadcast inmid- schedule to ensure prime-timecontent, On Track Asia-Pacific region, andparticularly India. On Track in EnglishandPidginlanguages. performing artsinthePacific, Achieved each year inAsiaPacific languages. in Englishperyear andproduce oneseries Achieved and KhmerbyDecember 2005. series inIndonesian,Chinese,Vietnamese Achieved enhancements. interactive broadcasts andonline extend thevalue ofprograms through Achieved through astrong educational emphasis. ABC Onlineandemerging mediaservices 119

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Objective Two—Engage Not Achieved—The decline in ABC Television Audiences with Relevant audiences generally reflects the overall and Innovative Programs decline in the reach of free-to-air television and Services since 2002.

Key Direction 2004–07 New Media and Digital Services Reach as many people as possible through Compared to 2003–04 levels, retain and grow the ABC’s established Charter services and audiences in core priority genres across the emerging digital media. totality of narrowband and broadband content. Achieved Strategic Priority 4 Retain position as industry leaders in Children’s, Each media platform and network will Regional and Rural and Science genres. schedule its programs with the aim of Achieved attracting the maximum available audience for those programs. Compared to 2003–04 levels, retain and grow users/audiences in the 8–14 and 25–39 age Actions and Targets groups and maintain 2–7 and 40–49 age groups. Radio Achieved Maintain and strive to increase audience reach and share year-on-year. International Broadcasting Not Achieved—In a highly-fragmented Radio Australia: environment, the combined five-city weekly Engage audiences with programs offering reach decreased by 62 000 (2%) in 2005–06 wider appeal, interactivity and content in compared to 2004–05. The overall five-city additional languages. share was 20.1%, a decrease of 0.3% on On Track the 2004–05 result. Coordinate the exchange of public discussion Television programs in the Pacific through the Pacific Continue to achieve increased share of Radio Forum initiative by 2005. available audiences: Achieved • Particularly in . Not Achieved—There was a 1.6 (total Extend the availability of services through: television) share-point decline in • The upgrading of existing shortwave 2005–06 compared with 2004–05. transmission facilities, scheduled by 2005. • Within the 40–54 year age group. On Track Not Achieved—There was a 1.8-share- point decline in 2005–06 compared with And by 2006–07: 2004–05 (free-to-air prime-time share). • 180 relay and rebroadcast locations. • Maintain audiences in the 55+ age group. On Track Not Achieved—There was a 2.4-share-point • Five new 24-hour FM services in the Pacific. decline in 2005-06 compared with 2004-05. Achieved • An increased number of program hours Grow audiences through innovative rebroadcast locally in Asia and the Pacific. scheduling based on a mix of competitive Achieved programming and counter-programming. • Extend carriage oftheservice to key Extend distribution to key• markets including Extend thereach oftheservice: ABC AsiaPacific: programs domestically. environment to distribute RadioAustralia’s Seek to use thenewdomestic digital On Track and develop newprogram delivery strategies. technology asameansto reach new audiences Trial Digital RadioMondiale (shortwave) Radio Australia: International Broadcasting Plan 2007–10. context ofpreparation oftheABCCorporate Australia, which willbeaddressed inthe of ABCproduction activitiesaround question abouttheoptimalmixandlocation Not Achieved as drama. and shortrunsofhigher-cost projects such resources withlower cost-per-hour projects through themaximumuseofinternal Achieve theoptimalproduction strategy Television Achieved introduction ofDigital RadioBroadcasting. Position andprepare theABCfor the Achieved by end2004–05. Internet radio— Establish twonewmusicstreams of Radio Actions andTargets and creative resources. digital spectrumbroadcasting assets full useoftheCorporation’s available Identify innovative opportunitiesandmake Strategic Priority5 On Track distributors inmajormarkets. On Track India, China,MalaysiaandVietnam. —This relates to astrategic dig jazz and dig country dig On Track on broadband. Explore opportunities for carriage ofservice ABC AsiaPacific: On Track distribute Asia-Pacific regional content. Use available satellite delivery capacity to available digital spectrum. domestic networksintheallocation ofthe option andhasdecidedto give priorityto Not Achieved Achieved delivery across multiple platforms. production process thatenables efficient Develop andimplement anintegrated content Achieved and wireless platforms. Create newcontent for delivery onmobile • Develop aproduction process thatenables • Aggregate broadband content ina • Extend broadband content and broadband andon-demandservices: Increase therelative importance of Achieved sustainable financialmodel. that reflects newmediainnovation anda Develop asecond (digital) television channel New MediaandDigitalServices Achieved mobile anddigital broadcast platforms. the delivery ofcontent across broadband, Achieved targeted atthe25–49agegroup. scheduled onlinechannelpresentation Achieved and Radioprograms. relevance andappealofABCTelevision media content andthatextend the audience demandfor interactive, rich enhancements to meetincreased —The ABChasconsidered this 121

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Enterprises Objective Three—Ensure the Extend the formats of ABC consumer products ABC’s Independence, Integrity to include products for new technologies. and High Standards On Track Key Direction 2004–07 Explore opportunities for exploitation of Advance the ABC’s reputation and high content on demand. performance standards through the On Track ongoing evaluation of governance, policies and procedures. Retransmit ABC programs on as many third-party platforms as possible. Strategic Priority 7 On Track Apply best practice standards of corporate governance to uphold the integrity, Strategic Priority 6 independence and public accountability Use audience research more effectively of the Corporation. as a strategic planning tool. Actions and Targets Actions and Targets Ensure the ABC Board has confidence that Monitor and analyse the evolving needs and key governance systems and reporting preferences of audiences: processes enable it to fulfil its obligations • Investigate the implications for the ABC under Section 8 of the ABC Act. of increasingly mobile lifestyles and Achieved changing media habits. Achieved Achieve positive responses from external • Analyse opportunities to reach those performance reviews. Australians who do not regularly use Achieved ABC services. Achieved Achieve favourable ABC performance results • Monitor the effectiveness of the ABC in against relevant external benchmarks. reflecting the values of public broadcasting Achieved for the benefit of all Australians. Achieved Publish on the Internet each quarter the Public Report on Audience Comments and Complaints. International Broadcasting Achieved Commission or acquire targeted audience research about the ABC’s international radio and television services. On Track

Establish external monitoring processes to regularly assess the relevance of international broadcasting programs. On Track Achieved complaints inatimely andimpartialmanner. Acknowledge andrespond to program • Provide critical feedback to program Monitor program • performance and editorial and information programs to: Regularly review allnews,current affairs On Track revised Deliver Corporation-wide training inthe in 2005andisdueto becompleted in2006–07. Not Achieved effectiveness byend2005. contemporary relevance andoperational the ABCAdvisoryCouncil. through consultation withandadvice from Inform managementdecision-making Strategic Priority8 Review Actions andTargets Editorial Policies through theconsistent application of Ensure higheditorial andprogram standards Strategic Priority9 Achieved Advisory CouncilandDivisionalDirectors. Maintain ongoingcontact betweentheABC Achieved Advisory Council. ABC Board AdvisoryCommittee andABC Conduct regular meetingsbetweenthe Actions andTargets On Track makers andtheABCBoard. On Track accurate andimpartial. the ABC’s legislative responsibility to be standards, especially thoserelating to ABC EditorialPolicies Editorial Policies —This review wascommenced . during 2006. to ensure their ABC On Track processes across theCorporation. application ofperformance management Achieve ongoing improvement intheconsistent On Track future leadership andoperational needs. approaches necessary to accommodate Analyse theworkforce profile anddevelop On Track to ensure achievement ofcorporate objectives. Progressively review functionalrelationships Actions andTargets across allmediaplatforms. effective delivery ofcontent andservices and itsworking relationships supportthe Ensure theorganisation oftheCorporation Strategic Priority10 Achieved “stimulus” events. across theABCthrough cross-divisional Share knowledge andideaswithin and On Track roles withintheCorporation. national qualifications asbenchmarksfor Promote therecognition ofappropriate On Track as akey to theachievement ofhighstandards. Strengthen thefocus onindividualdevelopment Actions andTargets and individualdevelopment. work environment that encourages diversity employer ofchoice byproviding asupportive Ensure thattheABCcontinues tobean Strategic Priority11 123

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Meet agreed staff training and Objective Four—Provide employment targets: Maximum Benefit to the • Minimum 2% of base salary expenditure People of Australia on staff development and training. Achieved Key Direction 2004–07 • Minimum of 2% level of Indigenous Achieve the optimal use of assets and employment. resources and manage the long-term Not Achieved—The level of Indigenous sustainability of the Corporation. employment was 1.2% at 30 June 2006. • Minimum of 5% employment of people Strategic Priority 13 with disabilities. Through integrated planning, address the Achieved challenges of long-term sustainability to inform and support the ABC’s Corporate Strategic Priority 12 Plan objectives and strategies. Continue to identify and manage the Corporation’s exposure to risk. Actions and Targets Review the capital, information technology Actions and Targets and technical asset base of the Corporation Develop and maintain a Corporation-wide to establish the life expectancy of each class Business Continuity Strategy. of assets by December 2004. On Track Achieved with a revised completion date of May 2005. Ensure a working environment that meets recognised occupational health and By June 2005 develop a 10-year Capital Plan safety standards. and Capital Funding Strategy. On Track Not Achieved—Work on the 10–year Capital Plan and Capital Funding Strategy will resume Progressively review ABC corporate policies following strategic workshops to be held to ensure they are adequate and up-to-date. with the ABC Executive in August 2006 and On Track Board Directors planned for November 2006.

Establish and implement a Corporation-wide By June 2005 develop a rolling three-year records management system that meets Capital Business Plan. legislative requirements. Not Achieved—The development of the On Track rolling three-year Capital Business Plan will be informed by the strategic workshops mentioned above. On Track Review theCapital Planannually. two targets. will follow thecompletion oftheprevious Capital Planaccording to agreed timelines Not Achieved agreed timetables. Implement theCapital Planaccording to On Track digital storage byAugust 2007. of ABCprogram archives from analog to for program makers, convert 60000hours accessible anditsusemore cost-effective To make archived content more easily On Track by 2007. savings of3–5%operational expenditure Review selected operations andachieve cost Actions andTargets support Charter-basedservices. resource andasset utilisationtoeffectively Maximise therelative efficiencyofABC Strategic Priority14 —Implementation ofthe On Track and internationally. and associated products bothnationally opportunities to sellABCprograms Maintain existing anddevelop new On Track maximum benefitandreturn. of content andprogram rightsto ensure Improve themanagementandcoordination On Track ABC programs andservices. partnerships andalliances to support Form domestic andinternational On Track ABC-made content. co-productions to supplement Secure domestic andinternational Achieved with theFederal Government. which to negotiate fundingarrangements delivers to thecommunity asabasisfrom Demonstrate thevalue for money theABC Actions andTargets on investment totheCorporation. Charter activitiesandtooptimisethereturn Maximise sources offundsto support Strategic Priority15 125

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Outcome 1 Television Share Audiences throughout Australia—and overseas —are informed, educated and entertained. 6am–midnight Households 2005–06 2004–05 Overall assessment Metropolitan Share % % Overall achievement will be measured by: Sydney 15.9 17.1 (a) Audience usage of ABC Radio, Television Melbourne 15.5 16.9 and New Media Services Brisbane 15.1 17.1 (b) Results of audience surveys Adelaide 15.1 17.1 Perth 16.5 18.3 (a)Audience usage of ABC Radio, Television Five-city Metro 15.6 17.2 and New Media and Digital Services Regional Share %% Southern NSW 16.5 17.9 Radio Share Northern NSW 18.0 20.9 The ABC’s overall five metropolitan city Victoria 17.6 18.6 share in 2005–06 was 20.1%, a 0.3 share Queensland 14.5 16.1 point decrease on 2004–05 (20.4%). Tasmania 23.6 23.9 Increases were recorded in Melbourne, Regional All 17.2 18.9 Adelaide and Newcastle. Source: OzTAM Television Ratings and Regional TAM. Note: Regional Share includes ABC spill (audiences 2005–06 2004–05 receiving ABC Television signal from outside of the %%market area); historical data has been updated to Sydney 17.6 19.0 reflect this definition. Melbourne 20.6 19.4 Brisbane 19.7 21.6 6pm–midnight Adelaide 22.9 22.4 Households 2005–06 2004–05 Perth 23.7 23.9 Metropolitan Share % % 5-City Metro 20.1 20.4 Sydney 16.7 17.4 Newcastle 22.6 20.8 Melbourne 16.8 18.0 Canberra 42.0 44.1 Brisbane 15.5 17.3 Hobart — 36.8 Adelaide 16.3 17.8 Darwin — 32.1 Perth 18.2 19.4 Five-city Metro 16.7 17.9 Regional Share %% Southern NSW 17.5 18.8 Northern NSW 18.5 21.6 Victoria 18.0 18.4 Queensland 14.6 15.7 Tasmania 25.0 24.2 Regional All 17.8 19.2 Source: OzTAM Television Ratings and Regional TAM. Note: Regional Share includes ABC spill; historical data has been updated to reflect this. to 1449250in2004–05. Australian users eachmonth,compared Online hadanaverage of1885833unique 2005. Nielsen//NetRatingsshow thatABC with apeakof119186000inNov 96 921000in2005–06(782622004–05), Monthly accesses/page viewsaveraged treated asequivalent here. for thesake ofconvenience they have been than pageaccesses for thesameperiod, While pageviewfigures willthusbelower included podcasts andstreamed content. views, rather thanserver accesses, which access to ABCOnlineinterms ofwebpage From January2006,theABCbeganmeasuring Online Access oat—90000 — 186000 4189000 147000 4,124,000 173000 498000 157000 498000 8-City Reach Hobart Canberra Newcastle 3 5-City Metro Reach Perth Radio Reach dlie3400362000 552000 354000 517000 1175000 1180000 1156000 1180000 Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney 050 2004–05 2005–06 0 0 3766000 704 000 ember itra8. 87.7 82.4 86.3 81.0 86.3 82.6 86.2 82.6 82.9 85.4 80.8 83.2 Queensland 85.0 Victoria 80.3 80.9 80.7 82.8 Northern NSW 81.4 Southern NSW % Regional Reach 78.8 79.2 All Five-City Perth Adelaide % Brisbane Melbourne Sydney 2004–05 Five-City Reach Four-weekly 2005–06 Television Reach is provided onpage36. and information. Asummaryofthefindings ABC offers goodqualityprogramming community continue to believe thatthe Survey found thatthemajorityof The 2006Newspoll ABCAudience Appreciation (b) Resultsofaudience surveys peak of19.3%inMay2006. 17.1% in2005–06(14.4%2004–05),witha Australian Internet populationaveraged ABC Online’s monthly reach intheactive ABC OnlineReach 89.2 85.1 to reflect thesechanges. includes ABCspill.Historical data hasbeen now includesvisitor viewing.RegionalShare 85.9 82.8 Note: OzTAM’s industry standard reach calculation * Aggregated regional markets andTasmania. Source: OzTAM Television RatingsandRegionalTAM. All Regional* Tasmania %% updated 127

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Output 1.1—Radio ABC Classic FM has an aspirational Provide distinctive radio programs that give Australian music composition target of 12%. an Australia-wide focus to local and regional In 2005–06, it achieved 10.2%, compared communities, and satisfy diverse audience with 11.3% in 2004–05. needs, nationally and internationally. 2. Genre diversity Performance indicators See Appendix 2 (page 186). Quality 1. Level and mix of Australian content 3. Community and peer recognition ABC Radio’s content, across its five domestic and feedback services, is primarily Australian except for See the summary of the 2006 Newspoll ABC ABC NewsRadio, which broadcasts 55% Audience Appreciation Survey (page 36) and overseas content, including BBC World Appendix 22 (page 209). Service, Deutsche Welle, Radio Netherlands and All Things Considered from National 4. Number of artists first broadcast Public Radio in the USA. The difficulty of maintaining records across multiple outlets throughout Australia has The Regional Production Fund (RPF) continued made this an impractical indicator to measure to showcase new Australian content from for ABC Radio. However, commitment to new external producers in regional Australia across artists remains very strong as reflected in ABC Radio networks and on ABC Online. In the following initiatives undertaken in 2005–06. 2005–06, 70 projects were commissioned, representing approximately 126.2 hours With the support of the Australia Council, (duplicated) of broadcast content. This is triple j developed a website for its unearthed compared to 69 projects and 115 duplicated project which will provide exposure for hours in 2004–05. This year, the RPF focused unsigned bands and artists around Australia on larger projects of more significant benefit by allowing them to upload their music to to regional communities, including the Fresh the site at any time. Listeners will then be Air concert series, the Queensland Jazz tour able to access the music online. The site and projects which could be delivered to will be launched in 2006–07. audiences on multiple platforms. The 4th annual 1233 Newcastle Music Awards Australian Music were held in October 2005. The Awards All radio networks that broadcast music have provided support and airplay to emerging a strong commitment to Australian music artists living in the NSW Hunter and Central and have set targets which are consistently Coast regions and attracted 2 000 entries met or exceeded. in 23 categories, providing 400 new music Target Achievement tracks for the 1233 ABC Newcastle playlist. 2005–06 2004–05 Radio National 25% 35.3% 29.6% Regional artists discovered through the RPF’s Local Radio 25% 31% 31.5% 2004–05 Fresh Air competition featured in a ABC Classic FM 30% 36% 32.6% series of regional concerts in all States and triple j 30% 41.7% 41.9% the Northern Territory to celebrate the dig 40% 40.5% 41.6% Country Hour 60th Anniversary. A second dig jazz 27% 25.7% series of regional concerts showcasing dig country 27% 26.2% emerging regional artists was commissioned issues whichhave delayed theroll out of progressively during2006–07. Theoperational metropolitan stations willbestreamed 774 ABCMelbourne.OtherLocal Radio increased in2005–06withtheaddition of Online streaming ofABCRadioservices Classic FMstreams content whenrights permit. ABC Melbourneare streamed 24hours. ABC 91.7 ABCCoast FM,702ABCSydney and774 dig jazz ABC NewsRadio, the Internet 7. Levelofradiocontentavailablethrough on-demand content from ABCClassic FM. and podcasts. Radioisalsotriallingvideo- of Radiocontent isavailable asMP3downloads available onmobile platforms andavast array digital free-to-air television. on thesepaytelevision platforms andon AUSTAR, while on thepaytelevision platforms FOXTEL and radio networksare available asaudioservices broadcast onABCLocal Radio, in June.Theconcerts were recorded for 9 000people attended theperformances Queensland regional centres. Approximately jazz exponents inatour ofeightCentral the chance to playandperform withleading Queensland Conservatorium were offered Young jazzmusiciansfrom theCentral Maryborough, Victoria inMay. Lameroo, SouthAustralia inApriland for 2006withthefirst twoconcerts heldin services, stations andthree Internet-based music metropolitan Local Radiostations, 51regional The ABChasfour nationalnetworks,nine 6. Numberofradiostations 8 760hours perannum. 24 hours eachdayfor 365daysoftheyear— Each domestic radio networkbroadcasts for 5. Numberofbroadcasthours Quantity Classic FM. and dig dig country , dig jazz dig triple j and and dig jazz , RadioNational, and Local Radio’s dig country triple j are available dig content is and ABC . The dig , was $243.257m. Total actual price ofOutput 1.1 for theyear 9. PriceofOutput—$247.398m Price text. Audience reach results supportthismove. only posted onlinewhenitaddsvalue to the to providing written stories online.Audiois Consequently Local Radioshifted emphasis was for stories to beavailable intext format. numbers andthattheaudience preference stories asaudioondemandinsubstantial audience wasnotaccessing Local Radio In 2004–05,research demonstrated thatthe text, compared to 206permonthin2004–05. month are posted onLocal RadioOnlineas Approximately 1300Local Radiostories per • 35.2 hours ofnew • An average of60.9hours ofABCClassic 92% ofRadioNationaloriginalprogramming • At June2006: audio-on-demand viatheInternet 8. Levelofradiocontentavailablethrough programs orsegmentsasrightspermit. 2006. Thenetwork provides podcasts of providing videoondemandcontent inMay question time.ABCClassic FMcommenced Federal Senate andHouseofRepresentatives NewsRadio commenced podcasting the podcasts respectively. InJune2006,ABC triple j 37 programs aspodcasts. Local Radioand At endJune2006RadioNationalwasproviding and podcast. of Radiocontent available for MP3download In 2005–06,ABCRadiomadeavast amount stations shouldberesolved in2006–07. audio streaming oftheremaining metropolitan 27.5 hours perweekin2004–05. posted onthewebeachweekcompared to compared to June2005. week—an increase of18.7hours FM programming wasavailable per one time—anincrease of1%onJune2005. was available asaudioondemandatany were providing 24and16ongoing triple j content was 129

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Output 1.2—Television Quality Present television programs of wide appeal 1. Level and mix of Australian content and more specialised interest that contribute Australian content on ABC Television to the diversity, quality and innovation of the as a percentage of hours broadcast industry generally. Note: the figures reported in the ABC Annual Report 2004–05 included local New South Wales Performance Indicators transmissions in the national transmission Note: the ABC2 digital television service is figures. In 2005–06, the calculation has been operated by ABC New Media and Digital adjusted to exclude them. In the interests Services and is not funded under this Output. of accurate comparison, the 2004–05 figures have been likewise adjusted.

2005–06 2004–05 National Total National Total Transmitter Network Transmitter Network 6am–midnight % % % % Australian first release 26.0 45.0 26.0 44.9 Australian repeat 23.8 19.1 23.2 18.5 Total Australian 49.8 64.0 49.2 63.4 Overseas first release 17.3 12.4 15.9 11.2 Overseas repeat 32.9 23.6 34.9 25.4 Total Overseas 50.2 36.0 50.8 36.6 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Note: “Total Network” includes all state and territory “breakout” services.

2005–06 2004–05 National Total National Total Transmitter Network Transmitter Network 6pm–midnight % % % % Australian first release 42.7 70.4 43.3 69.9 Australian repeat 8.5 4.4 9.1 5.4 Total Australian 51.2 74.9 52.3 75.3 Overseas first release 32.0 16.5 30.9 15.9 Overseas repeat 16.8 8.6 16.8 8.8 Total Overseas 48.8 25.1 47.7 24.7 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Note: “Total Network” includes all state and territory “breakout” services. te*3938393840 4.1% 100.0% 100.0% 4.0% 358 3.2% 349 3.5% 96.0% 4.0% 283 4.1% 304 8760 353 1.3% 100.0% 8760 0 1.3% 0.7% 47.7% 1.1% 39 358 4236 11.4% 1.0% 0.8% 115 358 4182 20 12.1% 0 3.9% 38 110 65 49.7% 998 4524 101 349 52.2% 3.8% 8402 283 88 4577 local content. Hours have beenrounded to thenearest whole number. 4 0 3.5% 66 1062 9.7% 76 346 Wales transmissions. Figures maydiffer 8410 slightly inotherstates andterritories asaresult ofvarying levels of 284 Note: thistable reflects hours broadcast 2.8% from theSydney transmitter, comprising nationalandlocal NewSouth 993 91 50.3% 9.6% 4236 * “Other”includesinterstitial material, program announcements andcommunity service 0 announcements. 332 4 353 71 13.3% 308 2.2% % ofhours 4182 851 5.0% 1048 9.7% 13.4% 68 Total Hours 154 358 1.7% 4166 241 0 5 5.4% 39 35 1165 Other* 841 10.2% 228 4 191 % ofhours 117 19 441 848 1172 137 688 30 Total Program Hours 34 65 14 60 149 3.5% 192 Sport 476 895 22.6% 20 87 715 Science andTechnology 23.2% 2.9% 66 169 215 48 301 Religion andEthics 0 1984 171 163 305 News 115 2033 335 and Environment 1104 154 127 0 254 Natural History 1436 22 1124 140 Movies 1455 127 Indigenous 848 141 34 548 Factual 99 Entertainment 895 578 Education 178 Drama Documentary 155 Current Affairs Comedy Children’s Arts andCulture Television Program Hours Broadcast byGenre (NationalTransmitter, 24Hours) 2. Genrediversity local sport,state and territory elections and news, state-specific versions of audiences. Theseincludestate andterritory of specificrelevance to state andterritory certain times withlocal “breakout” services However, thenationalservice isreplaced at national service transmitted from Sydney. The majorityofthesebroadcasts are a in 2005–06. day for 365daysoftheyear—8 760hours ABC Television broadcasts 24hours each 4. Numberofbroadcasthours Quantity Appendix 22(page209). Audience Appreciation Survey (page36)and See thesummaryof2006Newspoll ABC 3. Community andpeerrecognition and feedback 050 040 050 040 050 040 050 2004–05 2005–06 2004–05 2005–06 2004–05 2005–06 2004–05 2005–06 Australian Overseas Total % Total % Total Overseas Australian Stateline , 44.4% oftheABC Television schedule in programming comprised 45.6%compared with Between 6amandmidnight,first-release 77.3%, compared with76.8% for 2004–05. ABC Television between 6pmandmidnightwas The percentage offirst-release programs on 5. Ratiooffirstruntorepeatprogramhours with 11047in2004–05. 10 841hours ofprogramming, compared Overall, in 2005–06,ABCTelevision broadcast compared with2564in2004–05. 2 367hours ofbreakout programming, territory. In2005–06,ABCTelevision broadcast are covered separately ineachstate and events suchastheAnzacDaymarches, which national andlocal New SouthWales from theSydney transmitter and comprise These figures are basedonhours broadcast .%0.4% 0.4% 2004–05 . 131

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transmissions. Proportions may differ slightly Performance Indicators in other states and territories as a result of Quality varying levels of local content. 1. Genre diversity During 2005–06, New Media and Digital The percentage of total ABC Television Services launched an improved version of programs—including state and territory the ABC Online home page which highlights “breakout” services—transmitted between the depth and breadth of content available on 6pm and midnight that were first-release the site. The hundreds of “sub-sites” within was 86.9% in 2005–06, compared with 85.8% ABC Online are grouped into 12 “gateways” in 2004–05. Between 6am and midnight, the covering a range of interests, including proportion of total ABC Television programs News, Sport, Children’s, Health, and Arts that were first-release was 57.3%, compared and Entertainment. A new “Explore the ABC” with 56.1% in 2004–05. section of the home page provides access to these gateways, including direct links to Price some of the sites within each gateway. As 6. Total price of output—$529.779m well as grouping sites by topic, there are Total actual price of Output 1.2 for the year clear links to ABC Television, Radio and was $524.354m. Video on Demand sites.

Output 1.3—New Media New Media and Digital Services also operates Engage audiences through new media digital television channel ABC2, which services including the Internet and emerging broadcasts between 17 and 20 hours each broadband platforms day—6 458 hours in 2005–06.

New Media output by genre, as at 30 June 2006 ABC Online 2005–06 2004–05 Genre Number of pages % Number of pages % Arts and Culture 23 181 1.0 21 654 1.3 Children’s* 50 883 2.2 35 654 2.1 Current Affairs 98 362 4.3 83 043 4.9 Education 29 258 1.3 29 069 1.7 Indigenous 11 024 0.5 8 057 0.5 Music 20 855 0.9 15 376 0.9 Natural History and Environment 10 256 0.5 7 286 0.4 News 758 676 33.5 495 203 29.1 Religion and Ethics 2 479 0.1 1 477 0.1 Regional and Rural 640 872 28.3 337 143 19.8 Science and Technology 45 700 2.0 51 200 3.0 Sport 85 722 3.8 56 949 3.3 Youth 44 161 1.9 44 111 2.6 Other† 446 476 19.7 517 391 30.4 Total 2 267 905 100.0 1 703 613 100.0 * ABC Kids was added to the “Children’s” category for 2006. † The ABC Online “Other” category includes the TV Guide, ABC Broadband home page, About ABC Online, Radio Australia, Radio National, ABC corporate information, Asia Pacific and functional pages, such as forum user registration and search, which cannot be classified in a genre. Appendix 22(page209). Audience Appreciation Survey (page36) and See thesummaryof2006Newspoll ABC 3. Community andpeerrecognition and service providers. are search engines,directories, andemail top 10.Themajorityofthetop 10websites Pages andasearch engine,moved into the which includestheYellow Pages, White During theyear, theSensisdirectory website, Australians, compared with8thinJune2005. the 9thmost frequently accessed website by 2006). InJune2005,ABCOnlinewasranked pr 5 13.2 853 1.4 92 0.0 1.2 1.3 0.3 0 0.7 76 82 12.1 18 Sport 0.0 Science andTechnology 47 0.9 779 4.7 Religion andEthics News 0 56 and Environment 0.0 303 3.6 Natural History Movies 2 Indigenous 24.5 230 26.5 % Factual Entertainment 1584 7.5 Education 1709 Hours Drama Documentary 482 Current Affairs Comedy Children’s* Arts andCulture Genre oa 5 100.0 2.2 (Nielsen//NetRatings 458 6 in thetop ten websites accessed byAustralians 145 In 2005–06,ABCOnlinemaintained itsposition 2. IndustryrankingofABCOnline Features andBusiness andFinance. * TheABC2“Other”category includesHistory, Total Other* and feedback Brand Rankings 2005–06 ABC2 , May DVB-H enabled handsetsfor a three-month handset. Over 400participants were given the television, data andvoice services ontheone to amobile phone,sopeople can have live service enables delivery ofbroadcast television technology, knownas“movemedia”. The Digital VideoBroadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) ABC2 participated inaSydney-based trialof online inasophisticated photo gallery. contributed content wasmadeavailable Larry andCyclone Glenda. Theaudience images andvideoofstories includingCyclone Online unit,allowing theaudience to submit of auserimage-upload system intheNews The Divisionalsocompleted asuccessful trial from all ABC Radionetworks. increased withtheadditionofpodcasts of audiocontent across ABCOnline also and onlinedocumentaries. Theavailability ABC2 programs, ABCTelevision programs video content from ABCBroadband programs, a VideoonDemandsite, whichaggregates platforms. Inearly 2006,theDivisionlaunched content andservices onnewandemerging New MediaandDigital Services expanded its 7. Use ofcontentonemergingplatforms on Demand. for ABCTelevision, ABCRadioandVideo 12 subjectgateways, aswellentrypoints At theendofJune2006,ABCOnlinehad 6. NumberofgatewaysonABCOnline compared with1703613pagesinJune2005. and maintained 2267905webpages, At theendofJune2006,ABCOnlinehosted 5. NumberofpagesonABCOnline decrease from 296488in2005. subscribers to specialist mailinglists, a At theendofJune2006,there were 229933 4. Number ofmailinglistsubscribers Quantity Application Protocol) such asBroadbandandWAP(Wireless to ABCOnline 133

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period and the trial tested the technical (b)Results of audience surveys capability and market potential for DVB-H The ABC monitors audience responses to applications in Australia. The service proved transmission issues via its Reception Advice popular and planning for a second trial is Line (RAL). In 2005–06, this unit received the currently in progress. following television and radio services enquiries: 2005–06 2004–05 RSS feeds are available for a range of News Total number of topics, including Breaking News, Local News, emails received 2 970 2 384 Sport, Business, Health and Science. RSS Total number of feeds allow subscribers to receive and read letters received 170 123 ABC content in a RSS newsreader software Total number of and whenever the relevant ABC content telephone enquiries is updated the user’s newsreader will received 22 629 26 165 automatically display the new content. Total enquiries 25 769 28 672 ABC content is also available via SMS, Total number of hits WAP and 3G platforms and is accessible to the RAL website 2 614 455 2 489 601 through the mobile content portals of Note: these figures reflect both analog and digital Telstra, Optus, Three, Vodafone and Orange. transmission contacts.

Price The unit works closely with the ABC’s 8. Total price of output—$19.468m transmission providers to ensure that any Total actual price of Output 1.3 for the year transmission faults are rectified as soon was $19.171m. as possible. Fewer than half of the enquiries received by the RAL were due to transmission Outcome 2 faults, with around 65% of reception problems Australian and international communities (down from 69% in 2004–05) caused by have access to at least the scale and quality localised interference or by a deficiency of satellite and analog terrestrial radio and in receiving equipment. television transmission services that exist at June 2003. Output 2.1 Provide ABC satellite and analog terrestrial Overall Assessment transmission services through the Overall achievement will be measured by: effective management of Transmission (a) The number of ABC analog terrestrial Service Agreements. transmission services (b) Results of audience surveys Performance Indicators Quality (a)Number of ABC analog terrestrial 1. Improvements in the level of reporting transmission services in relation to the ABC’s analog terrestrial The number of ABC Analog Transmitters is transmission services compared with as follows: the reporting available immediately prior 2005–06 2004–05 1998–99 to the privatisation of the National Analog Television 440 440 435 Transmission Network Domestic Radio 635 635 609 International Radio 8 8 8 Totals 1 083 1083 1 052 was $79.750m. Total actualprice ofOutput2.1for theyear 4. Totalpriceofoutput—$80.177m Price Network (NTN). to thesale ofthe NationalTransmission provide theABCwiththisinformation prior The NationalTransmission Authority didnot 3. Comparison oftheleveloutages See Outcome 2(a),above. 2. Comparison ofthenumberindividual Quantity outages. in relation to plannedandunplanned streamlined communications withintheABC its reporting ofunplannedoutages. Italso ABC continued to workwithBAto improve audit itsannualperformance testing. The BA provided theABCwithopportunitiesto continued to refine andenhance thissystem. ability. In2005–06,BAandtheABC system, withbothreporting andnotification implemented acomprehensive reporting provider, Broadcast Australia (BA),have The ABCanditstransmission service with approveddigitalimplementationplans. ABC digitaltelevisionservicesinaccordance The Australiancommunityhasaccessto Outcome 3 immediately priortothesaleofNTN outages relatingtothesameservices terrestrial transmissionserviceswith experienced bytheABC’sanalog prior totheprivatisationofNTN of suchservicesprovidedimmediately provided bytheABCwithnumber analog terrestrialtransmissionservices population isasfollows: transmissions bypercentage ofthe The coverage ofABCdigital television television transmissions population hasaccess toABCdigital The degree towhichtheAustralian Overall achievement willbemeasured by: Overall Assessment was $62.704m. Total actual price ofOutput 3.1 for theyear 3. Totalpriceofoutputs—$68.348m Price June 2006. operation and8intest modeasat theendof plans, 177digital terrestrial services in There were 204approved implementation 2. The numberofdigitalterrestrialtelevision Quantity The ABCmetthisrequirement. 1. That eachterrestrialfacilityoperates Quality Performance indicators 72.86% to broadcast services. Australian community aware ofthechanges transmission services while keeping the 72.86% Implement theroll-out ofdigital television Output 3.1 Bureau ofStatistics 2001Censusdata. Note: Population wasderived from Australian NT a 98%89.89% 95.28% 93.18% 89.89% 94.31% 95.28% 98.65% 93.18% 95.18% 98.76% 96.65% 95.82% Tas SA 97.15% WA 96.19% Qld Vic NSW/ACT Australia Implementation Plans facilities inoperationagainsttheapproved Implementation Plans Transmitter Licenceandtheapproved within thelimitssetbyrelevant 050 2004–05 2005–06 135

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part of everyday life and cash flows. Corporation’s andtheconsolidated entity’s financialpositionandof theirfinancialperformance reporting requirements inAustralia, aviewwhichisconsistent withmyunderstanding ofthe Authorities andCompaniesAct 1997 present fairly, inaccordance withFinance Minister’s Orders madeunderthe I have performed procedures to assess whetherinallmaterial respects thefinancial statements assurance oninternal controls. when determining thenature andextent ofauditprocedures, theauditwasnotdesignedto provide While theeffectiveness ofmanagement’s internal controls over financialreporting wasconsidered misstatements have beendetected. persuasive, rather thanconclusive, evidence. Therefore, anauditcannot guarantee thatallmaterial judgement, selective testing, theinherent limitations ofinternal control, andtheavailability of misstatement. Thenature ofanauditisinfluenced byfactors suchastheuseofprofessional to provide reasonable assurance asto whether thefinancialstatements are free ofmaterial Auditing Standards, whichincorporate the Australian Auditing andAssurance Standards, inorder on themto you. Myaudithasbeenconducted inaccordance withtheAustralian NationalAuditOffice I have conducted anindependentauditofthe financialstatements inorder to express anopinion Audit Approach policies andaccounting estimates inherent inthefinancialstatements. internal controls thatare designedto prevent anddetect fraud anderror, andfor theaccounting The Directors are alsoresponsible for themaintenance ofadequate accounting records and Act 1997 comply withFinance Minister’s Orders madeunderthe of thefinancialpositionandperformance oftheCorporation andtheconsolidated entity,andthat The Directors are responsible for preparing thefinancialstatements thatgive atrueandfair view entities itcontrolled duringthatyear. the year ended30June2006.Theconsolidated entitycomprises boththeCorporation andthe for boththeAustralian Broadcasting Corporation (theCorporation) andtheconsolidated entityfor Notes to andforming partoftheFinancialStatements • Schedules ofCommitmentsandContingencies; and • Income Statement, Balance Sheet,CashFlow Statement andStatement ofChangesinEquity; • Statement byDirectors andChiefFinancialOfficer; • The financialstatements comprise: The financialstatements andDirectors’ responsibility Scope Information Technology andtheArts To the Minister for Communications, for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements , Accounting Standards andothermandatory financialreporting requirements inAustralia. , Accounting Standards andothermandatory financial Commonwealth AuthoritiesandCompanies Commonwealth 139

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 140 b give atrueandfair viewoftheAustralian Broadcasting Corporation’s(b) andtheconsolidated have beenprepared inaccordance(a) withFinance Minister’s Orders madeunderthe consolidated entity: In myopinion,thefinancialstatements oftheAustralian Broadcasting Corporation andthe Audit Opinion Audit Office, whichincorporate theethical requirements oftheAustralian accounting profession. In conducting theaudit,Ihave followed theindependence requirements oftheAustralian National Independence assessing theappropriateness oftheaccounting policiesanddisclosures used,andthe • examining, onatest basis,information to provide evidence supportingtheamountsand • The auditopinionisformed onthebasisoftheseprocedures, whichincluded: 27 July 2006 Sydney Delegate oftheAuditor-General Executive Director John Jones Australian NationalAuditOffice in accordance with: entity’s financialpositionasat30June2006andoftheirperformance for theyear thenended, Commonwealth AuthoritiesandCompaniesAct1997 reasonableness ofsignificant accounting estimates madebytheDirectors. disclosures inthefinancialstatements; and (ii) applicable Accounting Standards andothermandatory financialreporting requirements (i) thematters required bytheFinance Minister’s Orders; and in Australia. ; and Independent AuditReport ceueo otnece 148 144 147 145 143 146 149 Notes to andForming Part oftheFinancialStatements Schedule ofContingencies Schedule ofCommitments Statement ofChangesinEquity Cash Flow Statement 142 Balance Sheet Income Statement Statement byDirectors andChiefFinancialOfficer Financial Statements 2 prpitos182 180 180 179 179 178 176 176 172 175 Appropriations 22. Reporting byOutcomes 172 21. Controlled Entities 20. Assets HeldinTrust 19. 173 171 Auditor Remuneration 18. Officer Remuneration 17. Related Party Disclosures 16. Director Remuneration 15. ContingentLiabilities 14. FinancialInstruments (Consolidated) 13. CashFlow Reconciliation 12. Provisions 11. Interest-Bearing Liabilities 10. .Pybe 171 167 168 166 165 165 Payables 164 9. Non-FinancialAssets 165 8. FinancialAssets 7. Operating Expenses 6. Revenue andGainsfrom IndependentSources 5. 149 Revenue from Government 4. Economic Dependency 3. Expenses,Revenues andGains 2. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies 1. 141

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 142 7Jl 062 uy20 27July 2006 ChiefFinancialOfficer DAVID PENDLETON 27July 2006 ManagingDirector MARKSCOTT 27 July 2006 Chairman DONALD McDONALDAC This statement ismadeinaccordance witharesolution oftheDirectors. and payable. Australian Broadcasting Corporation willbeable to payitsdebtsasandwhenthey become due In ouropinion,atthedate ofthisstatement, there are reasonable grounds to believe thatthe Finance Minister’s Orders madeunderthe properly maintained financialrecords andgive atrueandfair viewofthematters required bythe In ouropinion,theattached financialstatements for theyear ended30June2006are basedon Statement byDirectors andChiefFinancialOfficer Commonwealth AuthoritiesandCompaniesAct1997 . PRTN EUT35517 1024355 272 1059872 OPERATING RESULT Total expenses 1059600 EXPENSES Total income Total gains Gains Total revenue Revenue INCOME for theyear ended30June2006 Income Statement OE*Netresult attributable totheCorporation NOTE * The abovestatementshouldbereadinconjunctionwiththeaccompanyingnotes. od n evcs5A 4 Interest 5B Goods andservices Revenue from government iac ot 6E 6B 6A 6F 6D 6H 6G 6C Net losses from disposalofassets Write-down andimpairmentofassets Net foreign exchange loss Finance costs Program amortisation Depreciation andamortisation Suppliers 5C 5D Employees Net foreign exchange gains Other revenues eoertr fcptladrsre 35517 before return of capital andreserves otiuint oa qiy29234 Contribution tototalequity Reserves Return ofcapital Notes 183 218 827 269 127 752 430 762 390 337 11 812 62 209 37 301 (6 321) $’000 2 257 3 007 8 031 2006 272 osldtdABC Consolidated 38 - 1 014989 1 014989 162 415 808 153 976 935 124 657 404 963 378 879 38 054 32 283 38 054 53 133 34 913 (5 771) $’000 9 508 2 841 1 902 9 865 2005 695 - - - 150 116 774 254 961 269 960 997 929 236 127 752 392 931 333 879 32 033 25 750 32 033 61 388 27 123 (6 321) $’000 9 504 2 261 2 994 8 031 2006 272 272 38 - 133 197 757 532 923 962 923 962 891 298 124 657 372 969 326 005 32 664 26 893 32 664 52 373 25 584 (5 771) $’000 7 649 2 847 1 892 9 860 2005 695 - - - 143

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 144 urn iblte 178355 161097 294348 800486 755382 755382 755382 The abovestatementshouldberead inconjunctionwiththeaccompanyingnotes. Non-current liabilities 339452 Current liabilities Non-current assets 127930 Current assets Total equity Total parent entityinterest 89522 Parent equityinterest EQUITY 122 000 NET ASSETS 1094834 Total liabilities Total provisions Provisions Total interest bearingliabilities 910734 Total payables 184100 Payables LIABILITIES Total assets Total non-financialassets Non-financial assets Total financial assets Financial assets ASSETS Interest bearingliabilities netre 8D Inventories Reserves Contributed equity 9A,13 8C Suppliers 8A 7B,13 8B 7C,13 Intangibles Infrastructure, plantandequipment Land andbuildings 7A,13 Accrued revenues Receivables Cash andcash equivalents te o-iaca ses8E 7D,13 Other non-financialassets Investments mlye 11 Accumulated surplus 10,13 9B,13 Employees Loans Other Notes 367 000 120 295 253 338 532 618 122 183 268 087 127 930 122 000 97 659 61 543 10 989 16 110 45 787 16 130 27 979 $’000 2006 osldtdABC Consolidated 20 1 069444 366 962 126 616 266 909 542 211 179 101 164 195 820 404 249 040 726 148 726 148 726 148 343 296 126 105 141 095 925 357 144 087 232 570 126 105 141 095 92 151 93 230 45 521 12 050 38 807 76 096 16 848 30 575 $’000 7 238 2005 0 1 044239 Balance Sheet 366 746 120 295 250 327 532 106 118 742 154 518 147 567 795 930 248 309 742 154 742 154 742 154 302 085 116 588 122 000 905 469 138 770 255 113 116 588 122 000 10 881 97 628 53 167 14 533 63 497 14 527 10 330 $’000 5 495 as at30June2006 2006 0 1 024951 366 708 126 616 263 744 541 537 174 095 134 452 815 269 209 682 716 404 716 404 716 404 308 547 115 327 141 000 919 236 105 715 223 080 115 327 141 000 92 130 89 810 38 694 11 013 52 220 14 714 13 526 $’000 7 111 4 892 2005 0 Cash andcash equivalents atbeginning aheuvlnshl 6980 cash equivalents held Net increase/(decrease) incash and Cash received INVESTING ACTIVITIES Net cash from operating activities Cash received OPERATING ACTIVITIES for theyear ended30June2006 Cash Flow Statement The abovestatementshouldberead inconjunctionwiththeaccompanyingnotes. (25416) of reporting period of reporting period Net cash usedbyfinancingactivities (71262) Cash received FINANCING ACTIVITIES Net cash usedbyinvesting activities Cash andcash equivalents atend oa ahrcie - 378 Cash used Total cash received Total cash received 1047566 Cash used Total cash received oa ahue (25416) (71640) Total cash used (943908) Total cash used Cash used Total cash used and equipment Proceeds from sale ofproperty, plant Bills ofexchange andpromissory notes GST recovered from taxation authority Interest andbilldiscounts Goods andservices Appropriations Proceeds from loans Repayments ofdebt Employees Return ofcapital Appropriations—contributed equity Investments Purchase ofproperty, plantandequipment Bills ofexchange andpromissory notes Finance costs Other Suppliers Notes 7A 12 (388 512) (547 362) 192 028 816 074 103 658 (23 292) (19 095) (48 328) 25 708 11 943 45 787 38 807 (6 321) (8 034) $’000 1 813 2006 ( 20) 378 osldtdABC Consolidated Otlw)(Outflows) (Outflows) - - - nlw Inflows Inflows 1 013982 (368 473) (125 837) (924 818) (546 511) 180 809 796 711 (78 804) (40 237) (30 604) (47 033) (36 375) (93 026) (36 375) 25 634 38 807 79 044 32 811 89 164 32 811 (5 771) (9 834) $’000 9 508 1 320 2005 - - - - - (332 618) (852 297) (511 645) 137 627 774 254 948 968 (23 292) (19 000) (47 824) (25 321) (70 747) (25 321) (71 116) 25 640 96 671 (6 321) (8 034) $’000 9 634 5 495 4 892 1 813 2006 603 369 369 - - - - - (124 420) (315 461) (839 025) (513 735) 139 240 757 532 931 078 (78 804) (30 000) (45 616) (35 356) (35 771) (91 638) (35 771) 25 337 40 248 32 782 32 782 92 053 (5 771) (9 829) $’000 7 649 4 892 1 320 2005 - - - - - 145

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 146 Opening balance asat1July Opening balance asat1July Return ofcapital Distributions toowner: Transactions withowner: Return ofcapital Distributions toowner: Transactions withowner: tmeut eut eev eevsequity reserves reserve results equity Item Closing balance Income andexpenses Closing balance Income andexpenses Appropriations: Equityinjection Contributions byowner: (6321) Transactions withowner Appropriations: Equityinjection Contributions byowner: - Total income andexpenses - Net operating result recognised directly inequity taken to equity 126616 Adjusted openingbalance Consolidated sa 0Jn 120295 - The abovestatement shouldbereadinconjunctionwith theaccompanyingnotes. as at30June equity components (6321) Transactions withowner - Total income andexpenses - Net operating result recognised directly inequity taken to equity 126616 Adjusted openingbalance ABC - as at30June equity components in accounting policies Adjustment for changes in accounting policies Adjustment for changes tmeut eut eev eevsequity reserves reserve results equity Adjustment for errors Item Adjustment for errors Transfers between Transfers between Cash flow hedgesgain/(loss) Income andexpense Cash flow hedges gain/(loss) Income andexpense 126 616 126 616 120 295 (6 321) (6 321) $'000 $'000 otiue cuuae eauto te Total Other revaluation Accumulated Contributed 2006 2006 otiue cuuae eauto te Total Other revaluation Accumulated Contributed ------132 387 132 387 132 387 126 616 132 387 126 616 (5 771) (5 771) (5 771) (5 771) $'000 $'000 2005 2005 ------223 080 232 570 232 570 255 113 223 080 268 087 35 517 35 517 32 033 32 033 $'000 $'000 2006 2006 ------190 416 194 516 194 516 223 080 190 416 232 570 38 054 38 054 32 664 32 664 $'000 $'000 2005 2005 ------366 708 366 962 366 962 366 708 366 708 366 962 Statement ofChangesinEquity $'000 $'000 2006 2006 Asset Asset ------366 708 366 962 366 962 366 708 366 708 366 962 $'000 $'000 2005 2005 ------for theyear ended30June2006 $'000 $'000 2006 2006 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 ------$'000 $'000 2005 2005 ------716 404 726 148 726 148 742 154 716 404 755 382 35 555 35 517 32 071 32 033 (6 321) (6 321) (6 321) (6 321) $'000 $'000 2006 2006 38 38 38 38 ------689 511 693 865 693 865 716 404 689 511 726 148 38 054 38 054 32 664 32 664 (5 771) (5 771) (5 771) (5 771) $'000 $'000 2005 2005 ------Commitments receivable oa prtn es omtet 47195 14211 Total operating lease commitments 882804 1329488 Total capital commitments 14211 Capital commitments BY MATURITY Net commitments bytype Commitments receivable Total othercommitments Total capital commitments Capital commitments BY TYPE as at30June2006 Schedule ofCommitments The above statementshould bereadinconjunction withtheaccompanying notes. 882 804 (460 895) 3. Operating leases includedare effectively non-cancellable andcomprise: 1282293 2. Outstanding contractual commitments for capital worksprimarily associated withthe purchase ofinfrastructure, 1. Outstanding contractual commitments for capital worksprimarily associated withminorbuildingsworks. NB: Commitmentsare GSTinclusive where relevant. Net commitments bymaturity Total commitments receivable Total othercommitments Other commitments Operating lease commitments Other commitments 5. Commitments receivable comprise, analog transmission, GSTreceivable, royalties, co-production commitments, 4. Other commitments are covered byan agreement andare associated withthesupply oftransmission services and included. (Refer to note 3for details ofeconomic dependencyontheParliament). plant andequipment. resource hire andproperty rentals. No commitments received to cover digital transmission fundinghas been satellite services, purchase of programs andprogram rights. ClaigABCentered into master supply agreement in1999;3year agreed lease onthespecific increment; initial periodoflease ranges from 1year to 8years; Corporation Leasepayments subjectto increment increase inaccordance withCPIorother and business premises Property leases—office c no Generaldescriptionofleasingarrangement PC leasing Fully and seniorexecutive Motor vehicles—business Nature ofLease One year orless From oneto five years From oneto five years One year orless Buildings (1) One year orless One year orless Operating leases (3) From oneto five years From oneto five years Over five years Over five years Over five years Over five years Other (4) Infrastructure, plantandequipment(2) (5) to theCorporation. has optionsto extend inaccordance withlease. no furtherequipmentwillbeleased underthisagreement. of equipmentisfor 3years; equipmentreturned atendoflease. From 1July 2005, equipment covering hardware, operating system and maintenance of hardware; lease ontingent rentals exist; there are norenewal orpurchase optionsavailable maintained operating lease; lease periods24/36monthsand/or40000/60000km; 1 282293 (121 262) (460 895) (284 496) 584 315 245 831 452 147 (55 137) 14 208 17 314 47 195 28 930 11 941 $’000 2 270 2006 951 osldtdABC Consolidated 3 - 1 506193 1 455140 1 455140 (116 141) (554 701) (554 701) (392 929) 706 186 247 943 966 666 966 666 501 011 (45 631) 13 880 51 053 15 174 15 174 18 254 51 053 30 945 13 105 $’000 1 294 2 069 1 854 2005 - 1 318881 1 274663 1 274663 (120 746) (459 930) (459 930) (284 047) 581 694 240 822 873 162 873 162 452 147 (55 137) 14 208 44 218 14 211 14 211 16 669 44 218 26 598 11 941 $’000 2 270 2006 951 3 - 1 494084 1 446780 1 446780 (115 688) (553 600) (553 600) (392 326) 701 989 243 780 955 658 955 658 501 011 (45 586) 13 880 47 304 15 174 15 174 17 440 47 304 28 498 13 105 $’000 1 366 1 294 2 069 2005 - 147

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 148 New New oa otnetlaiiis960 The abovestatementshouldbereadinconjunctionwiththeaccompanyingnotes. cannot bequantifiedorare considered remote, are showninnote 14:ContingentLiabilities. Details ofeachclass ofcontingent liabilitiesandassets, includingthosenotdisclosed above because they Total contingent liabilities 960 Obligations expired cannot bequantifiedorare considered remote, are showninnote 14:ContingentLiabilities. Details ofeachclass ofcontingent liabilitiesandassets, includingthosenotdisclosed above because they Total contingent liabilities Obligations expired Contingent liabilities Contingent liabilities Balance from previous period Balance from previous period Notes Notes 14 14 $’000 $’000 2006 2006 960 960 urnesTotal Guarantees urnesTotal Guarantees - - - - Schedule ofContingencies $’000 $’000 1 180 1 180 2005 2005 960 220 960 220 Consolidated - - ABC $’000 $’000 as at30June2006 2006 2006 960 960 960 960 - - - - $’000 $’000 1 180 1 180 2005 2005 960 220 960 220 - - be reliably measured. when andonly whentheflow orconsumption orloss ofeconomic benefitshasoccurred andcan and expenses are recognised intheCorporation’s andconsolidated entity’s Income Statement Unless alternative treatment isspecifically required by anaccounting standard, revenues, gains reported atnote 14). the Schedule ofContingencies(otherthan unquantifiable orremote contingencies, whichare Liabilities andassets thatare unrecognised are reported intheSchedule ofCommitmentsand proportionately unperformed are notrecognised unless required byanaccounting standard. can bereliably measured. However, assets andliabilitiesarisingunderagreements equally it isprobable thatfuture economic benefitswillflow andtheamountsofassets orliabilities are recognised intheCorporation’s andconsolidated entity’s Balance Sheetwhenandonly when Unless alternative treatment isspecifically required byanaccounting standard, assets andliabilities at fair value. Derivative financialinstruments andfinancialassets whichare heldfor trading are measured thousand dollars unless disclosure ofthefullamountisspecifically required. The financialreport ispresented inAustralian dollars andvalues are rounded to the nearest or thefinancialposition. value. Except where stated, noallowance ismadefor theeffect ofchangingprices ontheresults historical cost convention, except for certain assets andliabilities,which,asnoted, are atfair of ChangesinEquityhave beenprepared onanaccruals basisandare inaccordance withthe The Corporation’s andconsolidated entity’s Income Statement, Balance SheetandStatement Interpretations issued byAASBandUrgent Issues Group (UIG)thatapply for thereporting period. • Australian Accounting Standards issued bytheAustralian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) • Finance Minister’s Orders (FMOs)(beingthe • The statements have beenprepared inaccordance with: Authorities andCompaniesAct1997 The financialstatements are required byclause1(b)ofSchedule 1to the 1.1 BasisofAccounting was authorisedfor issue bytheDirectors on27July 2006. The financialreport oftheAustralian Broadcasting Corporation for theyear ended30June2006 policies have beenappliedconsistently byallentitiesintheconsolidated entity. the period,are stated to assist inageneral understanding ofthesefinancialstatements. These of theCorporation, itscontrolled entitiesandtheitcontrolled from timeto timeduring Broadcasting Corporation (the“Corporation” or“ABC”) andtheconsolidated financial statements The principalaccounting policiesadopted inpreparing thefinancialstatements oftheAustralian 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements Thefair value of landandbuildingshasbeentaken to themarket value ofsimilarproperties • impact ontheamountsrecorded inthefinancialstatements: the following judgements,apart from thoseinvolving estimations, whichhave themost significant In theprocess of applying theaccounting policieslisted in thisnote, theCorporation hasmade Significant Accounting Judgements 1.2 Significant Accounting Judgements,Estimates andAssumptions that apply for thereporting period;and 1 July2005) of Operations)Orders2005(FinancialStatementsforreportingperiodsendingonorafter as determined byanindependent valuer. ); and are ageneral purposefinancialreport. Commonwealth AuthorityandCompanies(Report Commonwealth 149

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 150 and AASB139 not to apply therequirements ofAASB132 of AustralianEquivalentstoInternationalFinancialReporting have beenrestated. Managementapplied theexemption provided inAASB1 This isthefirst financialreport basedonAEIFRSandcomparatives for theyear ended30June2005 Standards (AEIFRS). The financialreport complies withAustralian Equivalents to International FinancialReporting 1.3 Statement ofCompliance a material adjustment to carrying amountsofassets andliabilitieswithinthenext accounting period. No accounting assumptions orestimates have beenidentifiedthathave asignificant riskofcausing Significant Accounting Estimates andAssumptions 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies The ABC plans to adoptthe above in the2006–07 financial year. * Application date is for theannualreporting periodsbeginning onorafter thedate shownin theabove table. 2006-2 2005-10 2005-5 2005-4 Title The Corporation haselected to early adoptAASB119: in note 1.32. equity andprofit for 30June2005to thebalances inthe30June2005financialreport are detailed years comparatives are required for changesunderthesestandards. Reconciliations ofAEIFRS 30 June2005.Thesestandards apply from 1July 2005andasaresult norestatement ofprior applied bytheABCinthesefinancialstatements: The following standard andamendmentswere available for early adoptionbuthave notbeen with FMOs. AASB 117: AASB 114: AASB 133: AASB 4: to InternationalFinancialReportingStandards AASB 1: and Measurement AASB 139: AASB 7: to InternationalFinancialReportingStandards AASB 1: AASB 1038: AASB 101: and Presentation AASB 132: and Measurement AASB 139: to InternationalFinancialReportingStandards AASB 1: AASB 1038: AASB 1023: AASB 1023: to InternationalFinancialReportingStandards AASB 1: and Presentation AASB 132: and Measurement AASB 139: Standard affected Insurance First-time AdoptionofAustralianEquivalents Financial Instruments: Disclosures First-time AdoptionofAustralianEquivalents First-time AdoptionofAustralianEquivalents First-time AdoptionofAustralianEquivalents Financial Instruments:RecognitionandMeasurement Leases Segment Reporting Earnings perShare Financial Instruments:Recognition Presentation ofFinancialStatements Financial Instruments:Disclosure Financial Instruments:Recognition Financial Instruments:Disclosure Financial Instruments:Recognition Life InsuranceContracts Life InsuranceContracts General InsuranceContracts General InsuranceContracts , , , , , , Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements , , , and , and Financial Instruments:PresentationandDisclosures , , and , , 2007 1 January 2006 30 June 2007 1 January 2006 1 January 2006 1 January date* Application Employee Benefits requirements. instruments from AASB132 requirements for financial Revise the disclosures to makingcertain disclosures. AEIFRS to useAASB1,subject in complying withsomenew experiencing extreme difficulties not-for-profit publicsector entities “Aus” paragraph (Aus3.2)allows of AASB7. subsequent to theissuing Amended requirements AASB 137)intheform ofcash. reimbursement (inaccordance with a contractual rightto receive Amends AASB139to scope out a lease. an arrangement is,orcontains, entity to determine whether Amends AASB1to allow an AASB 132. amendments to AASB1and or loss andmakes consequential option to fair value through profit and AASB1038to restrict the Amends AASB139,1023 impending change Nature of Standards whichpermitsentities for theyear ended30June2006 for thefinancialyear ended (December 2004)inline First-time Adoption continued impact. expected No impact. expected No impact. expected No impact. expected No impact. expected No report financial expected on Impact Details ofcontrolled entitiesare contained innote 20. The effects ofalltransactions andbalances betweentheentitiesare eliminated infull. the Auditor-General. are eachgoverned byanindependentBoard ofDirectors. Eachcompany isaudited annually by detailed innote 20.Thecompanies have beenincorporated underthe The controlled entitiesoftheCorporation includeseven independentorchestral companies as the objectives oftheCorporation. to thefinancialandoperating policiesofanotherentitysothecontrolled entityoperates to achieve Control exists where theCorporation hasthecapacity to dominate thedecisionmakinginrelation policies whichare consistent withthoseoftheCorporation. entities are prepared for theperiod1July 2005to 30June2006for consolidation usingaccounting Controlled entitieshave annualreporting periodsending31December. Accounts ofthecontrolled lower ofcost orrecoverable amount. Investments incontrolled entitiesare carried intheCorporation’s financialstatements atthe the date control ceases. statements oftheCorporation andthecontrolled entitiesfrom thedate control commences until The consolidated financialstatements are thoseoftheconsolidated entity,comprising thefinancial 1.4 Principles ofConsolidation AASB119: AASB1023: AASB139: 2005-3 2005-2 Affected Standard 2005-1 AASB Amendment The following amendmentsare notapplicable to theCorporation andtherefore have noimpact: 1.3 Statement ofCompliance 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements established for theencouragement ofmusic, andare charitable institutions. Other controlled entities are exempt from income tax byvirtueofbeing cultural organisations have beeninactive since the year ended 30June2000upto andincluding30 June2006. Music Choice Australia PtyLtdandTheNewsChannel Pty Limited, while subjectto income tax, Corporation Act1983 The Corporation isnotsubjectto income tax pursuant to Section71ofthe 1.5 Taxation AASB3: 2005-6 061AASB121: AAS25: AASB1038: 2006-1 2005-13 AASB101: 2005-12 AASB4: 2005-11 AASB1: AASB134: 2005-9 2005-8 2005-7 . AASB 141: Share AASB 132: AASB 132: AASB 139: AASB 1023: Financial ReportingStandards AASB 1023: , AASB139: Financial ReportingbySuperannuationPlans Insurance Contracts First-time AdoptiontoAustralianEquivalentsInternational Business Combinations Agriculture Financial Instruments:Presentation Presentation ofFinancialStatements Financial Instruments:DisclosureandPresentation Financial Instruments:RecognitionandMeasurement Employee Benefits Financial Instruments:RecognitionandMeasurement The EffectsofChangesinForeignExchangeRates Interim FinancialReporting General InsuranceContracts General InsuranceContracts Life InsuranceContracts General InsuranceContracts continued Financial Instruments:RecognitionandMeasurement . , (either July 2004orDecember 2004) , and , , AASB133: Corporations Act2001 , AASB112: Australian Broadcasting Earnings per continued Income Taxes , and , and and , 151

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 152 Financial Instruments:Disclosure andPresentation Australian EquivalentstoInternationalFinancialReporting Standards The Corporation haselected to apply theoptionavailable underAASB1 1.7 Derivatives at theapplicable exchange rate atbalance date. payable to orbytheCorporation inforeign currencies are translated into Australian currency prevailing atbalance date. Monetary assets andliabilitiesofoverseas branches andamounts All monetary foreign currency balances are converted to Australian currency attheexchange rate losses oncash flow hedgesheldat30June2006are taken to equity. that are classified ascash flow hedgesusedto hedgehighly probable transactions. Gainsand All gainsandlosses are taken to profit orloss with theexception of forward exchange contracts currency attheexchange rates prevailing atthedate ofthetransaction, oratthehedgedrate. Revenues andexpenditures denominated inforeign currencies are converted to Australian power inrelation to foreign currency exposures. The Corporation enters into foreign currency hedgingarrangements to protect its purchasing Australian dollars ($). Both thefunctionalandpresentation currency oftheCorporation anditssubsidiariesis 1.6 Foreign Currency Transactions payable to, thetaxation authority. Commitments andcontingencies are disclosed netoftheamountGSTrecoverable from, or are classified asoperating cashflows. arising from investing andfinancingactivitieswhichare recoverable from, orpayable to theATO Cash flows are includedintheCashFlow Statement onagross basis.TheGSTcomponents The netamountofGSTrecoverable from theATO isincludedasacurrent asset intheBalance Sheet. Receivables andpayables are stated withtheamountofGSTincluded. of therevenue orexpense. circumstances, theGSTisrecognised aspartofthecost ofacquisitiontheasset oraspart amount ofGSTincurred isnotrecoverable from theAustralian Taxation Office (ATO). Inthese Revenues, gains,expenses andassets are recognised netoftheamountGSTexcept where the Goods andServices Tax Tasmanian SymphonyOrchestra PtyLimited. • AdelaideSymphonyOrchestra PtyLimited; • The following controlled entitiesare subjectto payroll tax: services tax (GST). The Corporation andcontrolled entitiesare subjectto fringebenefitstax (FBT)andgoods 1.5 Taxation 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies when theirfair value isnegative. currency contracts are carried as assets when theirnetfair value ispositive and asliabilities date onwhichthecontract isentered into andare subsequently revalued to fair value. Forward currency fluctuations. Forward currency contracts are initially recognised atfair value onthe The Corporation usesforward currency contracts to hedge itsrisksassociated with foreign Accounting policiesapplicable for theyear ending 30June2006 2006 and30June2005. polices for derivative financial instruments andhedging,applicable for theyears ending 30June Recognition andMeasurement continued Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements from 1July 2005.Outlinedbelow are therelevant accounting and AASB139 for theyear ended30June2006 Financial Instruments: of adoptingAASB132 First-time Adoptionof continued the underlying transaction isaffected. sale. Theexchange gainsorlosses are heldasan asset orliabilityinthe Balance Sheetuntil to thehedgingtransaction were deferred andincluded inthemeasurement ofthepurchase or transaction arisingupto thedate ofpurchase orsale andcosts, premiums anddiscounts relative When apurchase orsale was specifically hedged,exchange gainsorlosses onthehedging measurement ofthesale orpurchase. those relating to hedgesofspecificcommitments, whichwere deferred andincludedinthe Exchange gainsorlosses onforward exchange contracts were recognised innetprofit except Forward foreign exchange contracts were recognised atthedate thecontract wasentered into. to protect theCorporation against thepossibility ofloss from thefuture exchange rate fluctuations. match thecontract withanticipated future cash flows from sale andpurchases inforeign currencies amounts offoreign currencies inthefuture atapredetermined exchange rate. Theobjective isto The Corporation enters into forward exchange contracts whereby itagrees to buyorsellspecified Accounting policiesapplicable for theyear ending30June2005 transaction isnotexpected to occur, theamountistaken to theIncome Statement. previously recognised inequityremain untiltheforecast transaction occurs. Iftherelated or exercised withoutreplacement orrollover, orifitsdesignationasahedgeisrevoked, amounts are transferred to theIncome Statement. Ifthehedginginstrument expires orissold,terminated If theforecast transaction isnolonger expected to occur, amountspreviously recognised inequity non-financial asset orliability. or liability,theamountstaken to equityare transferred to theinitialcarrying amountofthe forecast sale orpurchase occurs. Whenthehedgeditem isthecost ofanon-financialasset affects profit orloss, suchaswhenhedgedincome orexpenses are recognised orwhena Amounts taken to equityare transferred to theIncome Statement whenthehedgedtransaction while theineffective portionisrecognised inprofit orloss. The effective portionofthegain orloss onthecash flow hedgeisrecognised directly inequity, highly effective throughout thefinancialreporting periodsfor whichthey were designated. or cash flows andare assessed onanongoingbasisto determine thatthey actually have been risk. Suchhedgesare expected to behighly effective inachieving offsettingchangesinfair value the exposure to changesin thehedgeditem’s fair value orcash flow attributable to thehedged being hedgedandhowtheentitywillassess thehedginginstrument’s effectiveness inoffsetting identification ofthehedginginstrument, thehedgeditem ortransaction, thenature oftherisk management objective andstrategy for undertaking thehedge.Thedocumentation includes the hedgerelationship to whichtheCorporation wishesto apply hedgeaccounting andtherisk At theinception ofahedgerelationship, theCorporation formally designates anddocuments associated witharecognised asset orliabilityto ahighly probable forecast transaction. when they hedgeexposure to variability incash flows thatisattributable eitherto aparticularrisk For thepurposeofhedgeaccounting, theCorporation’s hedgesare classified ascash flow hedges those thatqualifyascash flow hedges,are taken directly to profit orloss for theyear. Any gainsorlosses arisingfrom hedgesinthe fair value offorward currency contracts, except for 1.7 Derivatives 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements predominantly in oneindustry and inone geographical area, Australia. broadcasting industry. Itistherefore considered for segmental reporting to operate The Corporation principally provides anationaltelevision andradio service withinthe outcomes’ are eliminated incalculating theactualbudgetoutcome for theGovernment overall. presented innote 21.Anyintra-government costs included inthefigure ‘netcost to Budget A comparison byoutcomes specified intheAppropriation Actsrelevant to theCorporation is 1.8 ReportingbyOutcomes andSegments continued continued 153

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 154 1.11 BillsofExchange have notbeenmet. recognised to theextent theservices orfacilities have notbeenprovided oreligibilitycriteria provide facilities, orto meet eligibilitycriteria. Aliabilityinrespect ofunearned revenues is Most grant agreements require the Corporation andcontrolled entitiesto perform services or The Corporation anditscontrolled entitiesreceive grant moniesfrom timeto time. 1.10 Grants to thebuyer. Income from disposalof non-current assets isrecognised whencontrol oftheasset haspassed with theagreement. Corporation for aspecificpurposewhere recognition ofrevenue willberecognised inaccordance Subsidies, grants, sponsorships anddonationsare recognised onreceipt unless paidto the Appropriations receivable are recognised attheirnominalamounts. it hasbeenearned. relate to activitiesthatare reciprocal innature, inwhichcase revenue isrecognised only when formal additionsandreductions) are recognised as revenue, except for certain amountsthat Amounts appropriated for Departmental outputappropriations for theyear (adjusted for any Revenues from Government Financial Instruments:RecognitionandMeasurement Interest revenue isrecognised usingtheeffective interest methodassetoutinAASB139 the balance date. Provisions are madewhenthecollectability ofthedebtisnolonger probable. amounts dueless anyprovision for badanddoubtfuldebts.Collectability ofdebtsisreviewed at Receivables for goodsandsales, whichhave 30dayterms, are recognised atthenominal Credit sales are onnormalcommercial terms. proportion thatcosts incurred to date bearto theestimated total costs ofthetransaction. The stage ofcompletion ofcontracts atthereporting date isdetermined byreference to the theprobable economic benefitswiththetransaction willflow to theentity. • theamountofrevenue, stage ofcompletion andtransaction costs incurred can bereliably • contracts atthereporting date. Revenue isrecognised when: Revenue from rendering ofservices isrecognised byreference to thestage ofcompletion of to customers. received netoftheamountgoodsandservices tax upondelivery ofthegoodsandservices Revenue from thesale ofgoodsandservices isrecognised atfair value oftheconsideration itisprobable thattheeconomic benefitassociated withthetransaction willflow to theentity. • therevenue andtransaction costs incurred can bereliably measured; and • theseller retains nomanagerialinvolvement noreffective control over thegoods; • therisksandrewards ofownership have beentransferred to thebuyer; • Revenue from thesale ofgoodsisrecognised when: 1.9 Revenue 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies recognised onaneffective yieldbasis. of purchase sothatinvestments attain theirredemption value bymaturity date and income is Premiums or discounts are amortised through theIncome Statement eachyear from thedate measured; and Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements . for theyear ended30June2006 continued contributions for thefinalfortnight of theyear. The liabilityfor superannuation recognised asat30June2006represents outstanding From 1July 2005,newemployees are eligible to jointhePSSap. superannuation entitlements oftheemployees. rates determined bytheactuaryto besufficientto meetthecost to theCommonwealth ofthe The Corporation andcontrolled entitiesmake employer contributions to theCommonwealth at Commonwealth andissettled bytheCommonwealthinduecourse. The liabilityfor superannuation benefitsisrecognised inthefinancialstatements of the contribution scheme. The CSS andPSS are definedbenefitschemesfor theCommonwealth.ThePSSap isadefined Sector Superannuation Scheme(PSS) orthePSS Accumulation Plan(PSSap). Employees are members oftheCommonwealth Superannuation Scheme(CSS) andthePublic Superannuation provided upto thebalance date. estimated future cash outflows to bemadebytheemployers resulting from employees’ services The liabilityfor long service leave for controlled entitiesrepresents thepresent value ofthe of theliabilitytakes into account attritionrates andpayincreases through promotion andinflation. work ofanactuary,Professional FinancialConsultingPtyLtd.Theestimate ofthepresent value The liabilityfor long service leave for theCorporation hasbeendetermined byreference to the rather thanpaid outontermination. superannuation contribution rates to theextent thattheleave islikely to betaken duringservice The leave liabilitiesare calculated onthebasisofemployees’ remuneration, includingtheemployer taken infuture years byemployees isestimated to beless thantheannualentitlement for sickleave. provision has beenmadefor sick leave asallsickleave isnon-vesting andtheaverage sickleave The liabilityfor employee benefitsincludesprovision for annualleave andlong service leave. No Leave cash outflows to bemadeinrespect ofservices provided byemployees upto thereporting date. All otheremployee benefitliabilitiesare measured asthepresent value oftheestimated future of theliability. The nominalamountiscalculated withregard to therates expected to bepaidonsettlement termination benefits duewithintwelve monthsare measured attheirnominalamounts. Liabilities for short-term employee benefits(asdefinedinAASB119 that they have notbeensettled. Liabilities for services rendered byemployees are recognised atthereporting date to theextent Benefits issued inDecember 2004. As required bytheFMOs,Corporation hasearly adopted AASB119 1.12 Employee Benefits carried atcost adjusted for discounts andpremiums. in theperiodwhichthey are realised. Theseassets are intended to beheldto maturityandare Any profits orlosses arisingfrom thedisposalpriorto maturityare taken to theIncome Statement 1.11 BillsofExchange 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements continued Employee Benefits Employee Benefits continued ) and as 155

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 156 maturity. Cashandreceivables willberecognised atcost. All investments are initially recognised atcost. Theseinvestments are classified asheldto 1.20 Recognition ofFinancialAssets andFinancialLiabilities Investments are measured attheirfair value. 1.19 Investments and fair value interest riskisconsidered to below. management offinancialrisk,theCorporation’s exposure to market, credit, liquidity,cash flow of theCorporation’s business, itsinternal andAustralian Government policiesdealingwiththe The Corporation’s activitiesexpose itto normalcommercial financialrisk.Asaresult ofthenature 1.18 FinancialRiskManagement nature ofadividend. The FMOsrequire thatdistributions to owners bedebited to contributed equityunless inthe Other Distributions toOwners equity’ inaccordance withtheFMOs. Amounts appropriated bytheParliament asequityinjectionsare recognised as‘contributed Equity Injections The fullamountofappropriations for departmental outputsfor theyear isrecognised asrevenue. appropriations, asloan appropriations andasequityinjections. Under thisframework, Parliament appropriates moniesto theCorporation asrevenue From 1July 1999,theCommonwealth Budgethasbeenprepared underanaccruals framework. Appropriations 1.17 Transactions bytheCommonwealth asOwner enhancement ofequipmentare expensed asincurred. Maintenance, repair expenses andminorrenewals whichdonotconstitute anupgrading or 1.16 Repairs andMaintenance recognised attheirnominalamounts. deposits withanoriginalmaturityofthree monthsorless. Cashandcash equivalents are Cash andcash equivalents intheBalance Sheetcomprise cash atbankandinhandshort-term 1.15 CashandEquivalents All borrowing costs are expensed asincurred. 1.14 Borrowing Costs and reduction oftheliability. as liabilities.Theseliabilitiesare reduced byallocating lease paymentsbetween rental expense Lease incentives taking theform of‘free’ leasehold improvements andrent holidaysare recognised in whichthespace becomes surplus. in respect ofsurplusspace undernon-cancellable lease agreements isexpensed intheperiod pattern ofbenefitsderived from theleased assets. Thenetpresent value offuture netoutlays Operating lease paymentsare expensed onastraight-line basiswhichisrepresentative ofthe operating leases thelessor effectively retains substantially allsuchrisksandbenefits. of leased non-current assets. Anoperating lease isalease thatisnotafinance lease. In transfer from thelessor to thelessee substantially alltherisksandbenefitsincidental to ownership A distinction ismadebetweenfinance leases andoperating leases. Finance leases effectively 1.13 Leases 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements for theyear ended30June2006 continued 1.22 Receivables There were noindicators ofimpairmentidentifiedat30June2006. the carrying amount.Thereduction wasshownasanimpairmentloss. the assets wasestimated andcompared to theassets carrying amountand,ifless, reduced to for indicators ofimpairment.Ifsuchindicators were found to exist, therecoverable amountof Financial assets carried atcost whichwere notheldto generate netcash inflows, were assessed Financial assets are assessed for indicators ofimpairmentateachbalance date. Instruments: RecognitionandMeasurement of adoptingAASB132 First-time AdoptiontoAustralianEquivalentsInternationalFinancialReportingStandards As prescribed intheFMOs,Corporation hasappliedtheoptionavailable underAASB1 1.21 ImpairmentofFinancialAssets Loans andpayables are classified asnon-trading liabilitiesandmeasured atamortisedcost. Financial assets have beenassessed for indicators ofimpairment(refer note 1.21). where they are recognised inequity. trading are recognised intheIncome Statement except ifthey are classified asacash flow hedge exchange contracts are deemedasheldfor trading, gainsandlosses onthese items heldfor As required byAASB139 1.20 Recognition ofFinancialAssets andFinancialLiabilities 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements initially measured attheirfair value plustransaction costs where appropriate. the fair value of assets transferred in exchange andliabilities undertaken. Financial assets are Assets are recorded atcost onacquisitionexcept asstated below. Thecost ofacquisitionincludes 1.25 AcquisitionofAssets (virtually certain for assets) orreliable measurement becomes possible. recognised whenitsexistence isconfirmed byafuture event, settlement becomes probable Where settlement becomes probable, aliabilityorasset isrecognised. Aliabilityorasset is or theamountcannot bereliably measured. Remote contingencies are partofthisdisclosure. or asset, orrepresent anexisting liabilityorasset inrespect ofwhichsettlement isnotprobable relevant schedule andnote 14.They mayarisefrom uncertainty asto theexistence ofaliability Contingent liabilitiesandassets are notrecognised intheBalance Sheetbutare discussed inthe 1.24 ContingentLiabilitiesandAssets Settlement isonnormalcommercial terms. services have beenreceived (andirrespective ofhavingbeeninvoiced). which theliabilitieswillbesettled. Liabilities are recognised to theextent thatthegoodsand Trade creditors andaccruals are recognised attheirnominalamounts,beingtheamounts 1.23 Trade Creditors and taking into account past baddebtsexperience. Baddebtsare written off whenidentified. review ofmaterial debtors, makinganassessment oftheprobability ofrecovery ofthosedebts The Corporation makes aspecificprovision for debtsconsidered doubtfulbyconducting adetailed amounts due. Trade debtors are normally settled within30daysunless otherwiseagreed andare carried at Receivables are carried atnominalamounts dueless allowance for losses onreceivables. Financial Instruments:DisclosureandPresentation Financial Instruments:RecognitionandMeasurement from 1July 2005rather than 1July 2004. and AASB139 continued , forward foreign continued Financial 157

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 158 useful life oftheimprovements or theunexpired period ofthelease. Leasehold improvements are depreciated onastraight-line basisover thelesser oftheestimated residual values over theirestimated usefullives usingthestraight-line methodofdepreciation. Depreciable property, infrastructure, plantandequipmentassets are written-off to theirestimated Depreciation Formal valuations are carried outbyanindependentqualified valuer. revaluation atleast every five years. and leasehold) were revalued in2003–04.Allasset classes are subjectto anindependent The Corporation’s infrastructure, plantandequipment assets, andland andbuildings(freehold The Corporation’s motor vehicles, shopfitouts andoverseas bureaus were revalued in2002–03. Assets heldfor sale are measured atthelower ofcarrying amountandfair value less costs to sell. Assets thatare surplusto requirements are measured attheirnetrealisable value. amount oftheasset andtheasset restated to therevalued amount. Any accumulated depreciation asattherevaluation date iseliminated against thegross carrying except to theextent thatthey reverse aprevious revaluation increment for thatclass. loss. Market Revaluation decrements sellingprice for aclass ofassets are recognised directly through profit andloss Market sellingprice revaluation decrement ofthesameasset class thatwaspreviously recognised through profit and under theheadingofasset revaluation reserve, except to theextent thatitreverses aprevious Revaluation adjustments are madeonaclass basis.Any revaluation increment iscredited to equity Fair Value Measured at: in market values for therelevant assets. Depreciated replacement cost reporting date. Theregularity ofindependentvaluations dependsuponthevolatility ofmovements that thecarrying amountsofassets donotmaterially vary, withtheassets’ fair values asatthe Following initialrecognition atcost, valuations are conducted withsufficientfrequency to ensure Depreciated replacement cost Infrastructure, plantandequipment Leasehold improvements Building Land Asset Class Fair values for eachclass ofasset are determined asshownbelow. Revaluations are atfair value. at reporting date, from itsfair value. Valuations undertaken ineachyear are asat30June. with sufficientfrequency suchthatthecarrying amountofeachasset isnotmaterially different, Land, buildings,infrastructure, plantandequipmentare carried at fair value, beingrevalued Basis ofRevaluations except where they form partofaproject orgroup ofsimilaritems whichare significant intotal. the Balance Sheet.Purchases costing less than$2000are expensed intheyear ofacquisition Purchases ofproperty, infrastructure, plantandequipmentare recognised initially atcost in Asset Recognition Threshold 1.26 Property (LandandBuildings),Infrastructure, PlantandEquipment their fair value atthedate ofacquisition. Assets acquired atnocost, orfor nominalconsideration, are initially recognised asassets at 1.25 AcquisitionofAssets 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements continued for theyear ended30June2006 continued For 2005–06and2004–05there were noindicators ofimpairmentidentified. its value inuseistaken to beitsdepreciated replacement cost. future cash flows, andtheasset would bereplaced iftheCorporation were deprived oftheasset, the future economic benefitofanasset isnotprimarily dependentontheasset’s abilityto generate use isthepresent value ofthefuture cash flows expected to bederived from theasset. Where Recoverable amountisthegreater offair value less costs to sellandthevalue inuse.Value in its carrying amount. estimated andanimpairmentadjustment madeiftheasset’s recoverable amountisless than may beimpaired. Where indications ofimpairmentexist theasset’s recoverable amountis At thereporting date, theCorporation hasassessed whetherthere are anyindications thatassets are subjectto anassessment asto indicators ofimpairment. non-current assets (ordisposalgroups) classified asheldfor sale inaccordance withAASB5 • financialassets thatare withinthescope ofAASB139 • assets arisingfrom employee benefits; • inventories; • All non-current assets except: 1.27 ImpairmentofNon-Current Assets or fair value less costs to sell. Non-current assets heldfor sale are stated intheBalance Sheetatthelower ofcarrying value Non-Current Assets Heldfor Sale the reporting periodisdisclosed innote 6C. The aggregate amountofdepreciation andamortisationallocated for eachclass ofasset during Infrastructure, plantandequipment Leasehold improvements Buildings onfreehold land Depreciation rates applying to eachclass ofdepreciable asset are basedonthefollowing usefullives: adjustments are recognised inthecurrent, orcurrent andfuture reporting periods,asappropriate. Depreciation rates (usefullives) andmethodsare reviewed ateachreporting date andnecessary 1.26 Property (LandandBuildings),Infrastructure, PlantandEquipment 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements 2005. Software to thevalue of All software assets were assessed for indicators of impairment asat30June2006and be written downto thehigherofitsnetmarket sellingprice ordepreciated replacement cost. These are assessed for indications ofimpairment.Thecarrying amountofimpaired assets must The Corporation’s intangibles comprise software for internal use.Theseassets are carried atcost. 1.28 Intangibles Software Useful lives: Software isamortisedona straight-line basis over anticipated usefullives. Non-current assetsheldforSaleandDiscontinuedOperations and Measurement ; $nil (2005 $261000)waswritten down. 3 to15years 5 to99years 50 years 2006 3–6 years 2006 Financial Instruments:Recognition 3 to 15years 5 to 99years 50 years 2005 3–6 years 2005 ; continued continued 159

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 160 as afinance cost. Where discounting isused,theincrease intheprovision dueto thepassage of timeisrecognised amount ofthe obligation. benefits willberequired to settle theobligationanda reliable estimate can bemadeofthe as aresult ofa past event, where itisprobable that anoutflow ofresources embodyingeconomic Provisions are recognised whenthe Corporation hasapresent legal orconstructive obligation 1.31 Provisions Loans willbeclassified asnon-trading liabilitiesandmeasured atamortisedcost. expensed asitaccrues. Loans from government andbankloans are recognised attheir principalamounts.Interest is 1.30 Loans cost, willberecognised asareduction intheexpense intheperiodwhichreversal occurs. of anyreversal ofanywrite-down ofinventories arisingfrom anincrease incurrent replacement inventory are recognised asanexpense intheperiodwrite-down orloss occurs. Theamount The amountofanywrite-down ofinventories to current replacement costs andalllosses of Inventory Heldfor Distribution in whichthereversal occurs. be recognised asareduction intheamountofinventories recognised asanexpense intheperiod reversal ofanywrite-down ofinventories arisingfrom anincrease inthenetrealisable value, will are recognised asanexpense intheperiod write-down orloss occurs. Theamountofany The amountofanywrite-down ofinventories to netrealisable value and alllosses ofinventory Merchandise Inventory Write-downs ofInventory Subsequent sales ofresidual rightsare recognised intheperiodwhichthey occur. the rightsperiodofcontract (whichever islesser). Purchased program inventory isamortisedinaccordance withthepolicynoted above orover Purchased Programs broadcast soonafter production, stock onhandatanytimebeingminimal. The costs ofprograms produced for Radioare expensed asincurred. Suchprograms are normally Programs notshownwithinthree years ofcompletion orpurchase to beamortised100% • Allotherprograms notcovered above—90% first screening and10%second screening or • Childrens, Education andMovies—straight-line over three years from completion; • Factual andEntertainment programs basedoncurrent topics—100% onfirst screening; • News, Current Affairs andLive Programs—100% onfirst screening; • The cost ofproduced television program inventory isamortisedasfollows: against production costs whichare recorded asInventories intheBalance Sheet. External contributions received inrespect ofco-production oftelevision programs are offset Produced Programs programs are expensed intheperiodwhichthey are incurred. overheads allocated onausagebasisto theprogram. Production overheads notallocated to produced for domestic transmission andincludedirect salariesandexpenses andproduction held for resale are valued atthelower ofcost andreplacement cost. Television programs are Inventories held for resale are valued atthelower ofcost ornetrealisable value. Inventories not 1.29 Inventories 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies in year three. in third year; and Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements for theyear ended30June2006 continued c Borrowing costs (c) benefits (b)Employee (d)Non-current assets heldfor sale(d)Non-current (a)Reclassification ofcash andcash equivalents (a)Reclassification Major Policy Changes Reporting Standards (AEIFRS) 1.32 ImpactofAdoptionAustralian Equivalents to International Financial 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements the balance sheet. classified asheldfor sale willbepresented separately from otherassets andliabilitieson Non-current assets classified asheldfor sale andassets andliabilitiesofadisposalgroup at thelower ofcarrying amountandfair value less costs to sell. through asale transaction rather thanthrough continued use.Theasset willbemeasured asset willbeclassified asheldfor sale ifitscarrying amountisto berecovered principally was required asat1July 2004to reflect thischangeasfollows: The FMOsrequire allborrowing costs to beexpensed. Ontransition to AEIFRS,anadjustment of theasset. construction orproduction ofaqualifyingasset they maybecapitalised aspartofthecost in theperiodwhichthey are incurred, orwhere they are directly attributable to theacquisition, Under AASB123 of $306000for 2004–05wasrequired. to thisadjustment anincrease to annualleave provision of$306000anddecrease innetprofit annual leave provision by$2106000andincrease accumulated surplusby$2106000.Further accounting policyandanadjustment asat1July 2004ontransition to AEIFRSto reduce the The discounting ofgreater than12monthsannualleave results inachangeto ourgroup bonds willbereferenced. deep market inhighqualitycorporate bondsdoesnotexist andtherefore nationalgovernment market yieldoncorporate bondsto beusedasadiscount rate. TheAASBhasdecidedthata discounting wasallowed. The2003–04financialreport noted thatAEIFRSmayrequire the more than12monthsfrom balance date must bediscounted to present value, previously no Under AASB119 to AEIFRS.There wasnoimpactonthe2004–05financialyear. 2004, increasing Cashby$35753000anddecreasing Receivables by$35753000ontransition maturities less than90daysare classified ascash. Areclassification wasrequired as at 1July Under AASB5 Under AASB107 euePoi 713000 $ This isachange inaccounting policy. 10000 42000 3678000 $ $ 765000 3468000 Reduce $ Profit $ Reduce Accumulated provision for depreciation $ Reduce Accumulated provision for amortisation Reduce Non-current assets—land andbuildings A furtheradjustment for the2004–05financialyear wasrequired: 191000 Increase $ Asset Revaluation Reserve 268000 133000 Reduce Accumulated surplus $ Reduce Accumulated provision for amortisation $ Reduce Non-current assets—software intangibles Reduce Non-current assets—land andbuildings Non-current assetsheldforSaleandDiscontinuedOperations Cash FlowStatements Borrowing Costs Employee Benefits , borrowing costs are to beeitherrecognised asanexpense , annualleave whichisexpected to bepaidoutortaken , dueto adefinitionalchangeto cash, investments with , anon-current continued 161

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 162 (g) instruments (e)Financial Reporting Standards (AEIFRS) 1.32 ImpactofAdoptionAustralian Equivalents to International Financial 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies f Revenue disclosures inrelation tothesale ofnon-current assets (f) market exists orbyappraisal. in value are initially taken to equity).Fair values willbepublishedprices where anactive loss' oravailable-for-sale where thefair value can bereliably measured (inwhichcase, changes Financial assets andliabilitiesare to beaccounted for as'heldatfair value through profit and and hasdetermined thatnomaterial adjustment to carrying amountsisrequired. impairment provisions ofAASB139 rather thanmore likely. TheCorporation hasreviewed eachfinancialasset inlinewiththe provision for doubtfuldebtswhen thecollection ofthedebtorpartthereof isjudgedto beless financial asset orgroup ofassets isimpaired. Priorto AEIFRStheCorporation recorded a Impairment losses are recognised underAEIFRSonly whenthere isobjective evidence thata Under AEIFRStheterm ‘Impairmentlosses’ replaces references to provisions for doubtfuldebts. with changesinfair value being recorded asincome orexpense. ‘held atfair value through profit andloss’. Suchinstruments must bemeasured atfair value, The FMOsrequire theCorporation to designate allfinancialinstruments traded inmarkets as from 1July 2005. 30 June2005.TheFMOsstipulate thattheexemption isto beapplied.Thestandards apply AASB 139 the requirements ofAASB132 Equivalents toInternationalFinancialReportingStandards Management hasappliedtheexemption provided inAASB1 Australian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (AGAAP) anetloss of$337000isreflected. under AEIFRSaprofit from sale of$263000isshownintheIncome Statement, while under were received and$1337000were incurred ascosts to selltheproperty. Ondisposalofthe asset, During the2004–05financialyear, theGore Hillproperty wassold.Proceeds of$35000 by $600000beingtheestimate offuture costs to sellatthedate oftransition. Equipment andreflected $33400000asAssets Heldfor Sale andreduced accumulated surplus On transition at1July 2004,theABCreclassified $34000from Property, Plantand which wastheGore Hillproperty. As at1July 2004, theABCheldoneasset whichmetthecriteria atthedate oftransition, recognised asanexpense. There isnonetimpactonprofit orloss, only apresentation impact. from thesale were recognised asrevenue andthecarrying amountoftheassets soldwas gain onthesale. Thisisincontrast to theprevious AGAAP treatment where gross proceeds Under AEIFRS,theincome recognised inrelation to thesale ofnon-current assets isthenet subject to impairmenttesting. Financial assets, except thoseclassified as'heldatfair value through profit andloss', are impact onprofit orloss, only apresentation impact. the previous AGAAP treatment where suchitems were classified asrevenue. There isnonet Under AEIFRS,foreign exchange gainsare classified asotherincome. Thisisincontrast to Cash andreceivables are measured atcost. Reclassification ofotherincome Financial Instruments:RecognitionandMeasurement Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements Financial Instruments:PresentationandDisclosures continued Financial Instruments:RecognitionandMeasurement which permitsentitiesnotto apply First-time AdoptionofAustralian for thefinancialyear ended for theyear ended30June2006 continued and o icutd(b) now discounted Annual leave greater than12months seshl o aeGr il(d) Assets heldfor sale—Gore Hill o xesd c 73 (713) (306) 600 (713) (306) (c) 600 (b) (d) Assets heldfor sale—Gore Hill now expensed Borrowing costs previously capitalised now discounted Annual leave greater than12months Net profit asreported underAGAAP (h)Impairment Reporting Standards (AEIFRS) 1.32 ImpactofAdoptionAustralian Equivalents to International Financial 1. SummaryofSignificant Accounting Policies for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements and theCashFlow Statement presented underprevious AGAAP. There are nomaterial differences between theCashFlow Statement presented underAEIFRS Explanation ofMaterialAdjustments totheCashFlow Statement Net profit underAEIFRS 726148 Year Ended30June2005 Reconciliation ofNetProfit underAGAAP tothatunderAEIFRS Total equityunderAEIFRS Reconciliation ofEquitypresented underAGAAP tothatunderAEIFRS oa qiya eotdudrAAP725271 Total equityasreported underAGAAP o xesd (c) 1296 now expensed Borrowing costs previously capitalised Adjustments toretained earnings and 30June2005there were noindicators ofimpairment. or revaluation decrements for assets measured atfair value. Atthedate oftransition to AEIFRS be conducted. Impairmentlosses are accounted for asexpenses for assets measured atcost, impaired. Ifthere isanindication ofimpairment,measurement ofrecoverable amountmust to assess ateachbalance date ifthere isanyindication thatanon-current asset maybe The effect asaresult ofAEIFRSto theCorporation andcontrolled entitiesistherequirement The policyonimpairmentofnon-current assets isstated atnote 1.27. continued Notes Notes 30 Jun2005 osldtdABC Consolidated 843 33083 38 473 804 32664 38 054 $’000 ’0 $’000 $’000 (419) (306) (713) 600 osldtdABC Consolidated 1 Jul2004 693 865 692 569 $’000 1 296 2 106 (600) (210) - 30 Jun2005 716 404 715 527 $’000 1 296 (419) (306) (713) 600 continued 1 Jul2004 689 511 688 215 $’000 1 296 2 106 (600) (210) - 163

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 164 oate 5A 5C Subsidies, grants andcontract revenue Royalties ehooysls5A 5C Technology sales Sponsorships anddonations nietl 5C Incidentals etadhr ffclte 5A Rent andhire offacilities nuac eteet5C Insurance settlement neetadbl icut 5B 5A Interest andbilldiscounts Concert sales andsubsidies prtn eut35517 1059872 Operating result Total revenues andgains Total revenues from Government Total revenues andgainsfrom independentsources 5D Net gainonforeign 1024355 exchange—non-speculative 5A 6B 6G Co-production contributions Revenues andgainsfrom independentsources Total expenses Write-down andimpairmentofassets Satellite andtransmission 2. Expenses,Revenues andGains rvl6B Travel ie rdcinsrie 6B Video production services omnctos6B 6B Communications Auditor's remuneration optrcss6B 6B 6A Computer costs Artist fees Employee related Expenses oslat n otatlbu 6B Consultants andcontract labour ercainadaotsto 6C Depreciation andamortisation rih 6B Freight ecadsn 5A Merchandising rga ae 5A Program sales nietl 6B Incidentals iac ot 6E Finance costs ea ot 6B Legal costs e oso ipslo ses6H Net loss ondisposalofassets ear,mitnneadhr 6B Repairs, maintenance andhire aeil n io tm 6B 6F Materials andminoritems Net loss onforeign exchange—non-speculative ecadsn n rmto 6B Merchandising andpromotion rnmsinsrie 6B 6B Operating leases andoccupancy Transmission services rga ihs6B 6D Program rights Program amortisation Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements Notes 4 232 603 390 337 827 269 124 357 127 752 21 906 44 018 11 615 11 812 29 250 31 550 18 077 23 435 11 786 16 833 21 427 62 209 81 133 11 026 20 329 12 383 96 226 23 181 12 601 $’000 2 523 9 366 4 216 1 813 3 653 3 007 4 242 2 640 8 704 8 031 2 606 2 257 2006 272 385 osldtdABC Consolidated - 1 014989 206 836 976 935 378 879 808 153 118 935 124 657 20 414 40 732 25 671 38 054 30 332 16 398 21 752 11 203 15 038 19 436 53 133 76 296 20 800 12 243 89 772 22 088 $’000 1 519 8 504 7 898 9 508 4 675 6 623 1 320 3 676 1 902 4 779 2 487 7 626 9 865 2 125 2 841 9 613 2005 for theyear ended30June2006 336 695 - 961 269 187 015 929 236 333 879 774 254 124 357 127 752 21 811 43 991 11 144 10 747 32 033 31 550 15 944 22 896 11 239 20 646 61 388 81 110 16 857 12 514 12 018 85 723 20 334 $’000 2 523 9 504 5 496 3 499 1 813 2 994 4 242 1 787 4 562 8 031 2 535 2 261 2006 601 272 231 - - - 923 962 166 430 891 298 326 005 757 532 118 935 124 657 20 199 40 692 32 664 30 332 14 956 21 276 10 881 18 848 52 373 76 290 17 691 11 843 80 690 19 433 $’000 7 276 1 519 6 482 7 649 5 181 4 065 1 320 1 892 4 779 1 842 4 419 9 860 2 077 9 546 2 847 2005 938 240 695 - - - Subsidies, grants andcontract revenue Insurance settlement Sponsorships anddonations 5C Otherrevenues 624963 Other Outcome 1.3—digital transmission (a) Outcome 1.2—satellite andanalog transmission 4B Appropriations—transmission revenue 4A Appropriations 4. Revenue from Government under theprovisions ofthe The ABCwasestablished in1932astheAustralian Broadcasting Commission. Since 1983ithasoperated 3. Economic Dependency for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements oa e oeg xhnegis272 37301 11812 Total netforeign exchange gains Non-speculative Total otherrevenue Other 183218 Total interest revenue Bills receivable Cost ofsales ofgoods Total goodsand services Services 827269 Goods 5A Goodsandservices 5. Revenue andGainsfrom IndependentSources Total revenues from Government details ofRevenue from Government). the Corporation anditscontrolled entitieswouldbeunable to meettheirobligations.(Refer to note 4for Parliament. Inexcess of78.1%normalactivitiesare fundedinthismanner,andwithouttheseappropriations The Corporation anditscontrolled entitiesare dependentupondirect andindirect appropriations ofmoniesby 5D Netforeign exchange gains Deposits 5B Interest of previous years appropriation asarepayment ofcapital. (a) TheCorporation returned Australia Councilfor theArts for orchestral subsidiaries 4C Funding from Commonwealth/State Governments Australian BroadcastingCorporationAct1983 $6 321000 (2005 $5771395) 123 568 149 291 21 906 11 195 69 114 80 177 84 755 59 650 53 015 41 820 $’000 1 813 9 366 4 216 8 721 3 091 2006 272 osldtdABC Consolidated 614 134 113 595 162 415 808 153 143 398 . 20 414 11 442 64 790 78 608 34 913 74 904 48 820 50 621 39 179 $’000 9 508 1 320 8 504 4 675 6 968 2 540 2005 - - 624 963 123 568 150 116 774 254 149 291 21 811 69 114 80 177 27 123 84 755 26 548 $’000 9 504 1 813 3 499 8 721 2006 272 272 783 - - - - 614 134 113 595 133 197 757 532 143 398 20 199 64 790 78 608 25 584 74 904 19 602 $’000 7 649 1 320 4 065 6 968 2005 681 ------165

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 166 Non-financial assets oa rt-onadipimn fast 3007 - Land andbuildings 031 8 6H Netloss from diposalofassets Total write-down andimpairmentofassets 127752 Financial assets 127752 6G Write-down andimpairmentofassets Total netforeign exchange loss Non-speculative 6F Netforeign exchange loss 62209 Total finance costs Loans 6E Finance costs Total program amortisation 6D Program amortisation Total depreciation andamortisation 62209 Software 430762 390337 Total depreciation andamortisation Amortisation ofintangible assets plant andequipment Depreciation ofproperty, infrastructure, 6C Depreciation andamortisation 385923 Total supplierexpenses Operating lease rentals Supply ofgoodsandservices 6B Supplierexpenses Total employee expenses Workers' compensation premiums Total employee benefitsexpenses Other employee benefits 6. Operating Expenses e os(an rmdsoa fln n ulig 109 Net loss/(gain) from disposal oflandandbuildings Buildings andland of depreciable asset are asfollows: expensed duringthereporting periodfor eachclass The aggregate amountsofdepreciation oramortisation Leasehold improvements Superannuation Wages andsalaries 6A Employee expenses Leave andotherentitlements Separation andredundancy Infrastructure, plantandequipment Infrastructure, plantandequipment Inventory heldfor sale Total proceeds from disposal Receivables Cost ofdisposal Intangibles Net bookvalue of assets disposed Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements 407 581 287 792 58 258 23 181 20 610 48 258 36 010 36 645 $’000 2 511 8 031 3 951 3 951 4 414 9 725 1 003 4 138 2006 373 114 190 (83) osldtdABC Consolidated 2 9 - 384 741 124 657 124 657 404 963 378 879 375 459 271 539 (35 000) 53 133 53 133 50 320 20 222 20 219 48 819 44 510 34 814 29 587 $’000 1 488 1 902 9 865 9 865 2 813 2 813 3 420 9 092 1 499 2005 (186) for theyear ended30June2006 143 695 695 261 514 10 - 375 574 127 752 127 752 392 931 333 879 330 799 245 211 61 388 61 388 57 458 17 357 20 610 42 095 31 137 36 008 $’000 2 511 2 994 8 031 8 031 3 930 3 930 3 080 9 671 2 685 2006 ( 83) 364 110 109 190 840 9 2 - - 355 027 124 657 124 657 372 969 326 005 323 564 230 833 (35 000) 52 373 52 373 49 560 17 942 20 219 42 450 39 799 34 814 28 986 $’000 1 488 1 892 9 860 9 860 2 813 2 813 2 441 9 066 1 416 2005 (186) 143 695 695 261 355 - - - 61to 90days - 30to 60days Goods andservices 7B Receivables 2148 2 257 in theCashFlow Statement Balance ofcash asat30Juneshown Cash atbankandonhand(a) 7A Cashandcash equivalents 7. FinancialAssets Net loss from disposalofassets plant andequipment Infrastructure, plantandequipment 6. Operating Expenses for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements oa (198) 122381 Total - more than90 days - less than30days Overdue by: Total receivables (gross) 122183 - more than90days Non-current Total receivables (net) Other receivables Bills ofexchange andotherinvestments Less: Allowance for doubtfuldebts Not Overdue The allowance for doubtfuldebtsisagedasfollows: Current Receivables are categorised asfollows: Net GSTreceivable Net loss from disposalofinfrastructure, - 61to 90days Not Overdue Receivables (gross) whichare overdue are agedasfollows: - less than 30days Overdue by: 6H Netloss from diposalofassets - 30to 60days Net bookvalue ofassets disposed Total proceeds from disposal Total proceeds from disposal Total value ofassets disposed Cost ofdisposal continued continued 102 096 121 308 122 183 107 687 118 093 14 694 45 787 45 787 14 496 45 787 $’000 2 392 2 635 1 069 1 533 4 058 2 062 2006 (378) (295) (155) (198) 875 241 916 (12) (11) (20) osldtdABC Consolidated 51 - (35 311) 10 388 38 807 38 807 93 397 93 230 78 804 10 221 38 807 92 420 38 152 93 230 83 009 89 396 $’000 3 284 2 841 3 027 1 515 2 690 1 021 1 296 2005 (311) (167) (167) (167) 810 908 776 54 - - - - 118 940 118 742 102 096 117 867 118 742 106 689 116 081 12 251 12 053 $’000 2 387 5 495 5 495 2 261 2 152 5 495 2 630 1 083 3 510 1 612 2006 (369) (286) (198) (155) (198) 875 113 565 569 (12) (11) (20) 51 - (35 282) 89 977 89 810 78 804 89 004 38 129 89 810 81 867 87 379 $’000 3 261 4 892 4 892 2 847 3 033 8 110 4 892 7 943 2 139 1 047 2005 (282) (167) (167) (167) 806 853 924 673 54 25 - - - - 167

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 168 term whichexpires on7June2019. held bysubsidiaries,subjectto restricted useover a15-year Consolidated cash includes (a) Other investments are non-current assets. aia ok npors tcs 26544 226794 253338 Computer software atcost 532618 8C Intangible assets Total infrastructure, plantandequipment 527669 4949 Capital works inprogress atcost excluding capital works in progress Accumulated depreciation At fair value 8B Infrastructure, plantandequipment Total landandbuildings Capital works inprogress atcost capital works inprogress Total landandbuildingsexcluding Accumulated amortisation Accumulated amortisation Accumulated amortisation 20 Accumulated depreciation Freehold landatfair value 8A Landandbuildings 8. Non-FinancialAssets 16110 20 Total investments Other Shares insubsidiaries—(unlisted) 7D Investments Accrued revenues are allcurrent assets. 7C Accrued revenues 7. FinancialAssets oa nagbeast 10989 Total intangible assets Accumulated amortisation Total infrastructure, plantandequipment Leasehold landatfair value Building onfreehold landatfair value Leasehold improvements atfair value Leasehold buildingsatfair value Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements $2 588000 continued (2005 $3265848) Notes (288 509) (257 258) 515 303 155 870 226 794 350 724 607 982 155 870 (15 541) (17 679) (1 649) 16 110 28 668 10 494 26 035 $’000 7 617 2 964 3 086 9 266 2006 (122) osldtdABC Consolidated 20 0 (295 028) (238 210) 503 688 155 967 266 909 208 660 542 211 534 156 208 660 357 574 595 784 155 967 (15 409) (15 904) 12 050 23 142 58 249 10 019 12 050 25 428 (1 570) $’000 8 055 7 238 7 591 3 005 3 086 9 161 2005 for theyear ended30June2006 (81) 0 0 - (284 435) (257 258) 508 218 155 870 250 327 223 783 532 106 527 157 223 783 351 120 608 378 155 870 (14 833) (17 658) 10 881 14 533 28 539 26 544 14 533 24 419 (1 649) $’000 4 949 9 586 7 617 2 964 3 086 9 266 2006 (122) 0 0 - (291 572) (238 210) 497 067 155 967 263 744 205 495 541 537 533 482 205 495 357 970 596 180 155 967 (14 864) (15 904) 11 013 23 015 58 249 11 013 23 813 (1 570) $’000 7 111 8 055 8 949 7 591 3 005 3 086 9 161 2005 (81) 0 0 - rs okvle 5 5 5598 445 3 7 7946 0 8 2 4 1316256 23142 503688 789426 630373 34455 595918 159053 Accumulated depreciation/ Gross bookvalue As at1July 2005 rs okvle 5 5 5634 280 2 5 7827 9 6 2 1 1308289 23015 497067 788207 629154 32840 596314 159053 Accumulated depreciation/ Gross bookvalue As at1July 2005 te ipsl 9)- 9)(2 19 237 (2576) - (2387) (189) (92) (92) - (373) (9) (97) - (364) Accumulated depreciation/ Gross bookvalue As at30June2006 Other disposals From Disposals Write-offs disposals (2699) - of - operations (2510) (189) (92) (92) 80682 - 7711 57656 (97) 15315 15315 Accumulated depreciation/ 750054 Gross bookvalue - 3250 (566202) As at30June2006 7238 (135) (15904) 12065 - Other disposals (295028) 208660 From (135) - (255270) 534156 Disposals (255189) 375184 (16979) Recoverable - - 17476 disposals (238210) Depreciation/amortisation expense Net (81) 357708 Reclassifications—depreciation 158 972 amount Reclassifications - - of ------revaluation From By purchase write-downs Additions operations increment acquisition Net bookvalue amortisation of - Item operations (Consolidated) Reconciliation oftheopeningandclosing balances ofproperty, infrastructure, plantandequipmentintangibles Table A1 8. Non-FinancialAssets for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements e okvle1884 5 2 1 0 3833 2 5 2373 081 761 821 10881 223783 527157 368323 17203 351120 158 834 80070 7709 57047 15314 Net book value amortisation 15314 746088 3249 (562201) 7111 (15904) 12065 - (291572) 205495 - (254725) 533482 (254644) 374510 (16434) - - - 16406 (238210) Depreciation/amortisation expense Net (81) 358104 Reclassifications—depreciation 158972 Reclassifications - - revaluation From By purchase Additions increment acquisition Net bookvalue amortisation 765452 of 10989 - Item 226794 527669 operations 368835 18111 (ABC) 350724 Reconciliation oftheopeningandclosing balances ofproperty, infrastructure, 158834 plantandequipmentintangibles Table A2 Closing netbookvalue amortisation 5 5 6838 365 4 6 8109 0 1 2 3 1337776 28539 508218 801019 642063 33685 608378 158 956 1346210 28668 515303 802239 643283 35301 607982 158 956 adln et ulig ulig qimn nagbe Total Intangibles equipment buildings Buildings ments land Land adln et ulig ulig qimn nagbe Total Intangibles equipment buildings Buildings ments land Land '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 12 2728 1 8)(7 4)(7 6)(8 3)(768 (575955) (17658) (284435) (273862) (273740) (16482) (257258) (122) (580758) (17679) (288509) (274570) (274448) (17190) (257258) (122) 4)(909 230 2 0)(140 3 0)( 3)(61388) (3930) (36008) (21450) (21409) (2360) (19049) (41) (62209) (3951) (36645) (21613) (21572) (2523) (19049) (41) ulig buildingsinfra- Buildings buildingsinfra- Buildings reodipoe oa adadplantand landand Total improve- freehold plantand landand Total improve- freehold nadTtlstructure, Total and on structure, Total and on continued eshl Other Leasehold Other Leasehold 22 9 (241) (9) (232) 169

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 170 oa o-iaca ses16130 16 130 97659 Total non-financialassets Non-current Total othernon-financialassets Other prepayments Total inventories In progress Purchased TV programs heldfor distribution Inventory notheldfor sale atcost 66304 58249 31493 Provision for stock obsolescence 26544 8055 4949 8055 4949 - - 8055 The Corporation doesnotholdassets purchased underfinance leases. Assets underfinance leases (Consolidatedonly) 4949 - Table C - Carrying Amountat30June2005 Carrying amountat30June2006 Item Assets underconstruction (Consolidatedonly) Table B 8. Non-FinancialAssets Current Other non-financialassets are categorised asfollows: Prepaid property rentals 8E Othernon-financialassets All inventories are current assets. Produced Broadcasting consumables Inventory heldfor sale Retail 8D Inventories Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements adln et ulig ulig qimn Total equipment buildings Buildings ments land Land '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 nfehl mrv-Ttlln n plantand landand Total improve- on freehold ulig n oa structure, Total and Buildings continued eshl Other Leasehold buildings infra- 14 917 77 407 11 171 37 804 20 034 13 484 28 432 20 804 $’000 2 646 1 213 2006 (770) 218 osldtdABC Consolidated 16 848 16 848 15 357 92 151 77 508 31 138 14 422 13 612 37 946 15 994 (1 572) $’000 8 424 3 236 1 491 2005 for theyear ended30June2006 221 11 171 14 527 14 527 14 463 97 628 77 407 37 804 20 003 12 786 28 432 20 773 $’000 1 741 2006 (770) 218 64 14 714 14 714 14 631 92 130 77 508 31 138 14 401 12 643 37 946 15 973 (1 572) $’000 8 424 2 071 2005 221 83 oa aals89522 27979 Total payables Non-current 61543 Total otherpayables Unearned revenue Non-current Total suppliers payables Other creditors 9. Payables for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements oa on 122000 122000 Total loans Payable inmore thanfive years Total loans Non-bank loans Loans from Government 10 Loans 10. Interest-Bearing Liabilities Current Other payables are categorised asfollows: Interest payable 9B Other Current Suppliers payables are categorised asfollows: annually inarrears on$101million,withinterest ontheremaining loans payable every 6months. fixed-interest-rate basis.Theloans are to berepaid infullonmaturity. Interest ispayable Loans from Government are carried atamortisedcost. Theloans are provided onalong-term Payable withinoneyear Maturity schedule for loans: Payable inoneto five years Trade creditors 9A Suppliers Operating lease rentals 122 000 27 951 61 543 27 979 26 224 60 728 20 000 97 000 55 268 $’000 1 755 6 115 5 000 2006 815 160 osldtdABC Consolidated 28 - 141 000 141 095 141 095 76 096 30 575 30 544 45 521 45 521 30 575 27 035 45 078 19 095 86 000 40 201 36 000 $’000 3 540 4 723 2005 443 597 95 31 122 000 122 000 122 000 63 497 10 330 10 302 53 167 53 167 10 330 52 802 20 000 97 000 50 998 $’000 9 791 2 019 5 000 2006 539 365 150 28 - 141 000 141 000 141 000 52 220 13 526 13 495 38 694 38 694 13 526 38 640 19 000 86 000 36 709 36 000 $’000 3 540 9 986 1 388 2005 597 54 31 - 171

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 172 (Increase)/decrease ininventories (Increase)/decrease inothercurrent assets infrastructure, plantandequipment (Profit)/loss ondisposalofproperty, e ahfo prtn ciiis103658 Net cash from operating activities 35517 Operating result 12. CashFlow Reconciliation Non-current Current 127930 (a) 127930 Aggregate employee benefitliabilityandrelated costs Workers compensation Aggregate employee entitlement benefit Superannuation 11. Provisions Depreciation offixed assets Amortisation ofintangibles Annual leave Salaries andwages 11 Employees Provisions Long service leave (a) Separation andredundancy Increase/(decrease) inprovisions/liabilities Increase/(decrease) inpayables (Increase)/decrease inreceivables Changes inassets andliabilities Transfer to/from provisions Unrealised foreign exchange (gain)/loss Amortisation ofprogram purchases Impairment of performed byProfessional FinancialConsultingPtyLtd. Independent actuarialvaluations for theABCwere - infrastructure, plantandequipment - intangibles - allowance for doubtfuldebts - employee entitlements Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements (133 260) 127 930 127 752 56 527 71 403 58 258 45 214 11 230 70 703 16 000 (3 342) (2 596) (5 613) $’000 2 257 2 897 1 825 3 951 2006 (102) 370 413 114 osldtdABC Consolidated - - (127 991) 126 105 126 105 126 105 124 657 89 164 38 054 53 118 72 987 50 320 48 837 10 126 66 589 10 406 (3 790) (9 386) $’000 3 051 1 450 2 813 2005 (833) for theyear ended30June2006 553 261 143 10 (1) - - (133 250) 116 588 116 588 116 588 127 752 96 671 32 033 51 614 64 974 57 458 43 362 10 847 62 013 14 451 (3 333) (5 588) (3 196) $’000 2 261 2 884 1 261 3 930 2006 (102) 366 110 - - - (127 987) 115 327 115 327 115 327 124 657 92 053 32 664 48 501 66 826 49 560 47 236 58 151 10 478 (3 478) (8 414) $’000 3 038 9 552 6 861 1 456 2 813 2005 388 261 143 1 - - - cre eeus7C Accrued revenues ogtr orwns10 Provisions andpayables - long-term borrowings Loans 122566 Debt 7D 25314 (recognised) Financial liabilities 7B 7B Total assets 7B Total financialassets Investments 7B Bills ofexchange GST receivable 7B Other receivables for doubtfuldebts Less allowance 7A Goods andservices Receivables Cash andcash equivalents (recognised) Financial assets 2006 A. Interest rate risk 13. FinancialInstruments (Consolidated) for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements ogtr orwns1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 9 1105 5.69% 141095 95 - - 31000 25500 76 23500 9A/B 22000 20000 096 19000 N/A - 76 Total liabilities 0 Total financialliabilities 10 096 Suppliers N/A Provisions andpayables - - 0 - long-term borrowings Loans Debt 7D (recognised) Financial liabilities Total assets Total financialassets Investments 211522 89522 000 5 26000 25500 37 23500 7A 22000 20000 Cash andcash equivalents - (recognised) 9A/B Financial assets 2005 Total liabilities Total financialliabilities Suppliers GST receivable 7B - - - 2 - - - 7B - - 1 N/A 78 690 7B Bills 12 7B 2 GST 7C (167) 515 - - Other 804 - - 1 of Accrued 050 (167) 690 receivable for - 78 - 12 N/A receivables 7B Less allowance 515 exchange revenues Goods 10 N/A doubtful Receivables 804 7B 050 N/A and 5.71% 388 debts 10 services 388 N/A oe$00$00$00$00$00$00$00$00$00rate $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Note laig Mr Nn average Non More Floating neet1Ya o22t o44t hn5 itrs effective interest than5 to5 4 to4 3 to3 2 1to2 Year 1 interest aeo esyasyasyasyasyasbaigTtlinterest Total bearing years years years years years orless rate 25 31420 470-----345 7875.39% 37 221 80 390 - 26 476 144 087 221 1 586 - - 38 807 5.10% 0002 0 3502 0 600500 2 0 5.64% 122000 - N/A 16110 5000 16110 26000 - 25500 23500 22000 - 20 000 ------102096 ------2020N/A------1- 4------14 0584 5331 -- 69414 058N/A 533N/A 694N/A 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 7 9 217191 76191 31000 25500 23500 22000 20000 19000 ------89 52289 522N/A ie neetrt auigWeighted Fixed interest rate maturing ------36 220 18 18 N/A (198) (198) 1 094834 1 069444 0 9 6.03% 102 096 184 100 339 452 343 296 173

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 174 recognised intheIncome Statement. Sterling (GBP)andEuro (EUR). Gains/losses arisingfrom general hedgesoutstanding atyear endhave been At balance date, theCorporation heldforward exchange contracts to buyUnited States Dollars (USD),Pounds General Hedges in Equity. purchases from July 2006to October 2006hasbeenrecognised atbalance date intheStatement ofChanges The netgainof Specific Hedges D. HedgingInstruments net fair value ofthecontracts, asdisclosed. credit rating. Credit exposure offoreign currency andinterest rate bearinginvestments isrepresented bythe any single counterparty and,asamatter ofpolicy,only transacts withfinancialinstitutions thathave ahigh limits andmonitoring procedures. Theconsolidated entityhasnomaterial concentration ofcredit riskwith The credit riskarisingfrom dealingsinfinancialinstruments iscontrolled byastrict policyofcredit approvals, indicated intheBalance Sheet. recognised financialassets isthecarrying amount,netofallowance for doubtfuldebts,ofthoseassets as The consolidated entity’s maximumexposure to credit riskatreporting date inrelation to eachclass of Financial Assets The consolidated entityhasnosignificant exposures to anyconcentrations ofcredit risk. perform ascontracted. Credit riskrepresents theloss thatwould berecognised ifcounterparties to financialinstruments fail to C. Credit RiskExposures calculated byreference to current forward exchange rates for contracts withsimilarmaturityprofiles. The netfair values offorward exchange contracts are taken to betheunrealised gainorloss atbalance date Forward exchange contracts current interest rates for liabilitieswithsimilarriskprofiles. The netfair values oflong-term borrowings are estimated usingdiscounted cash flow analysis, basedon Long-term borrowings net fair values. net assets, expected cash flows andanyparticularspecialcircumstances oftheinvestee asapproximating The carrying amountfor nontraded investments hasbeenassessed bytheDirectors basedontheunderlying Investments The carrying amountapproximates thenetfair value because oftheshortterm maturity. Cash, receivables, payables andshortterm borrowings The following methodsandassumptions were usedto estimate thenetfair values: B. NetFair Values ofFinancialAssets andLiabilities 13. FinancialInstruments (Consolidated) Foreign exchange contracts Financial Assets Long term borrowings (loans) Financial Liabilities $37 860 (2005 unrecognised gain$2846)onspecifichedgesofanticipated foreign currency Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements 122 000 $’000 2006 arigAon NetFair Value Carrying Amount 140 141 095 $’000 2005 for theyear ended30June2006 1 continued 119 287 $’000 2006 140 141 858 $’000 2005 4 oa otnetlaiiis960 Total contingent liabilities Other guarantees (a) 14. ContingentLiabilities contracted exchange rates andthesettlement periodsofoutstanding contracts for theconsolidated entity. The following table setsoutthegross value to bereceived underforeign currency contracts, theweighted average D. HedgingInstruments 13. FinancialInstruments (Consolidated) for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements e otnetlaiiis960 The information usually required byAASB137 may berequired inrelation to theseclaims. actively defending theseactions.Itisnotpossible to estimate theamountsofanyeventual paymentswhich this report against theCorporation andcertain ofitsofficers. TheCorporation hasdisclaimedliabilityandis In thenormalcourse ofactivities,claimsfor damagesandotherrecoveries have beenlodged atthedate of Unquantifiable Contingencies (a) The Corporation hasprovided guarantees andindemnityto theReserve BankofAustralia insupportof Net contingent liabilities disclosed onthegrounds thatitcan beexpected to prejudice theoutcome ofanycurrent orpotential claims. Less than1year Buy EUR Less than1year Buy GBP Less than1year Buy USD Contingent liabilities Quantifiable Contingencies bank guarantees required inthedayto dayoperations oftheCorporation. continued Provisions, ContingentLiabilitiesandAssets elAsrla olr Average Exchange Rate Sell Australian Dollars $’000 $’000 1 183 2 529 2006 2006 960 270 osldtdABC Consolidated 1 658 2 345 $’000 $’000 2005 2005 960 960 960 - continued 0.5968 0.4225 0.7505 $’000 2006 2006 960 960 960 0.4128 0.7624 is not $’000 2005 2005 960 960 960 - 175

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 176 500–$29999 $ – 15000 $ Corporation was owed Pty Limited onnormal terms and conditions totalling During theperiod theCorporation provided goodsandservices to SymphonyAustralia Holdings The company isawholly-owned subsidiaryoftheCorporation. Symphony AustraliaHoldings PtyLimited favourable thanthoseavailable to otherpartiesunless otherwise stated. Transactions betweenrelated partiesare onnormal commercial terms andconditions nomore Transactions withentitiesinthewholly-owned group • • • • • • • • • • 11 • The Directors oftheCorporation duringtheyear were: Directors oftheCorporation 16. Related-Party Disclosures entitlements paidorpayable. included are eligible termination payments,performance paymentspaidorpayable andaccumulated leave Included inremuneration isfringebenefitstax paidorpayable to theAustralian Taxation Office. Also detailed innote 20is Remuneration received ordueandreceivable byDirectors oftheCorporation andControlled Entitiesas 1019999 $ – Total numberofDirectors oftheCorporation 1005000 $ 14999 $ – Nil $ are shownbelow intherelevant remuneration bands: The numberofDirectors oftheCorporation includedinthesefigures Remuneration received ordueandreceivable byDirectors oftheCorporation 15. Director Remuneration The aggregate remuneration ofDirectors isdisclosed innote 15. 2 0 134999 $ – 120000 $ 000–$104999 $ – 90000 $ 000–$74999 $ – 60000 $ 500–$59999 $ – 45000 $ 000–$44999 $ – 30000 $ 3 0 449999 $ – 435000 $ 3 0 149999 $ – 135000 $ Keith Windschuttle (appointed 14June2006). Steven Skala(appointed 6October 2005) Ramona Koval (retired effective 15June2006) Peter Hurley (appointed 14June2006) John GallagherQC Dr RonBrunton Leith Boully (retired effective 10October 2005) Dr JanetAlbrechtsen Russell Balding(ManagingDirector) (resigned effective 31March 2006) Murray Green (ActingManagingDirector) (appointed 24March 2006) Donald McDonaldAC (Chairman) $3 062119 $93 797 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements (2005 $2318289). (2005 $40 985)inrelation to thesupply of thesegoodsand services. $538 254 (2005 $225730). Atyear endthe for theyear ended30June2006 1 491725 Number 2006 $ 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 - - - ABC Number 808 657 2005 $ 1 9 5 1 1 1 - - - - - on normalterms andconditions to theCorporation totalling During theperiod theTasmanian Symphony Orchestra PtyLimited provided goodsandservices Corporation wasowed Pty Limited onnormalterms and conditions totalling During theperiodCorporation provided goodsandservices to Tasmanian SymphonyOrchestra The company isawholly-owned subsidiaryoftheCorporation. Tasmanian SymphonyOrchestra PtyLimited services onnormalterms and conditions to theCorporation totalling During theperiodSydney SymphonyOrchestra HoldingsPtyLimited provided goodsand $3 513)for long service leave for staff atincorporation. Sydney SymphonyOrchestra Holdings PtyLimited owed theCorporation Holdings PtyLimited onnormalterms andconditions totalling During theperiodCorporation provided goodsandservices to Sydney SymphonyOrchestra The company isawholly-owned subsidiary oftheCorporation. Sydney SymphonyOrchestraHoldingsPtyLimited terms andconditions to theCorporation totalling During theperiodTheQueenslandOrchestra PtyLimited provided goodsandservices onnormal Corporation wasowed Pty Limited onnormalterms andconditions totalling During theperiodCorporation provided goodsandservices to TheQueenslandOrchestra The company isawholly-owned subsidiaryoftheCorporation. The QueenslandOrchestraPtyLimited on normalterms andconditions to theCorporation totalling During theperiodMelbourneSymphonyOrchestra PtyLimited provided goodsandservices Corporation wasowed Pty Limited onnormalterms andconditions totalling During theperiodCorporation provided goodsandservices to MelbourneSymphonyOrchestra The company isawholly-owned subsidiaryoftheCorporation. Melbourne SymphonyOrchestraPtyLimited normal terms andconditions to theCorporation totalling During theperiodAdelaideSymphonyOrchestra PtyLimited provided goodsandservices on Corporation wasowed Pty Limited onnormalterms andconditions totalling During theperiodCorporation provided goodsandservices to AdelaideSymphonyOrchestra The company isawholly-owned subsidiaryoftheCorporation. Adelaide SymphonyOrchestraPtyLimited terms andconditions to theCorporation totalling During theperiodSymphonyAustralia HoldingsPtyLimited provided goodsandservices onnormal Transactions withentitiesinthewholly-owned group 16. Related-Party Disclosures for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements At year endtheCorporation owed Sydney SymphonyOrchestra HoldingsPtyLimited $65 889 $11 959 $3 332 $36 463 (2005 $7919)inrelation to thesupply ofthesegoodsandservices. (2005 $19398)inrelation to thesupply ofthesegoodsandservices. (2005 $7008)inrelation to thesupply ofthesegoodsandservices. (2005 $18855)for thesegoodsandservices. $nil $nil $323 004 continued (2005 $nil). (2005 $15734). $51 819 $62 158 $69 476 $nil $77 631 $44 908 $58 592 (2005 $3829). (2005 $43103).Atyear endthe (2005 $41675).Atyear endthe (2005 $243139).Atyear endthe (2005 $79291).Atyear endthe continued (2005 $28259). (2005 $22337). $301 (2005 $55833).Atyear end $17 015 (2005 $1102). (2005 $4851). $nil (2005 177

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 178 Remuneration includes termination payable of group. Details inrelation to the officers have been incorporated into note 15— Consolidated remuneration excludes officers oftheprincipalentitywhoare Directors inthewholly owned into note 15— $130 000ormore duringtheseperiods. Details inrelation to theManagingDirector have beenincorporated staff which,while inacting positionsfor partoftheyear dueto vacancies, didnotreceive remuneration of Corporation during2005–06except theManagingDirector. Thelower numberofreported officers reflects The officer remuneration includes allofficers concerned withortaking partinthemanagementof Total 4 4 $399999 Total – $385 000 to receive total remuneration of$130000ormore: The numberofOfficers whoreceived orwere due of Officers shownis: The aggregate amountoftotal remuneration 17. Officer Remuneration an amountof At year endtheCorporation owedWest Australian SymphonyOrchestra HoldingsPtyLimited goods andservices. At year endtheCorporation wasowed Orchestra HoldingsPtyLimited onnormalterms andconditions totalling During theperiodCorporation provided goodsandservices to West Australian Symphony The company isawholly-owned subsidiaryoftheCorporation. West AustralianSymphonyOrchestraHoldingsPtyLimited Transactions withentitiesinthewholly-owned group 16. Related-Party Disclosures 2000–$294999 – $280 000 and services onnormalterms andconditions to theCorporation totalling During theperiodWest Australian SymphonyOrchestra HoldingsPtyLimited provided goods 3000–$324999 – $310 000 and TheNewsChannelPtyLimited duringtheyear free ofcharge. The Corporation provided secretarial andaccounting services for MusicChoice Australia PtyLtd 2005-06 financialyear. The companies are wholly-owned subsidiariesoftheCorporation thatdidnottrade during the Music ChoiceAustraliaPtyLtdandTheNewsChannelLimited 3500–$339999 – $325 000 3000–$384999 – $369999 $370 000 – $354999 $355 000 – $340 000 Director Remuneration $nil (2005 $4075)inrelation to long service leave for staff atincorporation. Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements . $24 311 $nil (2005 $233756). (2005 $4772)inrelation to thesupply ofthese 1 482911 Number continued 2006 2006 $ osldtdABC Consolidated 1 1 1 1 - - - 2 251956 Number 2005 continued 2005 for theyear ended30June2006 $ Director Remuneration 7 1 2 4 - - - - $125 367 $15 633 1 482911 Number 2006 2006 (2005 $56526). (2005 $35869). $ 4 1 1 1 1 - - - 2 251956 Number . 2005 2005 $ 7 1 2 4 - - - - Balance carried forward from previous year accumulated fundsat30Juneasfollows: The Corporation istrustee for afoundation with Receipts duringtheyear available for otherpurposesoftheCorporation andare notrecognised inthefinancialstatements. with theterms ofthetrusts andthefundsare heldinauthorisedtrustee investments. Thesefundsare not Monies were received under formal trust arrangements. Thesetrusts are independently managedinaccordance Fund closing balance Payments made Interest received 19. Assets HeldinTrust (2005 $nil)where they have beenseparately contracted bytheCorporation. behalf. Fees for theseservices are includedintheabove. InadditionErnst &Young have earned Ernst &Young have beencontracted bytheAustralian NationalAuditOffice to provide auditservices ontheir the financialstatements for reporting period. 18. Auditor Remuneration for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements Available for payments Remuneration to theAuditor-General for auditing 385 000 2006 $ osldtdABC Consolidated 331 748 2005 $ 534 160 231 000 550 689 550 689 16 529 2006 2006 $ $ Foundation Ian Reed - - ABC $3 690 513 778 239 000 534 160 534 170 20 392 2005 2005 $ $ (10) - 179

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 180 h esCanlPyLmtd Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia In2004theGovernment commissioneda) areview ofAustralian symphoniesandpitorchestras whichincluded Austr Australia Australia The NewsChannelPtyLimited Australia Music Choice Australia PtyLtd West Australian SymphonyOrchestra HoldingsPtyLimited (a) The QueenslandOrchestra PtyLimited (a) Tasmanian SymphonyOrchestra PtyLimited (a) Symphony Australia HoldingsPtyLimited (a) Sydney SymphonyOrchestra HoldingsPtyLimited (a) Melbourne SymphonyOrchestra PtyLimited (a) Adelaide SymphonyOrchestra PtyLimited (a) Controlled entitiesofAustralian Broadcasting Corporation: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Ultimate parent entity: implementation plans. The Australian community hasaccess to ABC digital television services inaccordance withapproved digital Outcome 3 terrestrial radio andtelevision transmission services thatexisted at30June2003. Australian andinternational communities have access to atleast thescale andqualityofsatellite andanalog Outcome 2 Audiences throughout Australia—and overseas—are informed, educated andentertained. Outcome 1 The Corporation isstructured to meetthree outcomes: 21. ReportingbyOutcomes 20. Controlled Entities Corporation willbesupported byservice level agreements witheachoftheorchestras onanarms-length basis. controlled entitiesoftheCorporation andthebusiness andfinancialrelationship betweenthemandthe the Corporation sometimeafter 30June2006.From thedivestiture date theorchestras willnolonger be structures independentfrom theCorporation. Asaconsequence, theorchestras are to bedivested from made to theGovernment includingone-offassistance from theGovernment to establish separate corporate the seven independent orchestral companies intheconsolidated entity. Twenty recommendations were orchestras have beenconsolidated into theABC’s financialresults, aswasthecase in2004–05. For 2005–06andinaccordance withtheCorporation’s consolidation principles (outlinedinnote 1.4),the Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements noprto niyentity entity incorporation lc feooi economic economic Place of alia for theyear ended30June2006 ecnaepercentage percentage eeiilBeneficial Beneficial edb heldby held by 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 2006 % 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 2005 % Borrowing cost expense of assets Net losses from disposal Write-down ofassets Depreciation andamortisation Suppliers Employees Operating expenses Administered expenses Net cost/(contribution) ofoutcome Total otherexternal income - Total costs recovered non-government sector of goodsandservicestothe Costs recoveredfromprovision Total expenses Departmental expenses Note 21A—NetCost ofOutcome Delivery 21. ReportingbyOutcomes for theyear ended30June2006 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements (a) TheCorporation returned Other Interest Revenue from Government 243257 Funded by: Total operating expenses Other Note 21B—DepartmentalIncome andExpensesbyOutcome Groups andOutputs oa prtn noe250464 Total operating income Sale ofgoodsandservices Net foreign exchange gains Other externalincome Departmental Administered Total departmental Departmental write-downs Net foreign exchange gains Net gainsfrom disposalofassets Reversal ofprevious asset Other Interest Sale ofgoodsandservices 103 229 18 980 77 442 uptGop11Otu ru . Otu ru . uptGop21Output3.1 OutputGroup 2.1 OutputGroup 1.3 OutputGroup 1.2 Output Group 1.1 $’000 2 483 2006 699 926 213 050 30 033 39 498 $6 321000 5 426 1 901 100 631 54 16 167 72 880 $’000 3 044 2005 879 584 232 879 242 654 209 358 26 648 38 694 5 118 1 530 599 767 187 015 187 015 150 116 786 782 786 782 166 932 222 515 27 123 (2005 $5771395)ofcapital ofprevious years appropriation. 40 912 ucm ucm ucm a Total Outcome 3(a) Outcome 2 Outcome 1 $’000 9 504 - $’000 2006 1 507 5 352 1 995 2006 ucm ucm ucm Total Outcome 3 Outcome 2 Outcome 1 272 117 276 524 354 541 759 395 655 85 141 21 190 - 7 425 - - - - 213 157 476 217 439 588 002 166 430 166 430 133 197 754 432 754 432 34 931 25 584 $’000 $’000 1 899 6 576 1 262 7 649 2005 2005 104 059 503 190 518 823 388 800 83 607 19 988 continued - 5 976 ------$’000 1 496 6 103 8 135 79 750 79 750 79 750 $’000 2006 2006 196 55 73 19 171 19 755 16 258 3 113 2 807 ------507 178 - - - - - 5 $’000 1 275 5 747 7 935 2005 78 397 78 397 78 397 $’000 240 2005 69 46 18 363 19 087 15 976 3 051 2 490 - 478 143 ------79 750 - $’000 2006 62 704 62 704 62 704 $’000 2006 79 750 80 177 80 177 ------78 397 - - - - - $’000 2005 $’000 58 469 58 469 58 469 2005 78 397 78 608 78 608 ------62 704 ------$’000 2006 742 221 929 236 929 236 187 015 187 015 150 116 $’000 27 123 62 704 69 114 69 114 2006 - - - - - 9 504 272 - 58 469 - - - - - $’000 - - - - - 2005 724 868 891 298 891 298 166 430 166 430 133 197 58 469 64 790 64 790 $’000 - - - - - 25 584 2005 7 649 - 392 931 333 879 61 388 ------$’000 2 261 2 994 8 031 2006 - - - - - 929 236 127 752 150 116 961 269 774 254 27 123 9 504 181 272 372 969 326 005 52 373 $’000 2 847 1 892 9 860 2005

891 298 125 352 133 197 ANNUAL 923 962 REPORT757 532 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 25 584

7 649 - ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 182 from previous year Balance carried forward Particulars 22. Appropriations Appropriations receivable Represented by: Corporation anddonotrepresent anybalance remaining intheCRF. of theCorporation. Whenreceived bytheCorporation, thepaymentsmadeare legally themoney ofthe This table reports onappropriations madebyParliament from theConsolidated Revenue Fund (CRF)inrespect to next year from CRF Available for payment out ofCRF Cash paymentsmade Balance carried forward Appropriation Acts2and4 Appropriation Acts1and3 Notes toandForming Part oftheFinancialStatements Departmental Outputs 774 254 774 254 774 254 $’000 2006 - - - - 757 532 757 532 757 532 $’000 2005 - - - - $’000 2006 ------on qiyTotal Equity Loans $’000 2005 ------$’000 2006 for theyear ended30June2006 ------$’000 2005 ------774 254 774 254 774 254 $’000 2006 - - - - 757 532 757 532 757 532 $’000 2005 - - - - 183

Appendices

1. Television Program Analysis 184 2. ABC Radio Networks Content Analysis 186 3. ABC Organisation, as at 30 June 2006 187 4. ABC Board and Board Committees 188 5. Audit and Risk Committee 189 6. ABC Enterprises Tax Equivalent Calculation 190 7. Consultants 190 8. Overseas Travel Costs 191 9. Reports Required Under s80 of the ABC Act 192 10. Other Required Reports 192 11. and Market Research 192 12. Occupational Health and Safety 193 13. Commonwealth Disability Strategy 194 14. Performance Pay 196 15. Staff Profile 197 16. Ecologically-Sustainable Development and Environmental Performance 197 17. ABC Advisory Council 198 18. Independent Complaints Review Panel 200 19. Freedom of Information 202

20. ABC Code of Practice for Broadcast Programs 202 APPENDICES 21. Performance Against Service Commitment 208 22. ABC Awards 2005–06 209

23. Television Transmission Frequencies 215 05–06 24. Radio Transmission Frequencies 221 25. Radio Australia Transmitters 227 26. ABC Offices 228 27. ABC Shops 233 ANNUAL REPORT 20 ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 184 te*1414134 134 13 2190 2191 42 899 221 0 217 18 38 22 0 0 14 32 166 19 2056 134 0 167 485 0 2 42 18 2056 0 191 291 1 105 100.0% 29 523 899 233 42 49 363 2 43.7% 177 0 0 81 0 15.0% 309 485 236 2 368 1 15 41 16 28.7% 217 2 64 122 0 590 160 191 56.3% 0 2 27 24 41 0 15 108 7.2% 16 12 1157 325 64 19 0 138 17 49.1% 148 13 34 1 217 37 48 1 358 128 2 10 009 1 7 0 Total 163 Hours 21 21 14 17 349 44 Other* 11 17 % oftotalhours 128 22 8760 Total 14 Program Hours 2 368 16 13 13 Sport 8760 Science andTechnology 283 141 28 73 Religion andEthics 5 4182 4 353 31 News 304 Natural History andEnvironment 340 32 Movies 358 39 Indigenous 20 65 115 Factual 998 0 42 Entertainment 38 Drama 10 66 346 101 Documentary 1062 349 0 Current Affairs 4 307 100.0% 332 577 4 71 Comedy 11 0 1048 8401 110 851 49.7% Children’s Arts andCulture 1046 8410 1165 241 191 117 0 37.0% 2 88 32 284 841 0 848 442 4182 1 1172 12.8% 87 149 75 50 358 68 50.3% 715 39 3108 48 3 895 476 0 14 115 305 21.0% 77 42 1074 0 1984 347 234 0 50 30 34 335 29.3% 34 4228 60 254 66 14 2033 10 215 368 358 1762 161 18 14 14 0 1455 21 99 55 43 0 79 466 2 127 154 Total Hours 174 1172 20 16 1124 Other* 13 0 42 34 23 % ofhours 111 129 283 136 141 344 Total Program Hours 14 Sport 56 16 895 25 578 29 Science andTechnology 110 781 Religion andEthics 5 News 234 497 155 4 32 Natural History andEnvironment Movies 661 82 74 Indigenous Factual Entertainment 81 Education Drama Documentary Current Affairs Comedy Children’s Arts andCulture fhus5.%41.0% 58.9% % ofhours 47.7% 52.2% ABC Television Program Hours Transmitted—6pm tomidnight levels oflocal content. Hours have beenrounded to thenearest whole number. South Wales transmissions. Figures maydiffer slightly inotherstates andterritories asaresult ofvarying Note: * “Other”includesinterstitial material, program announcements andcommunity service announcements. % ofhours ABC Television Program Hours Transmitted—24 hours Appendix 1—Television Program Analysis levels oflocal content. Hours have beenrounded to thenearest whole number. South Wales transmissions. Figures maydiffer slightly inotherstates andterritories asaresult ofvarying Note: * “Other”includes interstitial material, program announcements andcommunity service announcements. this table reflects hours broadcast from the Sydney transmitter, comprising nationalandlocal New this table reflects hours broadcast from theSydney transmitter, comprising national andlocal New ees eetAsrla ees eetOesa 0 –05 –06 Overseas Repeat Release Australian Repeat Release –05 –06 Overseas Repeat Release Australian Repeat Release is oa is oa 052004 2005 Total First Total First 2004 2005 Total First Total First 01101616182930303367 utainOesa Total Overseas Australian Total Overseas Australian for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices te*3535310 305 6570 226 6570 246 3003 353 8 358 32 92 48 0 0 30 92 46 317 305 0 2 295 8 299 567 3 90 62 0 6260 748 549 100% 6264 236 157 109 0 47.9% 0 79 735 23 238 558 358 0 719 3003 31.4% 82 120 67 633 19 47 358 403 62 39 1969 16.5% 2 750 0 100 252 52.1% 73 42 1034 290 0 307 1982 219 34 0 43 30 22.8% 28 3262 52 236 46 2032 343 10 190 136 29.2% 13 358 1431 18 14 0 1454 16 94 48 24 102 55 172 831 1 154 Total Hours 1171 511 17 16 Other* 12 0 38 86 20 96 22 % oftotalhours 129 283 135 274 Total Program Hours 12 Sport 56 16 750 25 578 16 65 Science andTechnology 237 Religion andEthics 5 News 160 497 142 4 31 Natural History andEnvironment Movies 590 82 63 Indigenous Factual Entertainment 79 Education Drama Documentary Current Affairs Comedy Children’s Arts andCulture te*131 145 6458 289 853 92 0 5 76 0 82 11 18 0 47 5 0 1804 0 0 100% 0 0 779 0 56 5% 0 0 0 6313 303 12 0 4% 0 0 289 20 0 0 0 0 133 12 1% 225 0 19 364 4 0 0 230 0 0 0 28% 5 0 64 18 1 0 0 0 26% 0 853 1793 0 1584 5 70 10 2% 67 0 1666 130 0 538 0 0 69 0 128 0 8 67% 92 65 315 0 0 76 4231 82 55% 1 0 13 49 38 2 3463 12% 75 47 Total 0 Hours 80 768 697 Other* 13 46 0 0 % ofProgram Hours 1 45 2 56 678 Total Program Hours 0 3 303 Sport 0 2 19 Science andTechnology 29 292 Religion andEthics 163 0 News 27 45.7% 11 and Environment 161 Natural History 1454 Movies 2 Indigenous 1081 Factual 373 Entertainment Education DramaDocumentary 54.3% Current Affairs 0000000000 content. Hours have beenrounded to thenearest whole number. Wales transmissions. Figures maydiffer slightly inotherstates andterritories asaresult ofvarying levels oflocal Note: * “Other”includesinterstitial material, program announcements andcommunity service announcements. % ofhours ABC Television Program Hours Transmitted—6am tomidnight Appendix 1—Television Program Analysis for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices fTtlHus6%2%4% 28% 68% 1709 482 43 2004–05 are notavailable. Note: 81 * “Other”includes History, Features, andBusiness 39 andFinance. % ofTotal Hours 67 4 14 1409 1305 240 105 222 257 18 250 161 7 155 6 Comedy Children’s Arts andCulture ABC2 Program Hours Transmitted—24 Hours this table reflects hours broadcast from theSydney transmitter, comprising nationalandlocal NewSouth figures rounded to nearest whole number. AsABC2launched inMarch 2005, full-year comparison data for ees eetAsrla ees eetOesa ees eetSeiid–06 Specified Repeat Release Overseas Repeat Release Australian Repeat Release is oa is oa is oa o 2005 Total Not First Total First Total First 0000000000 1120000002 ees eetAsrla ees eetOesa 0 –05 –06 Overseas Repeat Release Australian Repeat Release utainOesa o pcfe Total NotSpecified Overseas Australian is oa is oa 052004 2005 Total First Total First 011142434441 utainOesa Total Overseas Australian continued 185

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 186 aua itr . 8.9 12.7 0.4 6.1 3.3 7.1 10.6 9.5 0 25.1 2.6 4.2 4.9 3 1.3 0.3 8.0 45.8 0 11.8 3.9 1.3 1.3 Natural History 2.9 0.3 13.2 Science, Technology, Environment, 0 Regional andRural 39.3 Religion andEthics 0 3.8 Music 0.5 2.7 92.4 4.4 Light Entertainment History 34.1 Topical Radio 1.8 Special Events 89.9 1.0 Law, ConsumerAffairs andMedia Indigenous Health Contemporary Lifestyle Education Drama Comedy Children’s Business andFinance Arts andCulture Current Affairs News pr 0417.3 20.4 241 This breakdown isacross programming insixlanguages. Radio Australia’s figures represent duplicated transmission to AsiaandthePacific. Notes Total 255 Sport 100.0 0.9 83.5 168 1.5 0.2 140.1 100.0 11.3 15.0 168 11.5 0.4 19.0 25.2 100.0 19.4 0.1 17.4 12.2 168 10.5 11.9 0.2 29.2 20.5 17.6 100.0 20.0 Radio Australia Indicative OutputbyGenre 2005–06,Hours perWeek 32.3 7.7 168 28.3 14.0 4.5 8.3 54.2 47.6 100.0 13.0 23.6 20.3 Queensland station). Itdoesnottake into account station-to-station orseasonalprogram variations. 7.6 13.9 15.6 168 The analysis ofLocal Radioisgenericonly (thisanalysis isbasedonSydney 19.0 (metropolitan) andaregional 9.6 0 34.2 26.2 0 26.3 100.0 31.9 which is100%music. 0 16.1 168 44.0 2.1 0 network. Itdoesnotincludethe24-hourdigital musicservices 28.3 0 4.6 This isonly anindicative analysis ofABCRadiooutput.Itreflects oneweekofregular programming for each 18.7 0 47.5 3.5 Notes 80.7 7.7 31.4 0 0 135.6 Total 20.2 0 Parliament Sport 0 33.9 0 Education 0 Music 64.7 15.8 Entertainment 108.7 Arts and 26.6 Information 3.5 Specialist Information 5.8 Topical Current Affairs News and Indicative OutputbyGenre byNetwork 2005–06 Appendix 2—ABCRadioNetworksContent Analysis or or or or or Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours ek%we ek%we ek%we % week % week % week % week % week % week e e e prpr per per per per per 00000.60.40.50.3000.70.4 triple j esai mto rgoa)Ntoa Classic FM National (regional) (metro) NewsRadio B oa ai oa ai ai ABC Radio Local Radio Local Radio ABC 052004 2005 0 –05 –06 00000000 dig , dig jazz and for theyear ended30June2006 dig country , thecontent of Appendices Vanessa MacBean and People Development: Head, Strategy, Communication Russell Stendell Head, RadioDevelopment: Randal Mathieson Head, RadioMarketing: Kate Dundas Head, NationalNetworks: Head, Local Radio: Director ofRadio: Radio General Counsel: (Acting): Head, MediaandCommunications Lisa Walsh Head, Audience Research: John Woodward Head, Corporate Marketing: Affairs: Head, Audience andConsumer Gary Dawson Head, Strategy andDevelopment: Governance: Chief, Corporate Planningand Gary Dawson and Communications (Acting): Director ofCorporate Strategy and Communications Corporate Strategy Chief ofStaff: Murray Green Managing Director (Acting): Appendix 3—ABCOrganisation, asat30June2006 for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Head, Development: Robert Garnsey Head, Systems andTechnology: and Policy: Head, Resources, Administration and Editorial: Head, ContentCommissioning Digital Services: Director ofNew Mediaand Digital Services New Mediaand Promotions: Head, TVMarketing and Marena Manzoufas Head, Programming: Director ofTelevision: Television Head, Sport: Sonya Pemberton Head, Specialist Factual: Stuart Menzies Head, Documentaries: Denise Eriksen Head, Factual Entertainment: Courtney Gibson Head, ArtsandEntertainment: Head, Children’s: Head, Drama: Head, Budgets: Chris Oliver-Taylor Head, Production andPlanning: Michael Ward Head, Policy andAdministration: Kirstin McLiesh Sandy Culkoff Denise Alexander Sue Lester Geoff Heriot Iain Knight Ian Vaile Gary Linnane Scott Meek Therase Tran Lynley Marshall Claire Henderson Stephen Collins Sue Howard Michael Mason Dan Fill Kim Dalton Domenic Friguglietti and Business Development: Manager, Co-Productions Carolyn Macdonald Communications (Acting): Manager, Marketing and and Strategy: Manager, Project Development Manager, DTV andiTV: Fulvio Barbuio Head, Finance (Acting): Trevor Burgess Director ofBusiness Services: Business Services Head, CapitalWorks: Head, Group Audit: Business Affairs: Head, Business Development and Alex Marhinin Head, SpecialProjects: David Pendleton Chief Operating Officer: Operations Colin Langdon Head, Policy andPlanning: Head, Marketing: Resource Hire: General Manager,ABC Doug Walker General Manager,ABCRetail: Ty Speer Publishing andContentSales: General Manager,ABCConsumer Robyn Watts Director ofABCEnterprises: ABC Enterprises Development: Head, Policy andStaff John Turner Head, BudgetsandResources: Coverage: Head, Network andState Tony Hill Head, InternationalCoverage: Head, Planning: Walter Hamilton Head, NationalPrograms: Affairs: Director ofNews andCurrent News andCurrent Affairs Projects: Manager, Partnerships and Australia: Program Manager,Radio Jean-Gabriel Manguy Head, RadioAustralia: Asia Pacific: Head ofProgramming, ABC Asia Pacific: Head ofMarketing, ABC Asia Pacific: Director ofSales, ABC Chief Operating Officer: Ian Carroll Chief Executive, ABCAsiaPacific: International Broadcasting John Cameron John Westland Tony Hastings Alan Sunderland Rod Webb Nicola Reeves Jim Styles Abigail Thomas Steven Alward John Graham Lisa Sweeney James Taylor Rhys Kelly Aziz Dindar Terry Daly Chris Winter Heath Watt Mary JaneStannus Head, ContentServices: Kym Martin Head, Property Services: Measurement: Head, Performance Toni Robertson Head, FinancialControl: and Risk: Head, Business Operations Anne Weinman Manager, Executive Employment: Head, ABCLearning: Tim Burrows Head, Employment Services: Don Smith Head, Workplace Relations: Charlie Naylor Head, Organisation Design: Head, HROperations: (Acting): Head, HRPolicy Development Colin Palmer Director ofHuman Resources: Human Resources Mike McCluskey Representative, NSW: Director, WA: Rob Batten Director, Victoria(Acting): Director, Tasmania: Sandra Winter-Dewhirst Director, SA: Chris Wordsworth Director, Queensland: Director, NT: Director, ACT: State/Territory Directors Services: Manager, Broadcast Network Services: Manager, Transmission Network Head, Technology Strategy: Tony Silva Head, Information Technology: Kevin Balkin Head, Technical Services: Margaret Cassidy Head, Policy andResources: Distribution: Director ofTechnology and Technology andDistribution Patrick Austin Production Resources: Manager, New Technology Manager, VictoriaandNational NSW: Manager, Production Resources Judy Grant Manager, Strategy andProjects: (Acting): Head, Broadcast Operations Andrew Cavenett Head, Production Planning: David Cruttenden Director ofProduction Resources: Production Resources Peter Rhys-Jones Ruth Niall Mark Nealon Adrian Potter Dick Winston Laurie Treloar Colin Knowles Mark Bowling Geoff Duncan Elizabeth McGrath vacant Rob Batten Greg Fromyhr Jenny Ferber vacant 187

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 188 tvnSaaDrco 2 3 Group Auditand arepresentative ofthe Australian Managing Director, ChiefOperating Officer, Head 4 Committee meetings are alsoattended bythe M Director 3 Murray Green 4 Director Steven Skala Staff-Elected Director Russell Balding Ramona Koval Donald McDonald Director In attendance attended Ron Brunton Director Janet Albrechtsen Committee Chairman John Gallagher Committee Leith Boully Member in 2005–06. The AuditandRiskCommittee heldfour meetings Receive quarterly reports ofactivitiesGroup • Considerandapprove theGroup AuditStrategic • Review theGroup AuditCharter; • include: audit, external auditsandtheBoard. Itsfunctions 4 The Committee provides alinkbetweeninternal policies, andmanagementinternal controls. 12 business ethicspoliciesandpractices, accounting 12 such asinternal audit,financialreporting practices, 3 the ABCBoard andseniormanagementonissues The AuditandRiskCommittee provides advice to Audit andRiskCommittee Board 11 Committees 4 Murray Green, ManagingDirector (Acting) Steven Skala Janet Albrechtsen 10 Ron Brunton Ramona Koval (Staff-Elected Director) 7 12 Leith Boully John GallagherQC Russell Balding,ManagingDirector Donald McDonaldAC, Chairman Member in January2006. 2005–06, includingtwoSpecialBoard meetings The ABCBoard heldtwelve meetingsduring attendance atmeetings Board members and Appendix 4—ABCBoard andBoard Committees Audit andreview anddiscuss auditfindings. and and review theappropriateness offuture audits; Plan, monitor theachievement ofplannedaudits himn4 Chairman 3 1 (As ofDecember 2005) Meetings 10 October 2005) (Term expired Committee Chairman Position on ngn ietr(cig 1 anaging Director (Acting) meetings attended Number ofBoard tvnSaaDrco 3 3 3 1 M 3 Director attended Murray Green Director Steven Skala Director Janet Albrechtsen 3 Director Ron Brunton 3 Russell Balding Committee Staff-Elected Director Chairman Donald McDonald Committee Chairman Ramona Koval John Gallagher Member in 2005–06. Policies 1 overseeing theperiodicreview oftheABC’s The Editorial Policies Committee isresponsible for Editorial Policies Committee Convenor ABCAdvisory 1 1 Jane Munro 3 Convenor ABCAdvisory Director attended Deborah Klika Steven Skala M Director Janet Albrechtsen 2 3 Director Murray Green Russell Balding Committee Staff-Elected Director Director Committee Chairman Donald McDonald Ramona Koval Ron Brunton Member in 2005–06. and theBoard. TheCommittee heldthree meetings communication betweentheABCAdvisoryCouncil The ABCAdvisoryCouncilBoard Committee facilitates ABC AdvisoryCouncilBoard Committee et olyDrco 1 2 attended Director Committee 2 Director Leith Boully John Gallagher Committee Chairman Donald McDonald Member teleconference in2005–06. Appraisal. TheCommittee heldtwo meetingsvia Executives, andtheManagingDirector’s Performance the remuneration oftheManagingDirector and The Executive Remuneration Committee considers Executive Remuneration Committee provided inAppendix5(page189). Committee andABCGroup Auditfor 2005–06is A summaryoftheactivitiesAuditandRisk Committee meetings. Board andothermembers oftheBoard alsoattend National AuditOffice (ANAO). TheChairmanofthe . TheCommittee heldthree meetings oiino Meetings Position on Meetings Position on 2 2 Council (AsofMarch 2006) 31 December 2005) Council (Term completed Meetings Position on for theyear ended30June2006 ngn ietr(cig 2 anaging Director (Acting) 2 anaging Director (Acting) Appendices Editorial Financial Statements. preparation andfinalisationof the 2005–06Annual management andconsidered matters related to the Audit, considered information papers relating to risk provision ofinternal auditservices byABCGroup dealt withmatters related to theexternal auditand Assessment andassociated Fraud Control Plan, reports tabled includingtheresults oftheFraud Risk Plan, considered anddiscussed thefindingsofaudit noted theproposed interim 2006–07Strategic Audit During theyear, theAuditandRiskCommittee also initiatives andfraud investigations undertaken. of auditrecommendations andfraud awareness Strategic AuditPlanandnoted theimplementation Statements, monitored progress against the2005–06 meetings, endorsed the2004–05AnnualFinancial The AuditandRiskCommittee atitsscheduled Committee meetings. Board andothermembers oftheBoard alsoattend National AuditOffice (ANAO). TheChairmanofthe Group Auditandarepresentative oftheAustralian Managing Director, ChiefOperating Officer, Headof Committee meetingsare alsoattended bythe Committee meetingsheldduring2005–06. as members oftheCommittee andattended all Dr RonBrunton andDrJanetAlbrechtsen continued and hascontinued inthisrole since. attended asinterim Chairon1December 2005) as interim ChairoftheCommittee (first meeting on 27July 2005.JohnGallagherQCwasnominated Boully attended herlast Committee meetingasChair term asDirector oftheBoard 25May2006 came to anend.Leith In October 2005,LeithBoully’s 23February (Committee Chair) 2006 1December 2005 Meeting No.2,2006 27July 2005 Meeting No.1,2006 Meeting No.4,2005 Meeting No.3,2005 The Committee metonfour occasions during2005–06: internal andexternal auditors. ABC Board, seniormanagementandboththe provides aforum for communication betweenthe responsibilities. TheAuditandRiskCommittee also compliance framework, anditsexternal accountability relation to theCorporation’s risk,control and assurance andassistance to the ABCBoard in The AuditandRiskCommittee provides independent Audit andRiskCommittee Appendix 5—AuditandRiskCommittee for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices to theachievement oftheCorporation’s objectives. management, enhances operations andcontributes service thatprovides assurance to theBoard and to deliver anindependent andobjective internal audit Group Audit, the ABC’s internal auditfunction, aims Group Audit and thiswillcontinue to beenhanced inthefuture. Plan highlighting areas ofauditcoverage andreliance and Group Auditdeveloped aCoordinated Assurance coverage. Inthisregard, theANAO, Ernst &Young to ensure thatthere isminimal duplication ofaudit identify areas ofpotential reliance onGroup Auditand Ernst &Young to obtain inputinto areas offocus, auditors, theANAO andtheirnominated representative Group Auditcontinued to liaisewith theABC’s external Coordination withExternalAuditors resources andexperience. in specialist areas andsupplement available internal outsourced contract staff) soasto access expertise resource model(acombination ofin-houseand Group Auditcontinued to operate usingaco-sourced audit coverage and identifyareas inwhichto addvalue. with established policiesandprocedures, increase monitoring oftransactional data to assess compliance Group Auditperformed continuous auditingand Confidential Hotlineavailable to staff. fraud, theresponsibility for controls andtheABC’s and awareness ofABCpoliciesandprocedures, conferences heldwithinDivisionsto improve knowledge induction programs andatinternal meetingsand in eachcapital city,someregional locations, during Group Auditalsoconducted staff awareness sessions staff presentations to discuss theresults. staff, publishedthemontheABCIntranet andheld was open.Group Auditreported thesurvey results to by apromotional campaign duringtheperiodthatit the ManagingDirector. Thesurvey wassupported updated usingafraud survey distributed to staff by awareness offraud. TheFraud RiskAssessment was updated duringtheyear andwasusedto raise staff The ABC’s Fraud RiskAssessment for 2005–07 was initiatives beingundertaken bytheCorporation. advice andinputonanumberofprojects and good governance, policiesandcontrols, andprovided Group Auditalsoprovided advice andguidance on Shops andsixRegionalRadiostations during2005–06. reviews andconducted “surprise”auditsatten ABC Group Auditalsoperformed 30unscheduled special had commenced and/orwere inprogress. two were underdiscussion withmanagementand13 in accordance withthe2005–06Strategic AuditPlan, Risk Committee. Atotal of41auditswere completed The Strategic AuditPlanisapproved bytheAuditand conducted focus onkey riskareas to theCorporation. employs anassessment ofriskto ensure thataudits implementing theABC’s Strategic AuditPlan,which Group Auditisresponsible for generating and 189

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 190 otagPyLdSrtgccusl41250 39336 47438 31000 40098 31500 30000 36425 Strategic counsel Occupational health andsafety assessments 19620 36719 35220 Recruitmentservices Recruitmentservices 22250 19835 14250 19966 Business process review ABCHeritage Strategy; refurbishment 14668 ABCHeritage Strategy John Peebles Associates Ltd Industry research services Kortlang PtyLtd Business continuity advice 168687 CRS Australia Software architecture anddesign The InsightGroup 12607 Brewster Murray PtyLimited 18 560 Recruitmentservices Fulcrum RiskServices Pty Limited 13255 AsiaPacific output strategy 13300 Documentation International, Inc & Partners PtyLimited Transmission agreements advice; Noel Bell,Ridley Smith 13320 Performance audit 10138 Business process review Dan Brush Services PtyLtd Recruitmentservices Moneypenny Production Accounting 12000 11200 Recruitment services Dimension Data Australia PtyLtd Total $ PricewaterhouseCoopers Project management services 14075 HubNet Global Resources P/L Mediaarchive system services David Ransom Recruitmentservices J-Curve Safety inspectionreport Tender Managementdevelopment; recruitment services advice andpreparation Blue VisionsManagementPtyLtd Jones &Koller PtyLtd Various Phillips Fox Software architectureGrant Brecht &Associates services Architectural PtyLtd services J. Cornish&Associates PtyLtd Tardis Services PtyLtd PurposeofConsultancy Height DynamicsPtyLtd Strategic positioning Ambit Group PtyLtd Business BenefitsInternational PtyLtd Gen-i Australia PtyLimited Materne Pennino Hoare $10 000–$50 Sub total Various Below $10000 Consultant 902 4 5150 includes amountspaidandpayable asat30June2006): During 2005–06,theABCspent$2429110onconsultancies, broken down asfollows (payments to consultants –248 25 Appendix 7—Consultants 1099 6026 17166 4902 Tax Equivalence Less Foreign Tax Credits Taxed at30% Current Year Taxable Income Company Tax Total Tax Equivalent Stamp Duty Payroll Tax Company Tax 30 June2006(allfigures in$’000s) ABC Enterprises tax equivalents for theyear ended Appendix 6—ABCEnterprises Tax Equivalent Calculation Sub total ei etrotokdgtlcnegnebifn 20589 media sector outlook/digital convergence briefing the indicative Tax Equivalent calculation. utilised asoneoftheinputsforming thebasisof The ABC Enterprises asifitwere atax-paying entity. Income Tax andothertaxes onthetrading results of The above calculations reflect theimpactofCompany the NSWrate of35cper$100. for retail outlets entered into thefinancialyear at Stamp Duty Tax rate of6.0%after deductionofthethreshold. staff payroll andbenefitsattheNSWState Payroll Payroll Tax Income TaxAssessmentAct1997 has beencalculated for ABCEnterprises has beencalculated onlease contracts for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices has been 168 687 618 619 H utai Blyn oiyadpoessrve 154408 206426 98319 120052 79258 $5.5m, compared with$5.8min2004–05. 51152 133361 The total cost ofoverseas travel for 2005–06was 63520 Bullying policyandprocesses review Appendix 8—Overseas Travel Costs Tax advice; riskmanagementservices 117605 Total $ 445375 Feasibility studies; research 50074 services 51033 Grand total Recruitmentservices Strategic project management Business continuity anddisaster recovery project Sub total Integrated Capital Strategy Project Recruitmentservices Probity auditservices; ITstrategy review Hitachi Data Systems Australia PtyLtd Egon ZehnderInternational PtyLtd IHR Australia Recruitmentservices 71221 Group (ACPG) PtyLimited Consultancy agreement ABCAsiaPacific broadcasting Australasian Commercial Projects PurposeofConsultancy Braithwaite Steiner &Pretty Strategic infrastructure projects Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Marketing services AsiaPacific KPMG Protiviti PtyLtd Riverview ConsultingPtyLtd ISDE PtyLtd Q Executive PtyLtd Interbrand Australia PtyLtd Trident MediaPartners Above $50000 Consultant Appendix 7—Consultants for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices continued oa 5.5 0.6 2.2 ($m) * Other includescar hire, taxis, excess baggage,hire 2.7 Total Other* Airfares Travel allowances andaccommodation ABC Overseas Travel Costs of personnel andequipment. 2 429110 1 641804 191

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 192 including ABCAsiaPacific broadcasting. promote ABCEnterprises andTelevision programming, market research organisations predominantly to The Corporation utilisesadvertising agenciesand in 2004–05. 2005–06 was$6279414,compared with$6530969 Expenditure onmarket research andadvertising for Appendix 11—Advertising andMarket Research Act 1997 of the and conditions whichare consistent withprovisions including aDirector’s andOfficer’s Liabilityonterms and otherappropriate insurances underComcover The ABCacquired professional indemnityinsurance Premiums for Officers Indemnities andInsurance and hasnotmadeanydiscretionary grants in2005–06. The ABCdoesnotadminister anydiscretionary grants Discretionary Grants Appendix 10—OtherRequired Reports • • • • on anumberofparticularmatters: Act 1983 Section 80ofthe Appendix 9—ReportsRequired Unders80oftheABCAct received duringtheyear. in respectoftherequest 8(2) andtheaction(ifany)takenbyBoard the Ministerduringthatyearundersubsection Particulars ofanyrequestmadetotheBoardby such directions were received duringtheyear. by theMinisterotherwisethanunderAct that wasgiventotheCorporationduringyear Particulars ofanydirectionnottobroadcastmatter directions were received duringtheyear. Minister otherwisethanundertheAct during thatyearpursuanttoadirectionbythe Particulars ofanybroadcastbytheCorporation received duringtheyear. subsection 78(1) pursuant toadirectionbytheMinisterunder during theyeartowhichreportrelates Particulars ofeachbroadcastbytheCorporation Commonwealth AuthoritiesandCompanies . (“the Act”)requires theCorporation to report Australian BroadcastingCorporation —No suchdirections were —No suchrequest was —No such —No Corporate Governance section(page60). and MediaAuthorityfor review are noted inthe Matters referred to theAustralian Communications by OutsideBodies Judicial DecisionsandReviews oa 7 1 6530969 6279414 3768580 3751415 Total Market Research • • Corporate planperformance summary—See • Codesofpractice developed undersubsection • the ABCActare includedasfollows: Other reporting requirements underSection80of detsn 2 9 2762389 2527999 Advertising Particulars ofsignificant changesoftransmission • Activitiesundersubsection25A—SeeFinancial • —See Appendix17(page198). during thatyearfromtheABCAdvisoryCouncil Particulars ofanyadvicereceivedbytheBoard within themeaningofsection80Act. Corporation received nogiftsordonations by theCorporationduringthatyear Particulars ofanygift,deviseorbequestaccepted 2004–07 Performance Against Corporate PlanSummary(page13)and 8(1)—See Appendix20(page202) (page 134). and Outcomes 2and3ofOutcomes andOutputs coverage andquality—seeOperations (page99) Statements (page141) (page 112) for theyear ended30June2006 ABC CorporatePlan 050 2004–05 2005–06 $$ Appendices —The the ABC in measuringits progress against itsaudit divisions in2007. Thesefollow-up auditswillassist of ABCOHSmanagement systems inhigh-risk Group Auditare seekingthecommencement ofaudits Discussions between HumanResources (HR)and Responseto theIHRAustralia Bullying Review. • NewManagers’ Training Program to supportand • CRSAustralia engagedto undertake amanual- • Increased attention to designandcommissioning • Inter-divisional planningfor acoordinated • Centrally-funded nationalapproach to introducing • Individualrole-based safety accountabilities • OnlineandCDOHSInductionCourse to provide • Continuedroll-out ofanOHSriskmanagement • ANationalOHSManagementGroup to coordinate • Development ofABCA–ZSafety onlineadvice • ABCWorkSafe Returnto Work module to enable • System including: the continued improvement ofitsOHSManagement The ABChasinplace arange ofstrategies to ensure ABC OHSManagementSystem ABCworkers compensation premium rates. • Performance against theNationalTargets. • Incidentstatistics. • Implementation ofacomprehensive OHS • this area ismeasurable through: in asystematic way. TheABC’s performance in require theABCto manageitsworkplace risks Occupational HealthandSafety (OHS)legislation Employment) Act1991 The OccupationalHealthandSafety(Commonwealth Appendix 12—Occupational HealthandSafety for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices encourage goodmanagementbehaviours. Resources Division. manual-handling injuriesintheProduction handling review andto develop training to reduce better meetOHSrequirements. of ABCvans, trailers andotherequipmentto compensation claims. expedition—without majorinjuriesor completion ofthehigh-risk Peking to Paris manages. Thiswasillustrated bythesuccessful which theABCparticipates orthatitorganises or approach to thesafety andsecurityofevents in equipment. full compliance testing andtagging electrical included inemployee jobplans. employees inallworklocations. better safety inductionaccessibility for ABC hazards andhazardous operations. training course tailored to specificdivisional divisional safety issues. approaches to address common andcross- to manageoperational risks. for managers, supervisors andotheremployees ill andinjured employees. the ABCto better managethereturn to workof management system. (“the Act”)andState Nonetheless, the ABCismoving towards early for thesame period($98755.89vs $102939.34). for theABCislower thantheCommonwealth average However, theaverage cost ofmental stress claims mental stress group havingthegreatest average cost. largest cost impactontheABC,withinjuries inthe injuries thanothers. Theseinjuries alsohave the of workthey do,are more prone to certain typesof all divisions,althoughsome given thetype and mental stress. These injuriesare spread across premium are bodystressing, slips,tripsandfalls contributing to theABC’s worker’s compensation compensation showsthatthemaintypesofinjuries An analysis oftheABC’s claimsfor worker’s psy claims were accepted for Syndrome (OOS)typeinjuries, Oc claims were accepted for a cost to date of $753001.09.Tw 2004–05, ofwhich53were for bodystressing, and claims at30June2005whichled to 119claimsfor cost to date is$334923.34.Thiscompares with95 made, ofwhich47were for bodystressing, andtheir At 30June2006,95OHSclaimsfor 2005–06hadbeen in thehalfyear to 31March 2006. of employees/employee families utilisingthisservice managers, staff andfamilies, with6.18%(annualised) to provide andreceive widesupportto andfrom ABC The Employee Assistance Program (EAP)continued 47 oftheActfor Studio81Darwin. and oneImprovement Notice underSections46and Comcare issued the ABCwithoneProhibition Notice usability ofthenewincident-reporting system. reporting wouldrisedueto theaccessibility and ABC WorkSafe. Itwasanticipated thatincident for 2004–05.However, theearlierfigures predate increase from the127OHS-related incidentsreported to 30June2006.Thisrepresented asignificant A total of298incidentswere logged inABCWorkSafe Incident Statistics 2005–06 Control claimscosts through theimplementation • Collect andanalyse incidentdata to identify • Promote early anddurable return-to-work • Promote appropriate managementofclaims. • Expedite access ofemployees to necessary • continues to: Compensation andRehabilitation Management system’s abilityto meetnationaltargets. results in2002andto evaluate theOHSmanagement of return-to-work programs to reduce “lost time”. trends withintheworkplace. rehabilitation programs. outcomes through theimplementation of services andsupport. cupational Overuse while twoComcare chological injury. enty-two Comcare 193

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 194 with 10.4%in2005. with disabilitieswas10.1%at30June 2006,compared The ABC’s representation ofnon-casual employees staff withdisabilitiesofthetotal workforce. plans andretain thetarget of 5%representation of in theEDMPare linked to theCorporation’s divisional training, development andsupport. Strategies included (EDMP), includesstrategies for recruitment, selection, the 2003–06EquityandDiversity ManagementPlan The ABCDisabilityActionPlan,whichforms partof Discrimination Act1992 comply withtherequirements ofthe Employment policies,procedures andpractices Employer of Employer andProvider. under twoofthedesignated core government roles in meetingtheCommonwealthDisabilityStrategy The ABCisrequired to report onitsperformance Reporting Framework Compliance withPerformance Appendix 13—CommonwealthDisabilityStrategy $3 985100.Itfollows a24%increase in2004–05. to Comcare) for 2005–06,rose bynearly 27%to The ABC’s workers’ compensation premium (payable Premium Rates ABC Workers’ Compensation Australian Government jurisdictions. trend for theABCissimilarto thetrends for all recommendations ofthatreport in2006–07.The The ABCwillintroduce measures reflecting the by theCommonwealthRehabilitation Service. commissioned amajor review ofmanualhandling towards achieving theOHStarget, theABChas for bodystressing. To arrest thisincrease andwork 17.4% increase inthenumberofclaims,particularly were achievable. However, in2005–06, there wasa in afifthdayofincapacity suggested thesetargets of claimsfor workplace injuryanddiseaseresulting deaths. In2004–05,thetrend intheABC’s number injuries andtimeoffwork,zero workplace targets by2012ofa40%reduction inincidents, The ABCiscommitted to meetingnationalOHS National Targets and occurrence oftheseinjuries. intervention to helpprevent and minimise thecosts Appendix 12—Occupational HealthandSafety . Disability that theworkplace isresponsible for thecancers. there hasbeennoevidence found to supportaclaim further professional advice andatthispointintime cases inthe past 12years. TheABChassought with breast cancer, bringingthetotal to ninereported member attheABC’s Toowong site wasdiagnosed workplace wasidentified.Unfortunately anotherstaff cases atitsToowong site inBrisbane.Nolinkto the investigations regarding acluster ofbreast cancer In 2005–06,theABCundertook arange oftests and Occurrences /Investigations Accidents /Dangerous Anincrease of$18millionintheABCsalaries • Apenaltyamountof$98700dueto arevision • Thenumberandcost ofinjuryclaimssuffered • These premium increases are attributable to: work attheirownagency. is medical advice thatthe employee can nolonger between federal government agencieswhere there of injured workers, withaccepted Comcare claims, Placement program thatfacilitates theredeployment The ABCjoinedtheComcare Interagency Job contacts andresources to assist managers andstaff. information onexternal disability organisations, Resources Divisionmanagers have access to to staff ontheABC’s intranet site. State Human Relevant plans,policiesandguidelinesare available with reference to disabilitydiscrimination. embraces the principle of“respecting eachother”, The ABC’s draft revision of itsCodeConduct discrimination. and avoidance ofstereotyping, assumptions and advise onselection processes, merit selection, with disabilities.Recruitmentandselection guidelines has ageneral policyfor access andequityfor people references to people withdisabilitiesandtheABC The ABC’s EquityandDiversity Policy includes 1.77% ofsalarycosts inboth2005–06and2006–07. lower thantheCommonwealthstatic average of improvement from 1.17%(2005–06)andissubstantially of itstotal salarycosts. Thisrepresents a0.05% The ABC’s premium rate for 2006–07is1.12% budget, ofwhichthenew premium isapercentage. of ABCclaimsfor injuriesagainst allagencies. of the2005–06premium basedondevelopment in 2005. for theyear ended30June2006 continued Appendices and Health andSafety Representatives. Research was provided to ABCState HumanResources managers recruitment. Bothtraining andinformation were was provided to managers andthose responsible for Information ontheprinciples of reasonable adjustment principle ofreasonable adjustment. Agency recruiters andmanagers apply the already available. with disabilitiesfor formats otherthanthose The ABCdidnotreceive anyrequests from applicants have alsobeenprovided ontheInternet. usually thesameasfor otherrequests. Advertisements for responding to accessible format requests was year bymail,fax, emailandonline.Theturnaround applicants andwere provided onrequest duringthe Accessible formats are available for potential job is available inaccessible formats onrequest. Recruitment information for potentialjobapplicants opportunities inregard to disabilityemployment. resources, seminars andinformation sharing Employers’ NetworkonDisability,which provides The ABCisamemberorganisation oftheAustralian on thebasisofdisability. a discussion paperondiscriminationinemployment range ofpublicandprivate sector organisations on opportunity for consultation andfeedback from a Centre inSydney duringtheyear. Theseprovided the and EqualOpportunityCommission attheABCUltimo The ABChosted twoforums withtheHumanRights broadcast facility. of thenewon-lineradio program-making and with visionimpairmentto utilisethefullfunctionality The ABChasselected aproduct thatenables staff ABC’s property area for consideration. during workplace emergencies wasprovided to the Information ontheneedsofstaff withdisabilities in theToowong RadioandTelevision Buildings. and toilets. Upgrades for toilets were undertaken visitors withdisabilities,includinggeneral access which includedimprovements for employees and the stage 1upgrade ofitsDarwinpremises, allof refit onlevel eightofitsCollinswoodpremises and the relocation ofitsShepparton premises, thetenancy achieved byanupgrade oftheABC’s MtIsapremises, employees andvisitors withdisabilities.Thiswas The ABCcontinued to improve access for both an external disabilityagency. a jobopportunityaspartofprogram arranged by The NewsandCurrent Affairs Divisionhasprovided Appendix 13—CommonwealthDisabilityStrategy for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices when appointed. officers. Contact officers receive specifictraining and theappointment androle ofgrievance contact procedures; access to external complaints mechanisms and staff; complaint andgrievance supportand bullying mean;theresponsibilities ofmanagement information onwhatdiscrimination, harassment and and Grievance Resolutionweb page.Thissite includes the Anti-Bullying Policy are includedinaComplaint The ABC’s DiscriminationandHarassment Policy and and concerns raised bystaff. to external mechanisms, inplace toaddress issues Complaints/grievance mechanism,including access discrimination, harassment andbullying policies. Staff inductioninformation includestheABC’s diversity, opportunity to focus ondisabilityemployment issues. harassment andconflict resolution, andprovide the cover theareas ofdiversity, bullying, discrimination, been trained since itsintroduction. Theworkshops including executive directors andmanagers, have nationally during2005–06.Atotal of4237staff, a Better Place to Work, continued to bedelivered The ABC’s mandatory training program, Creating to thecontent oftheprogram. information ondisabilityissues asthey relate Training anddevelopment programs include accessible training rooms andfacilities. Services hasbeenconsulted abouttheneedfor inclusive ofpeople withdisabilities.ABCProperty to meetstandards oftraining andaccommodation Registered Training Organisation, theABC isrequired their training needsidentifiedandaddressed. Asa that allstaff, includingpeople withdisabilities,have performance managementsystem, theABCensures on training, development andsupport.Through its The ABC’s DisabilityActionPlanincludesstrategies needs ofstaff withdisabilities. Training anddevelopment programs consider the during theyear. equipment, facilities andflexible work arrangements A numberofstaff were accommodated with individually withtheirneeds. requested assistance were followed upandassisted for staff withdisabilities.Thoseemployees who individual staff needsandadjustments intheworkplace data collection form includedaquestion about the inherent requirements ofworkduties.TheEEO discrimination, reasonable adjustment andmeeting managers onrecent case lawaboutdisability undertaken andprovided to State HumanResources continued 195

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 196 Appendix 14—Performance Pay Editorial Policies and assurance withintheABC,suchasABC’s Several mechanismsassist withqualityimprovement improvement andassurance. Providers have established mechanismsfor quality Provider ABC Employee Assistance Program. for staff andtheirfamilies isprovided through the A widely-publicised professional counselling service management system hasprovision for appeals. grievances andotherdisputes, andtheperformance for consultation andsettlement ofindividual The ABC’s employment agreements includeprovisions Appendix 13—CommonwealthDisabilityStrategy per executive. payable totalling $685928,anaverage of$5813 One hundred andeighteen executives had bonuses the Council includepeople withdisabilities. on ABCprograms andservices. Members ofthe small group consultations to obtain community views to theABCBoard onprogramming issues andholds The ABCAdvisoryCouncilalsomakes recommendations reference for additionalinformation. provides program makers withanexternal specialist section ontheusageofterm mental illness and version ofthe there isasectiononaccessibility. The2006draft including reference to people withdisabilitiesand groups orindividuals,discriminationandstereotypes, include program standards onportrayal, labelling Editorial Policies Editorial Policies and cover arange ofareas and Code ofPractice includes anew . Importantly, totalling $188547,anaverage of$2694per employee. Seventy non-executive employees received bonuses about services andprograms. is available for thepurposeofcontacting theABC and MediaAuthority. Ateletypewriter (TTY)facility independent body,theAustralian Communications Code ofPractice with theABC’s response to acomplaint abouta include theoptionfor people whoare notsatisfied of methodslodging complaints. Theseguidelines for dealingwithprogram complaints andtherange Service Commitmentincludeextensive guidelines The ABC’s and concerns raised aboutperformance. to external mechanisms,inplace toaddress issues Complaints/grievance mechanism,includingaccess Enterprises Divisionfor consideration. for people withdisabilitieswasdistributed to the A guidefor businesses onhowto provide better access reading comprehension. who are blindorhave avisualimpairmentorlimited ABC television services more accessible for people Guidelines have beendeveloped specifically to make captioning, accessible television andwebsites. for people withdisabilitiesisprovided through in theService Commitment(page208).Access expect intheirdealingswiththeABCisincorporated A statement ofwhataudiences andcustomers can for people withdisabilities. and service standards whichaddress accessibility specifies theroles oftheprovider andconsumer Providers have anestablished service charterthat Code ofPractice issue to refer theircomplaint to an for theyear ended30June2006 , Editorial Policies Appendices continued , and (EDGAR) database. online Energy Data GatheringandReporting the DepartmentofEnvironment andHeritage total AnnualEnergy Consumption report on status. InOctober 2005,the ABClodged itsannual and Heritage Council,retaining itslow-risk agency Questionnaire to theEnvironmental Protection National Environment Protection Measures (NEPM) In August 2005,theABCreturned itsannual Commonwealth Heritage Places”. 5 oftheEPBCRegulations2000,“Managing control to comply withtherequirements ofDivision for identification andcare ofheritage property inits In 2005–06,theABCdeveloped aHeritage Strategy (“EPBC Act”). Protection andBiodiversityConservationAct1999 requirements ofsection516Athe The ABCcontinued to ensure itscompliance withthe 2. Statistics current asat25June2006. 1. Values infull-timeequivalents. Notes % % Total Totals WA Television Distribution VIC Technology and TAS Radio Production Resources SA Current Affairs News and QLD Digital Services O’Seas New Mediaand NT Broadcasting International NSW Human Resources ACT and Communications Corporate Strategy Business Services ABC Enterprises Division Total ABCStaffStrength, June2006 Appendix 15—Staff Profile for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices and Environmental Performance Appendix 16—Ecologically-Sustainable Development 6.62097 2.72.5389 6.9180 6.7246 4.3100.00 4345.33 274.63 762.87 198.09 360.89 388.96 28.25 126.07 2039.72 165.86 .2 69%29%06%89%83%45%1.6 .2 100.00% 6.32% 17.56% 4.56% 8.31% 8.95% 0.65% 2.90% 46.94% 3.82% 25 0.81.02.82.41.05.72.1360 8.65% 376.09 23.21 20.44% 56.97 20.67% 888.30 898.36 78.47 19.40 62.65 154.20 24.44 17.74% 167.99 770.68 38.45 22.58 58.17 59.65 88.85 79.47 102.53 123.55 45.20 62.18 57.80 14.00 94.06 202.98 34.25 12.50 24.25 36.40 344.68 30.45 366.91 25.84 310.30 64.59 46.45 .7225 .095 38 64 54 60 7.58.66% 376.25 16.05 75.48 2.37% 16.42 102.99 23.89 9.57 2.61% 86.04 2.34% 113.61 2.00 101.84 1.00 4.58 6.83 8.09% 232.57 1.60 11.05 351.54 1.27 2.00 5.41% 1.00 14.58 2.00 235.01 2.00 52.99 12.43 1.00 25.14 12.28 3.79 25.57 4.50 44.67 4.16 2.00 14.50 9.23 11.34 0.60 2.00 17.89 2.00 50.66 1.00 91.69 1.31 5.21 3.31 2.16 202.27 159.00 5.03 3.57 73 53 .02.010 3.53.01% 130.65 1.00 23.20 3.80 35.33 67.32 Environment impact ofitsoperations ontheenvironment. Impact Riskanalysis to examine and managethe intends to conduct anEnvironmental Aspect and of appropriate water-saving strategies. TheABC was commenced asaprecursor to theidentification analyse water consumption across allABCproperties Adelaide in2005–06.Aprogram to collate and conducted attheABCOffices inCanberra and (including recycling). Further waste auditswere appropriate initiatives to reduce itswaste to landfill that, theCorporation commenced workto identify the UltimoCentre inSydney inJune2005.Following and recommendations ofawaste auditconducted at initiatives. InJuly 2005,theABCreceived thereport to gaugetheeffectiveness ofenergy efficiency usage wasrecorded to prepare site profiles bywhich were publishedinternally. AtallABCsites, energy newly-established Environmental andEnergy policies the environment. AspartoftheEMSimplementation, Management System (EMS)to manageitsimpacton The ABChasdeveloped anEnvironmental oa 9 100.00% 51.57% 48.43% 098 5 2629 2469 Total Male Female Gender Breakdown edcut% Head count 197

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 198 to betransmitted in2006–07. equivalent of a concept hasbeendeveloped for anAustralian Director ofTelevision: and age-oldhymns. of worship, andnotberestricted to big-citychurches programs shouldallow for therichness anddiversity R3/3/05 Podcasting using theBBC’s for Sundayviewingthatcelebrate worship insong, Songs ofWorshipinAustralia Council recommends thatABCTelevision produce R2/3/05 SongsOfWorship particularly duringsummerholidayperiods. sells for $1apiece andispromoted onABCRadio, on theGuide’s Z-card format hasbeenpositive. It across Australia. ABCRadiounderstands thatfeedback annually andsoldthrough ABCShopsandCentres available for someyears. Itcontinues to beupdated Director ofRadio: to theroad. every overseas tourist and“grey nomad”whotakes should beinaneasymanageable format andsoldto local ABCRadioanywhere inAustralia. Theseguides Radio asaneasymeansoflocating nationaland Council commends the R1/3/05 Travellers’ Guide 2005–06 Responses andCommendations Summary ofRecommendations, Joshua Knackstredt (from 1January2006) Geoffrey Cadogan-Cowper(from 1January2006) Joanne Roach(from 1January2006) Alan Wu Dr Paul Collier Robyn Lambley Dr Pamela Chick Professor MichaelBurgess Beverly Smallwood Keith Smith Simon Andrews Glyn Parry (until31December 2005) Phil Wood (until31December 2005) Sascha Walkley (until31December 2005) Deborah Klika—Convenor (until31December 2005) Jane Munro—Convenor (from 1January2006) Advisory CouncilMembers It madeeightrecommendations and24commendations. In 2005–06,theABCAdvisoryCouncilmetthree times. Appendix 17—ABCAdvisoryCouncil with itsCharter obligations. Podcasts could be its podcasting services internationally, consistent Council recommends thattheABC actively promote Songs ofPraise Songs ofPraise The Travellers’ Guide Planning isunderwayand Travellers’ Guide . Theseriesisexpected , aseriesofprograms as atemplate. These has been to ABC Ockham’s Razor Australian Story of onlinevoting for repeats offavourite episodesof Council supports ABCTelevision’s recent promotion R4/3/05 OnlineVoting Director ofRadio: podcasting through itspublicdiplomacy initiatives. Affairs andTrade (DFAT) could promote ABC investigating whethertheDepartmentofForeign Australia audiences. TheABCmightconsider and travelling overseas, aswellthewiderRadio targeted specifically atAustralians living,working of ABCpodcast services isagoodone. assistance ofDFAT to furtherpromote the existence Council’s suggestion thattheABCactively seekthe popular iTunes application. that aggregate podcasts, suchasthrough the offerings viathevarious podcast portals andgateways producing podcasts already actively promote their or travelling overseas. Networksandprogram areas of theseare presumably Australians living,working audience members, of whichasignificant proportion 40% ofpodcast downloads are byinternational Website access statistics indicate thatinbroad terms seeking thehelpofDFAT inpromoting theservices. internationally bytargeting Australians overseas and Division actively promotes podcasting services Director ofNewMediaandDigitalServices: ABC podcasts. and willbeconsidered inplanningthepromotion of of promoting ABCpodcasts through DFAT hasmerit Council’s suggestion ofinvestigating thepossibility and Online. Yahoo andcross-promoted onABCRadio,Television worldwide podcast directories suchasiTunes and ABC podcasts are promoted internationally in week of2005. which received 38725downloads inthesecond for Tourism from Chineseaudiences for RadioAustralia’s and intheUSA.There hasbeenconsiderable demand regularly feature intheTop 100podcasts inBritain ABC Radio’s science programs— also interested inthecontent. although alarge numberofnon-Australians are that manyoftheseare Australian expatriates, audience based outsideAustralia. Feedback indicates in theABC’s podcasting service, with40%ofits initiative. There hasbeenstrong international interest interest inandsupportfor theABCpodcasting program (for Mandarinspeakers), , asitdevelops asenseofownership , Dr Karl ABC Radioappreciates Council’s for theyear ended30June2006 and The ScienceShow All intheMind Appendices English The — , Australian bands. be touring artists. Anotherfeature oftheinitiative will the wireless” sessions andinterviews withlocal and for suggestion andadvisesthatdevelopment isunderway Director ofTelevision: video camera material. of theirlives madefrom mobile phoneimagesand where viewers would contribute 3–5minute snapshots An additionalfeature mightbe“mobile moments”, by anonlinesite carrying viewer pollsandblogs. music/art and“vox pop”.Thiswould becomplemented and themescould includeyouth issues andconcerns, current affairs program, enhance theengagementwiththeiraudiences. available to theproducers oftelevision websites to voting willclearly continue to beoneoftheoptions will determine thecontent ofthefinalepisode.Online audience-submitted collectibles andtheoutcome This year Favourite Book components. ABC Television audiences, withextensive interactive The serieswillbeafocus andforum for younger Television, ABC2andbroadband. 30-minute television seriesthatwillbeseenonABC Media andDigital Services to create across-platform collaboration betweenTelevision, Radioand New which willbegininmid-2006. explore thepossibility ofmigrating The AdvisoryCouncilrecommends thattheABC R5/3/05 HackTV the television programs for thebest filmandbookwhichwere thebasisof of thebest filmoftheyear. There have beenvotes and itsgrand final. weekly vote thathasadirect impactontheprogram now. ABCTelevision’s an important element ofABConlinefor someyears voting thathelpsdetermine outputcontent hasbeen Director ofNewMediaandDigitalServices: as of thisstyle of promotion to otherprograms, such platform access. Councilrecommends theextension and could enhance audience share through multi- Appendix 17—ABCAdvisoryCouncil for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices television. Little information aboutset-top box needed to receive itintheabsence ofsubscription and doesnotappear to realise thataset-top box is little understanding ofdigital television ingeneral The community seemsconfused aboutABC2.Ithas R1/1/06 ABC2:UseofSet-Top Boxes Rage jtv Live Hack . to beincorporated into anewprogram, , whichwillrecord andbroadcast new Collectors jtv . will record At theMovies will incorporate voting on The NewInventors ABC Television welcomes the My FavouriteFilm Hack triple j’s jtv , to television. Content will beamulti-platform has anannualvote triple j’s weekly “live at features a and youth Online My jtv , of sources thanatpresent. available, views shouldbesoughtfrom awiderrange possible. Whennosuitable Australian expertise is Australian expertise begiven preference whenever base. Inparticular,Councilrecommends thatsuitable be madeto seekviewsandexpertise from abroader Radio, Councilrecommends thataconscious effort predominantly soughtfrom Americans, especially on In lightofaperception thatexpert commentary is R3/1/06 UseofExpertCommentators views are noted. Director ofNewsandCurrentAffairs: when itrefers to upcoming stories. on mainstories, Councilviewsitasaninterruption of themid-headerinnewsbulletins where itrecaps from allnewssets.While accepting theinclusion television news. Itencourages theremoval oflaptops maintains adifferent tone andstyle from commercial Council considers itimportant thattheABCNews concentration ontheflow ofthepresentation. of ABCTelevision Newsbemaintained bycareful Council recommends thattheintegrity andcredibility Middle Headerin7pmNews R2/1/06 Inclusionofthe how to connect digital set-top boxes. television, while thesecond provides guidance on general public.Onepromotes free-to-air digital from theABChave beenwidely distributed to the DBA brochures produced inOctober 2005withinput the benefitsofdigital television to Australians. Two group Digital Broadcasting Australia (DBA)inpromoting Services continues to workcooperatively withindustry In additionto thiscampaign, NewMediaandDigital Reception website. regional newspapers inlate Mayandanupdated May, aswellamediarelease to suburbanand through allABCcentres, shopsandviaemailinlate quality. Itincludesa colour brochure, to bedistributed to otherbenefitssuchasbetter picture andsound audiences more choice through ABC2,withreference focuses onpromoting digital television asoffering of thebenefitsdigital television. Thecampaign marketing campaign aimedatraising awareness and Communications, isundertaking apublicityand and Digital Services, incooperation withStrategy Director ofNewMediaandDigitalServices: ABC Shops. hardware onABCOnlineandTelevision andin plain-English directions for settingupthenecessary explaining thebenefitsofdigital television with recommends anactive publicrelations campaign available. To assist potential users ofABC2,Council installation orthebenefitsofdigital television is continued Council’s New Media 199

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 200 views are noted. Director ofNewsandCurrentAffairs: Appendix 18—IndependentComplaintsReview Panel Compass is most commonly presented inprograms suchas field. IntheDivision’s programming, thisexpertise especially focusing onAustralian expertise inagiven from a widerange ofexperts initsprogramming, Director ofTelevision: other respected commentators from around theglobe. many American voices, along withAustralian and through wide-ranging expertise whichhasincluded ABC Radiohascovered alltheseandrelated issues also beendominantincoverage over recent years. Trade Agreement betweentheUSandAustralia has events of9/11andtheIraq war. Coverage oftheFree interest inUSinternational politicsinrelation to the in recent years whenthere hasbeenintense global of American predominance mightarise,particularly However, theDivisioncan appreciate how aperception National andABCNewsRadio. across thetalk networks—Local Radio,Radio a predominance ofAustralian expertise, particularly on itsservices. Itismore likely thatthere wouldbe commentary ispredominantly soughtfrom Americans Director ofRadio: Appendix 17—ABCAdvisoryCouncil In response to thecomplaint thatthe program and in favour of Laborpoliciesandpeople. did notresult inthepresentation ofapartialview presented intheprogram was notunbalanced and in whichtheinformation andpointsofview were unbalanced view,thePanel concluded thattheway In response to theallegation that and concluded thatnoneshouldbeupheld. dealt witheachoftheseallegations separately, Attorney-General PhillipRuddock.ThePanel used adisrespectful interviewing style with legislation, andshowed seriousimbalance and the Federal Government’s counter-terrorism Labor policies,hadapre-conceived positionopposing took anunbalanced andpartial viewinfavour of viewer A complained thatthe • 2005–06. investigated complaints from seven people during The IndependentComplaintsReview Panel (ICRP) , Catalyst ABC Radiodisagrees thatexpert and ABC Television seeksto draw Gardening Australia Lateline Lateline Council’s program took an . website; We CanBeHeroes programs andpublications: The ABCAdvisoryCouncilcommended thefollowing Commendations Background Briefing Artists National podcasting andtranscribing ofimportant lectures. groups dealingwithcommunity activitiesandits and ideasfestivals, providing people for discussion discussions, itsparticipationinwriters festivals the presentation ofkey lectures andcommunity its participationincommunity events, itspeople for The ABCAdvisoryCouncilcommended theABCfor Southwood onABCClassic FM. Australia; andMargaret Throsby andCharles program ideas;Peter Goers onLocal RadioinSouth best episodesandallowing young people to submit Australian Story the Standing Committee onSpoken English(SCOSE); Hour handling ofthefatality thatoccurred; the broadcast oftheFinke Desert race andsensitive The LongLunch The Councilalsocommended: Carole Whitelock for and oftheNorthernTerritory Elections. deaths ofGraham KennedyandPaul Hester, Council commended theABC’s coverage ofthe which dealtwith the colonisation ofPapua New ”Papua NewGuinea:Nation State orFailed State”, National’s documentary program A listener complained aboutanedition ofRadio • disrespect andpartialityhadnot beenestablished. position”. ThePanel concluded thatthealleged appropriately andhadregard for theAttorney-General’s context thePanel believed thatthepresenter acted (act asan)intelligent window ontoday’s world.’ Inthis program aims to do,be‘provocative, challenging and that itwas“satisfiedthepresenter did,asthe of thepresenter wasdisrespectful, thePanel stated In response to theallegation thattheinterviewing style of ahiddenagenda,asalleged bythecomplainant. complaint thattheprogram was,ineffect, theresult points ofpublicinterest. ThePanel didnotupholdthe reasonably baseduponavailable material andraised that thequestions raised bytheprogram were of counter-terrorism legislation, thePanel considered presenter hadapre-conceived positionontheissue on its60-year anniversary; Irene Poinkin and ; The Chaser’sWaronEverything Breakfast Reality Bites continued ; ABC783Alice Springsfor itslocal for itsinitiative invoting for the , includingitssupplementary with Fran Kelly; and for theyear ended30June2006 ; Asia PacificFocus ; MDA Spicks andSpecks ; Four Corners Hindsight Appendices ; Radio Dr Who ; Great Country entitled ; ; jmag; . by USPresident George W. Bushon A listener complained thatcoverage ofaspeech • complaint was notupheld. any furtheractionbythe not believe thattheimbalance itobserved warranted Editorial Policies satisfied thatthere hadbeennobreach ofthe questions putto himbytheprogram, thePanel was complainant’s ownactionsinfailing to respond to of imbalance wasevident, butinviewofthe program. ThePanel noted thatasmalldegree The Panel found noseriousinaccuracies inthe inaccuracies andwasunbalanced. Mountains, andthattheprogram contained former QueenVictoria Hospital site intheBlue examination ofaproposed development ofthe unfairly by viewer A complained thathehadbeentreated • report found nobreach ofthe expressions ofopinionorinferences. ThePanel’s not constitute factual material, butwere rather the passages to whichthecomplainant objected did In relation to accuracy, thePanel wassatisfiedthat therefore therequirement for balance didnotarise. policy requirements for “factual content”, andthat program shouldbeconsidered against theeditorial The Panel accepted theABC’s submissions thatthe of Papua NewGuinea. unbalanced anddenigrated Australia’s administration was inaccurate inmanyrespects, wasseriously Guinea. Thelistener considered thattheprogram Appendix 18—IndependentComplaintsReview Panel for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices was satisfiedthatneitherthe and themotivations thatmayhave led to it.ThePanel set outto present any in-depthanalysis ofthewar not purportto domore thanthis andclearly didnot refer to itsreception inAmerica. Thebroadcasts did the mainfeatures ofthe President’s speechandto of thebroadcasts complained ofwasto setoutbriefly The Panel noted thatitwasclear thattheintention speech atFort Bragg, whichdealtwiththewarinIraq. focused ontheABC’s coverage ofPresident Bush’s In determining themeritsofcomplaint, thePanel was evidence oftheABC’s bias. about thecontents of that memoandbelieved this interests bynotquestioning theGovernment rigorously ABC hadsoughtto protect theFederal Government’s of Iraq. Thecomplainant appeared to believe thatthe the “Downing Street Memo”inrelation to theinvasion World Today “Downing Street Memo”. ThePanel noted thatthe and, inparticular, didnotrequire reference to the question bemore critical ofthePresident’s speech Code ofPractice Stateline had shownbiasasitnotmentioned or required thatthebroadcasts in Code ofPractice NW intheprogram’s (NSW) Stateline Editorial Policies ABC EditorialPolicies program. The AM . ThePanel did , PM and ABC nor The . Suad Amiryon Andrew Denton’s interview withPalestinian author viewer A requested review ofhiscomplaint about • to thememo.Thecomplaint wasnotupheld. This hasincludedreferences, invarious programs coverage oftheIraq war,provided over several years. ABC, initsresponse, referred to itscomprehensive the issues oftheday,andthatthey shouldnot be such as that archived transcripts ofcurrent affairs programs, the Panel acknowledged theABC’s submissions for thetranscript to beremoved from thewebsite, complaint. Inconsidering thecomplainant’s request to anymeaningfuldecisionsinregards to the of theinterview, thePanel felt thatitcould notcome to thepassing oftimeandtheabsence ofarecording general tone andatmosphere oftheinterview. Due have provided definitive evidence ofthecontent and available, commenting thatsucharecord would interview withthecomplainant wasno longer The Panel accepted thattherecord oftheactual treated bytheABC. The complainant felt thathehadbeenunfairly the transcript wasbasedbroadcast in1999. broadcast oftheprogram. Theinterview onwhich that itwasreceived more thansixmonthsafter the decision notto entertain hiscomplaint, onthegrounds reputation. Hewasalsoconcerned bytheABC’s was havingadetrimental impactonhisprofessional the the ABChaddeclinedto remove atranscript from ThePanel accepted for review acomplaint that • against the Panel didnotupholdanypartofthecomplaint made provisions ofthe Ms Amiry,whichdidnotattract thefactual accuracy four allegations related to opinionsexpressed by by thecomplainant were notestablished, since all requirements were applied,theallegations made satisfied that,whentherelevant editorial policy to therequirement ofaccuracy.” ThePanel was do notconstitute factual content andare notsubject “expressions ofopinion,implications andinferences in factual programs, andindicated thatfor them Authority hadconsidered therequirement for accuracy the Panel noted thattheAustralian Broadcasting of factual inaccuracy inthecontent of theprogram, Insofar asthecomplainant’s issues raised thequestion Rather, itwasessentially anentertainment program. news andinformation relating to current events”. news andcurrent affairs program comprising “both The Panel wassatisfiedthat biased against theIsraeli viewpoint. that theprogram contained aninaccuracy andwas PM website, whichthecomplainant considered PM Enough Rope , provide avaluable publicrecord of Enough Rope Editorial Policies program. . Theviewer believed Enough Rope . Therefore the was nota cont 201

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 202 material ismarked accordingly. Program Classifications. Where this isthecase particular medium suchasSection8:Television services. SomepartsoftheCodeapply to a Television, Onlineandotheremerging newmedia This CodeofPractice appliesto ABCRadioand intervene inthosedecisions. neither theGovernment nor Parliament seeksto of thepeople ofAustralia. Bylawandconvention power to make programming decisionsonbehalf of theCorporation’s programs. TheABCholdsthe The ABCActguarantees theeditorial independence The an interview betweenMrO’Brienandthethen John Howard, broadcast on5October 2004and interview betweenMrO’BrienandPrimeMinister Dr DavidKempMPbroadcast on15June2004,an 7.30 Report Latham. Theviewer cited three interviews on than aninterview withthenOppositionLeaderMark Dr DavidKempwere more aggressively undertaken Minister JohnHoward andthenEnvironment Minister The viewer considered that interviews withPrime < the Internet at functions oftheCorporation andcan befound on The ABCCharter (section6oftheAct)setsout as theprovision ofanindependentnewsservice. gives theCorporation particularresponsibilities such The The ABC’s place inthemediaindustry isdistinctive. Introduction Appendix 20—ABCCodeofPractice for Broadcast Programs program related. the ABCanexemption inrelation to material thatis by theABC.Part IIofSchedule 2oftheFOI Actgives gives thepublicrightto access documentsheld Appendix 19—Freedom ofInformation against interviewer KerryO’Brienon viewer A madethree separate complaints ofbias • the removal ofthetranscript from theABCwebsite. established andconsequently, itdeclinedto recommend Editorial Policies In particular,itfound thatnorelevant breach ofthe The Panel found nosuchreasons inthepresent case. removed except for compelling andsignificant reasons. Appendix 18—IndependentComplaintsReview Panel http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/ABCcharter.htm Australian BroadcastingCorporationAct1983 Freedom ofInformationAct1982 : aninterview betweenMrO’Brienand or Code ofPractice The 7.30Report had been (“FOI Act”) The > , . . < in full.TheABC’s 2004 which guideABCprograms. The This CodeofPractice summarises themajorprinciples through emerging newmediaservices. Television, content provided onABCOnlineand and covers programs broadcast onABCRadioand The word ‘program’ isusedthroughout theCode improvements for theprocessing offuture complaints. letters were notreceived andsuggested some was notpossible to determine whythecomplainant’s in thesetwosegments.ThePanel alsofound thatit favourable treatment andtherefore there wasnobias formed theviewthatMrLathamdidnotreceive interview withPrimeMinister Howard, thePanel the Opposition.Incomparing this interview withthe his handlingoftheinterview withthethenLeaderof the Panel found thatMrO’Brienwasnotbiasedin robust. Inrelation to theinterview withMrLatham not biasedoraggressive andthatbothinterviews were Prime Minister, theICRPfound thatMrO’Brienwas In relation to theinterviews withDrKempandthe had notbeenresponded to. several letters ofcomplaint sentto 7 October 2004.Theviewer alsocomplained that Opposition LeaderMarkLatham,broadcast on be given advance notice ofthecontent oftheprogram. or documentaries. Where appropriate, audiences will such references from legitimate reportage, debate literary treatments, nor isitintended to exclude language orimagesfrom bonafidedramatic or The code isnotintended to bancertain typesof for nootherpurpose butto offend isnotacceptable. another. However, theuseoflanguageandimages in onecontext maybeappropriate and acceptable in general program codes iscontext. Whatisunacceptable The guidingprinciple intheapplication ofthefollowing 2. General Program Codes before theAdministrative AppealsTribunal (AAT). were refused. OneFOI matter from 2004–05isstill One request wasgranted infull,onepart,andthree for access to documentsundertheFOI Act. During thepast year, theABCreceived five requests www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/edpols.htm sets outprogramming policiesandguidelines Editorial Policies for theyear ended30June2006 ABC EditorialPolicies The 7.30Report Appendices can befound at > . cont song lyrics. fiction, documentary, dramatisation, comedy or of, for example, newsorcurrent affairs reporting, provided thelanguagecan bejustified inthecontext is permitted provided itisnotusedgratuitously and may bedistasteful to another. Useofsuchlanguage programs. Onoccasions, thelanguageofonegroup of Australians are valid andhave theirplace in Variations oflanguagefavoured bydifferent groups 2.2 Language dramatic compromise. necessary to achieve honest endswithoutundue much violence willbetolerated, buthowlittle is In drama programs, theaimisnot to seehow presented for theirownsake. violent events shouldnever besensationalisedor In news,current affairs andinformation programs, should notbepresented. of violence must bejustifiable, orelsethematerial portrayal ofviolence. Thepresentation orportrayal Particular care must betaken inthepresentation or 2.1 Violence Appendix 20—ABCCodeofPractice for Broadcast Programs for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices of publicduties or aboutothermatters ofpublic information whichrelates to aperson’s performance in allABCprograms. However, inorder to provide The rightsofindividualsto privacy should berespected 2.5 Privacy a humorous, satirical ordramatic work. factual program, orinthelegitimate context of opinion inanews,current affairs, information or which isfactual, ortheexpression ofgenuinely-held intended to prevent thepresentation ofmaterial or political belieforactivity. Therequirement isnot status, sexual preference oranyreligious, cultural age, disabilityorillness, socialoroccupational ethnicity, nationality,sex, marital orparental status, or sectionofthecommunity onaccount ofrace, to disparage ordiscriminate against anyperson use languageorimagesinawaywhichislikely To avoid discrimination,programs shouldnot 2.4 Discrimination itcan bedepicted, implicitly orexplicitly. • itcan bereferred to indrama, comedy, • itcan bediscussed andreported inthe • be appropriate andnecessary to aprogram: following treatments ofsex andsexuality may Provided itishandled withintegrity, anyofthe 2.3 Sex andSexuality lyrics orfictionalprograms; and or documentary programs; context ofnews,current affairs, information 2005, and70%by theendof2007. broadcast between 6amandmidnightby theendof captioning to achieve atarget of 55%ofallprograms captioning. TheABCwillcontinue to increase closed significance willalsobetransmitted withclosed Addresses to thenationandevents ofnational religious expression. any particularbeliefsystem orform of on religious issues. TheABCdoesnotpromote movements, aswellsecularperspectives traditions, indigenousreligions andnew spiritual analysis, debate andreports aboutmajorreligious Religious programs includecoverage, explanation, 3.2 ReligiousPrograms cause alarmordistress. children are likely to access, unsupervised,willnot children, specialcare isto betaken to ensure programs While thereal worldshouldnotbeconcealed from 3.1 Children’s Programs 3. SpecificProgram Codes accordance withthe programs broadcast atanytimeare captioned in 10.30pm andnews,current affairs andinformation Television programs broadcast between6pmand problems prevent scheduled closed captioning. open captioned advice willbeprovided iftechnical captioned programs are promoted. Where possible, program information isprovided to thepress orwhen Closed caption programs willbeclearly marked when Hearing Impaired or Deaf. Captioning for People whoare 3.5 Television Programs: Closed balance ofcommentators andexperts where possible. opinions, program makers shouldensure agender experts, interviewees andothertalent to present or parental status willbeavoided. Inprograms using references to physical characteristics, marital status roles nowperformed bywomenandmen.Irrelevant will take care to acknowledge thediverse range of demeaning ordiscriminatory stereotypes. Programs Programs shouldnotpromote orendorse inaccurate, 3.4 Avoidance ofStereotypes or depictingofthedeceased. of traditional cultural practices suchasthenaming Particular care shouldbeexercised inthe coverage Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islandercultures. Program makers andjournalists shouldrespect 3.3 IndigenousPrograms circumstances, bejustified. interest, intrusionsuponprivacy may,insome Broadcasting ServiceAct1992 * continued . 203

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 204 or witnesses oftraumatic incidents. of orinterviews withbereaved relatives andsurvivors 4.7 of method. in moderate terms andwillusually avoid details 4.6 mislead audiences. as suchandpresented inawaywhichwillnot 4.5 protect atalltimes. confidential sources whichthey are entitled to 4.4 bulletin butwill beachieved assoonpossible. always bereached withinasingle program ornews matters ofimportance. This requirement maynot as far aspossible, ofprincipal relevant viewpointson 4.3 give allsidesofanissue thesameamountoftime. does notrequire themto beunquestioning, norto and notunduly favour oneover theothers. Butit that editorial staff present awiderange ofperspectives commitment to balance andimpartialityrequires that programs are balanced andimpartial.The 4.2 a form most suited to thecircumstances. errors willbecorrected inatimely mannerandin information programs isaccurate. Demonstrable that thefactual content ofnews,current affairs and 4.1 to current events, are dealtwithinsection5below. do notcomprise bothnewsand information relating programs withsignificant factual content, which and information relating to current events. ABC other information programs thatcomprise bothnews News andCurrent Affairs DivisionoftheABCand This sectionappliesto allprograms produced bythe and Information Programs 4. News, Current Affairs Limited ReadingComprehension. or Have aVisualImpairmentor Television for People whoare Blind 3.6 Television Programs: Accessible Appendix 20—ABCCodeofPractice for Broadcast Programs and immediacy. and considerations ofcreativity, editorial integrity in audioaswell,subjectto availability ofresources Television, theABCwillendeavour to provide it Where material appears intext format onABC Re-enactments ofevents willbeclearly identified Every reasonable effort must bemadeto ensure Sensitivity willbeexercised inpresenting images Balance willbesoughtthrough thepresentation, Every reasonable effort must bemadeto ensure If reported atall,suicides willbereported Editorial staff willnotbeobligedto disclose * protect atalltimes. confidential sources whichthey are entitled to 5.4 the circumstances. in atimely mannerandinaform most suited to 5.3 in context anddoesnotmisrepresent viewpoints. factual content ofsuchprograms isaccurate and 5.2 particular pointsofview. programs whichexplore, orare presented from, to provide sucharange ofviews, theABCmayprovide audience interests, beliefsandperspectives. Inorder relevance anddiversity whichreflect awiderange of 5.1 both news andinformation relating to current events. significant factual content butwhichdonotcomprise This sectionappliesto allABCprograms with 5. Factual Programs some could finddistressing ordisturbing. notice ofprograms orprogram segmentswhich Where appropriate, theaudience willbegiven advance 7. Warnings consistent withthenature ofsurrounding programs. Program promotions willbe scheduled so asto be 6. Promotions for Programs a newsflash. that regular programming willbeinterrupted with announcement willbebroadcast advisingviewers and otherGclassified programs, avisualandaudio possible. Priorto anynewsflash duringchildren’s the needto getanewsflashto airas quickly as the audience. Thisshouldbedone,notwithstanding and consideration given to thelikely composition of exercised intheselection ofsoundsandimages are unpredictable, particularcare shouldbe the timingandcontent ofnewsflashesontelevision 4.10 Television Programs: News Flashes. must notincludeanyviolent content. may appearduringchildren’s viewingtimes,but children. Inexceptional circumstances, news updates generally notappearduringprograms directed at Children’s Viewing Times. 4.9 Television Programs: News UpdatesDuring given to thelikely composition oftheaudience. used intelevision newsupdates andconsideration be exercised intheselection ofsoundsandimages 4.8 Television Programs: News Updates. Editorial staff willnotbeobligedto disclose Demonstrable errors offact willbecorrected Every effort must bemadeto ensure thatthe The ABCiscommitted to providing programs of for theyear ended30June2006 News updates should Appendices continued Care will Because and bejustified by context. Drug use:should beimpliedonly very discreetly notbegratuitous. • bevery mildandinfrequent; and • Language: coarse languageshould: Nudity inasexual context isnot permitted inG. notbegratuitous. • beinfrequent; and • only besuggested invery discreet visual • Sex: activityshould: notbegratuitous. • beinfrequent; and • have avery low senseofthreat ormenace; • have alighttone; or • Violence: maybevery discreetly implied,butshould: by context. very low senseofthreat ormenace andbejustified Themes: thetreatment ofthemesshouldhave a elements willbecareful anddiscreet. the treatment ofthemesandotherclassifiable Whether ornottheprogram isintended for children, material inthisclassification withoutsupervision. Parents shouldfeel confident thatchildren can watch or story-lines thatare notofinterest to children. children willenjoy. SomeGprograms contain themes necessarily indicate thattheprogram isonethat children. TheGclassification symboldoesnot programs designedfor pre-school andschoolage is considered suitable for allviewers, andincludes G programs maybeshown atanytime.Thiscategory G—General (suitable for allages) 8.1 Classification ofTelevision Programs or suitable for broadcast atparticulartimes. may bemodifiedsothatthey are suitable for broadcast Office ofFilmandLiterature Classification Guidelines Programs havingaparticularclassification underthe Section 4,whichare notsubjectto classification. affairs andinformation programs asdescribedin ABC Television, withtheexception ofnews,current The classifications cover allprograms broadcast on of publication ofthisCodePractice. and Literature Classification andcurrent atthetime and Computer Gamesissued bytheOffice ofFilm applies theGuidelinesfor theClassification ofFilms This system oftelevision program classification 8. Television Program Classifications Appendix 20—ABCCodeofPractice for Broadcast Programs for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices or verbal references; * verbal references to sexual activity • notbegratuitous; and • beinfrequent; • bediscreet; • be suggested, butshould: Sex: activityandnudityinasexual context may notshownindetail. • mildinimpact;and • should alsobe: Violence: maybediscreetly impliedorstylised, and are notgenerally dealtwithatPGlevel. discreet andmildinimpact.More disturbing themes be included.Thetreatment ofthemesshouldbe Themes: supernatural ormildhorror themesmay the content. be accessible duringorafter theviewingto discuss with theirchildren. Others mightfinditsufficientto children. Somemaychooseto watch thematerial Parents maychooseto preview thematerial for their or disturbing to children. guidance. Material classified PGwillnotbeharmful confusing or upsettingto children withoutadult contains depictionsorreferences whichcould be signals to parents thatmaterial inthiscategory require theguidance ofanadult.ThePGclassification which, whenviewed bythoseunder15years, may PG programs maycontain themesandconcepts any dayoftheweek. 4.00pm onweekdays and7.30pm6.00amon PG programs maybeshownbetween8.30amand recommended for audiences under15years) PG—Parental Guidance (parental guidance notgratuitous. • notdetailed; and • infrequent; • Nudity: outsideofasexual context shouldbe: detailed orgratuitous. Nudity: outsideofasexual context shouldnotbe these shouldnotpromote orencourage druguse. incidental visualsofdrugusemay beincluded,but Drug use:discreet verbal references andmild, and infrequent. Language: coarse language shouldbemild should bediscreet. continued 205

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 206 notbe gratuitous. • beinfrequent; and • or very aggressive should: Generally, coarse languagethat is stronger, detailed Language: coarse languagemaybeused. the impact. detailed thandepictionsifthisdoesnot increase Verbal references to sexual activitymaybemore detail, orbeprolonged. Nudity inasexual context shouldnotcontain alot of Sex: activitymaybediscreetly implied. strongly justified bythenarrative • discreet andinfrequent; and • violence mayonly be includedifthey are: Verbal andindirect visualreferences to sexual does notincrease theimpact. contain more detail andbemore frequent ifthis In stylised treatments, depictionsofviolence may notbegratuitous. • nothave ahighimpact;and/or • beinfrequent; • contain detail should: In realistic treatments, depictionsofviolence that notbeprolonged. • notcontain alot ofdetail; and • Violence: generally, depictionsofviolence should: not behigh. treatment shouldbediscreet, andtheimpactshould Themes: most themescan bedealtwith,butthe material, willbeincludedintheMAclassification. explicit ormore intense material, especially violent will beincludedintheMclassification andthemore category—the less explicit orless intense material determine whatcan beaccommodated intheM degree ofexplicitness andintensity oftreatment will detail. While most themesmaybedealtwith,the and references to classifiable elements maycontain or disturbing to thoseunder15years. Depictions material thatisconsidered to bepotentially harmful under 15years. Programs classified Mcontain The Mcategory isnotrecommended for viewers 5.00am onanydayoftheweek. on weekdays thatare schooldaysand8.30pm M programs maybeshown between noonand3.00pm audiences 15years andover) M—Mature audience (recommended for mature Appendix 20—ABCCodeofPractice for Broadcast Programs or documentary context. Language: coarse languagemay beused. depictions, ifthis doesnotincrease theimpact. Verbal references maybe more detailed than contain detail shouldnotbeexploitative. Depictions ofnudityinasexual context which Sex: activitymaybeimplied. or exploitative. only ifthey are notfrequent, prolonged, gratuitous Visual suggestions ofsexual violence are permitted treatments ifthisdoesnotincrease theimpact. violence inclose to real situationsorinrealistic more detailed andmore frequent thandepictionsof Depictions ofviolence instylised treatments maybe but theseshouldnotbeprolonged. Realistic treatments maycontain detailed depictions, or gratuitous. should beinfrequent, andshouldnotbeprolonged have ahighimpact.Depictionswithstrong impact Violence: generally, depictionsofviolence shouldnot of intensity shouldbediscreet. Themes: thetreatment ofthemeswithahighdegree intense material willbeincludedintheMclassification. in theMAclassification andtheless explicit orless material, especially violent material, willbeincluded MA category—the more explicit ormore intense will determine whatcan beaccommodated inthe degree ofexplicitness andintensity oftreatment age. While most themesmaybedealtwith,the harmful ordisturbing to viewers under15years of a combination ofelements isconsidered likely to be This isbecause theimpactofindividualelements or depictions whichrequire amore mature perspective. Material classified MAdealswithissues orcontains viewing bymature audiences aged15years andover. because ofthewayitistreated, are suitable only for MA programs, because ofthematter they contain or 5.00am onanydayoftheweek. MA programs maybeshownbetween9.30pmand mature audiences aged15years andover) MA—Mature Adultaudience (suitable only for be gratuitous. but depictionsthatcontain anydetail shouldnot Nudity: outsideofasexual context maybeshown Drug useshouldnotbepromoted orencouraged. Drug use:maybediscreetly shown. for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices continued or MAprogram. will begiven priorto thecommencement ofanM advice onthereasons for anMorMAclassification 8.4 ConsumerAdvice. the promotion. programs) beingpromoted willbedisplayed during (except news,current affairs, information orsporting The classification symbolofthePG,MorMAprogram commencement oftheprogram. programs) being shownwillbedisplayed atthe (except news, current affairs, information or sporting classification symbolofthePG,MorMAprogram 8.3 Television Classification Symbols. their classification timezone. programs willbebroadcast to Broken Hilloutside Note: Dueto local schedulingarrangements, some is given atitscommencement. indication ofthenature and content oftheprogram normal classification periodprovided thataclear social orcultural issues, mayappearoutsidetheir Programs whichare seriouspresentations ofmoral, from thetimezonefor aprogram classification. There must besoundreasons for anydeparture during aweekend daytimeprogram. or aPGsegmentinanartsprogram could appear that isthetimemost suitable for thetarget audience, for teenage viewers could appearbefore 7.30pmif a PGprogram orsegmentofaprogram designed programs appearinothertime-slots. For example, be occasions onwhichprograms orsegmentsof They are nothard andfast rules andthere will likely placement ofprograms withinthatclassification. each program classification are guidesto themost 8.2 Implementation Guidelines. Nudity: shouldbejustified bycontext. degree ofimpact. More detailed depictionsshouldnothave ahigh promoted orencouraged. Drug use:maybeshown,butshouldnot or detailed should notbegratuitous. Coarse languagethatisvery strong, aggressive Appendix 20—ABCCodeofPractice for Broadcast Programs for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices to whichit refers. However, please note the ABC to theABCmore thansixmonths after the broadcast about aradio ortelevision program whichis made the subjectoflegal proceedings oranycomplaint complaint concerning aprogram whichisorbecomes 9.1 9. Complaints This CodeofPractice doesnotapply to any Audio andvisualconsumer The timezonesfor The ifinthecase ofaradio ortelevision program, • theABChasnotresponded within60daysand • iftheABC’s normalcomplaints handling • to theICRPfor review: A complaint ofthisnature mayonly bereferred or unfair treatment arisingfrom anABCprogram. cases offactual inaccuracy, bias,lackofbalance complaints whichrelate to allegations ofserious appointed bytheABCBoard to review written Independent ComplaintsReview Panel (ICRP)is 9.4 IndependentComplaintsReview Panel. CRE atGPOBox 9994,Melbourne,Vic,3000. complaint afresh. Complainantscan write to the and program areas, andwhocan consider the is separate from Audience andConsumerAffairs senior ABCmanagerwitheditorial experience, who Complaints Review Executive (CRE).TheCREisa may request thatthematter bereviewed bythe Audience andConsumerAffairs, thecomplainant complainant is dissatisfied witharesponse from 9.3 ABCComplaintsReview Executive. complainant is vexatious ornotactingingoodfaith. frivolous, vexatious ornotmadeingoodfaith orthe of Practice matters, except where acomplaint is an adequate response to complaints aboutCode The ABCwillmake areasonable effort to provide the ABCwithin60daysofreceipt oftheircomplaint. Territory. Thecomplainant willreceive aresponse from GPO Box 9994,inthecapital cityofyour State or to bedirected to ABCAudience andConsumerAffairs, complaint in writing. Allsuchwritten complaints are response from theABCwillbeasked to puttheir instance. Phonecomplainants seekingawritten Practice shouldbedirected to theABCinfirst that theABChasacted contrary to thisCodeof 9.2 ABCAudience andConsumerAffairs. television tapes. for whichtheABCisrequired to retain radio and weeks after broadcast asthisisthestatutory period tapes to review complaints mademore thansix cannot guarantee thatitwillhave thenecessary or byphoning (02)83335639. Panel, GPO Box 688,Sydney, NSW2001 Convener, IndependentComplaints Review Further information can beobtained from the ABC withinsixweeksofthedate ofbroadcast. the complaint wasoriginally lodged with the reason for thedelay;and the ABChasfailed to provide anacceptable dissatisfied withtheABC’s response; or been completed andthecomplainant is procedures (asdescribedin9.2above) have continued Complaints If a The 207

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Appendix 20—ABC Code of Practice for Broadcast Programs continued

If the Convener rejects the complaint for review or Contact Addresses if the complainant is dissatisfied with the outcome Australian Broadcasting Corporation of the review and the complaint is covered by the Audience and Consumer Affairs ABC Code of Practice, the complainant may make GPO Box 9994, in the capital city a complaint to the Australian Communications of your State or Territory. and Media Authority about the matter. Independent Complaints Review Panel 9.5 Australian Communications and Media GPO Box 688, Sydney, NSW, 2001. Authority. If a complainant: • does not receive a response from the ABC Australian Communications within 60 days; or and Media Authority • is dissatisfied with the ABC’s response; or PO Box Q500, Queen Victoria Building, NSW, 1230 • is dissatisfied with the outcome of the ICRP review (as mentioned above) and the complaint * Not applicable to International Television. is covered by the ABC Code of Practice;

the complainant may make a complaint to the Australian Communications and Media Authority about the matter.

Appendix 21—Performance Against Service Commitment

The ABC’s Service Commitment is a statement of what individuals are entitled to expect in their dealings with the ABC. The Service Commitment sits beside a number of other corporate documents, particularly the ABC Code of Practice and Editorial Policies.

The Service Commitment is freely available to members of the public, including through the ABC’s website. The table below summarises ABC performance against it service commitments:

The ABC is committed to: Measure Performance 2005–06

Treating audience members with Whether this is a significant subject Rarely a subject of complaint. fairness, courtesy and integrity. of complaint.

Respecting legitimate rights to Whether the ABC has appropriate Corporation-wide ABC Privacy Policy. APPENDICES privacy and confidentiality. privacy policies. Whether privacy is Rarely a subject of complaint. a significant subject of complaint.

Complying with relevant legislation Number of FOI requests received See FOI report, Appendix 19 (page 202). such as the Commonwealth Freedom and ABC response. of Information Act 1982. 05–06 Responding to audience enquiries Statements welcoming comments Comments and complaints are promptly and as comprehensively and complaints; publicly welcomed in statements on as possible; website, in Annual Report and Service Number of calls logged by capital Commitment; individual correspondents Welcoming comments and city switchboards; emails and letters are thanked for their feedback; for answering, as far as possible, to Audience and Consumer Affairs; details of audience contacts and all written correspondence; findings of review bodies see Number of complaints upheld by Corporate Governance (page 57). Welcoming and responding review bodies. to complaints;

Providing accurate information.

Making information such as the Whether such information is made Available from ABC Online, ABC Shops Service Commitment and the ABC freely available. and offices throughout Australia. Code of Practice freely available. ANNUAL REPORT 20 Making program information, Whether ABC provides Available through press, on-air including closed caption details such information. announcements and on ABC website. and timely advice on program changes, widely available. Programs: CBA-UNICEF Children’s (Radio National):“The Knife’s Edge”. Kirsten Melville, Human RightsProgramming: Amnesty International Award for Association (CBA)Awards Commonwealth Broadcasting News or MultimediaProject: Best SchoolorYouth TVProgram Basel KarlsruheForum Awards 4 MinuteWonders by Horsell Common)from the Meat Silver Medal,MusicVideo: Australasian VideoAwards 2005 tops andtails inwinter campaign. Vlakhoudis andKate Fitzgerald: Silver, Best Sting:Karen Phillip Dickson: Gold, Best MusicPromo: launch promos. World”, the2005newseason Image: JanieLalor: “Mad Gold, NewsandCurrent Affairs and winter station idents. Vlakhoudis: Easter, Anzac Gold, TVImage:Karen Australasian Promax Awards Television News. Unit, andGavinFang, AsiaPacific Simon Palan, Sydney Business Centre Fellowship Asia Pacific Journalism International Awards Broadcasting Awards Appendix 22—ABCAwards 2005–06 response to programs. provided withdetails ofaudience coverage; ensuringrelevant staff are through phonecalls, mailandpress Monitoring audience concerns The ABCiscommitted to: Appendix 21—Performance Against Service Commitment for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices (video for thesong“InTheory” : “HowtheNewsisMade”. Behind theNews Walk onBy Street Stories initiative. Behind the Helmet . . with audience response information. Whether relevant staff are provided concerns; coverage are monitored for audience Whether phonecalls, mailandpress Measure Sandakan Threnody Ravlich, RadioNational: Russell Stapleton andRobyn Jonathan Mills,JaneUlman, Music (composed work): Prix Italia “Voyage to theSeasofMars”. Program: Lile Judickas, a Documentary/Information Bronze World Medal,Editingof “Poisoned Paradise”. Foreign Correspondent and SimonBrynjolffssen, Vivien Altman,Brett Ramsay and Ecology: EricCampbell, Silver World Medal,Environment New York Festivals Riddance: Termites section): NickHilligoss, Best Animation(Best ofCategory Good Riddance:Termites Festival section):NickHilligoss, Best Graphics/Animation (Best of Film Festival (US) International Wildlife Good Riddance:EscargotCult Animation: NickHilligoss, Audience Award for Best Freeze Frame 2006() Killers inEden Prix SpecialduJury:KlausToft, Wildlife Festival France FIFA International Senior ABCjournalist. Philip Williams, Fellowship 2006 Dart Centre Ochberg . . . : Good Catalyst . . : Board. regular reports andanalysis to ABC to program areas andotherkey staff; available viaintranet anddistributed Daily andweekly monitoring; reports Performance 2005–06 Best Web Animation: Animation Festival 2005 Australian Effects and Morning MrSarra”. The FloatingBrothel Gold Camera, History/Biography: and VideoFestival US InternationalFilm Klaus Toft, Environment andNatural Science: USA CINEGoldenEagle Award Be Heroes Comedian: ChrisLilley, Best Performance byaMale Best ArtsProgram: Rose d’OrAwards Shea, Best TVDocumentary: Caitlin Landline Best TVStory: PipCourtney, of Education MediaAwards Australian CouncilofDeans Correspondent Distinction: LouieEroglu, Corners Gold Tripod: Andrew Taylor, Current Affairs— in Eden Gold Tripod: Klaus Toft, Dramatised Documentaries— Society (ACS) Awards (National) Australian Cinematographers Classic FM:“Voices”. Individual: Vincent Plush,ABC Outstanding Contributionbyan APRA Classical MusicAwards National Awards Australian Story . : “After theTsunami”. : “Charleville Swag”. . Killers inEden : “Iraq-Mehdi Army”. Girl inaMirror continued . Dust Echoes : “Good We Can Killers Foreign . Four . . 209

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 210 Shane Bourne, Best LeadActor inTelevision: The GlassHouse Best LightEntertainment Series: (AFI) Awards Australian FilmInstitute 4 MinuteWonders Me TheConqueror) from the (video for thesong“LoFi”by Best MusicVideo: Appendix 22—ABCAwards 2005–06 in Television: Anita Hegh, Best Guest orSupportingActress Blue WaterHigh Young Actor Award: SophieLuck, “Second Chance”. Political Issues: Best TVDocumentary Socialand Form: Best TVDocumentary Short (ATOM) Awards Australian Teachers ofMedia National): “SickSpermSyndrome”. Background Briefing Journalism: IanTownsend, Health andMedical Research Awards for Science Australian MuseumEureka Corners BroadbandEdition Best News/Reference: Best Learning: Best Game: Four CornersBroadbandEdition Content/Content Integration: Best Cross-Platform Best Children’s: Best ofBest: (AIMIA) Awards Multimedia Industry Association Australian Interactive James Bradley: Best EditinginaNonFeature Film: Land Mines:aLoveStory Best Documentary: DenisO’Rourke Rosie . Dot andDiamonds Dog andCatNews Us Mob MDA Dog andCatNews Crossing theLine Mr Patterns . . Pest Control initiative. . (Radio Four . . MDA . . : . . . . . abc.net.au/children. Lifestyle—Children’s sites: abc.net.au/arts. Entertainment—Performing Arts: Entertainment—Art: abc.net.au/arts. the Public Awards for Popularity with Hitwise OnlinePerformance The GlassHouse Best Comedy(nonformat): (AWGIES) Australian Writers GuildAwards River Woman Best Experimental Film: 4 MinuteWonders Me TheConqueror) from the (video for thesong“LoFi”by Best MusicVideo: Best Documentary: of Australia Awards 2005 FilmCriticsCircle Girl inaMirror SBS LanguageServices Prize: Best Documentary: Girl inaMirror The RoubenMamoulianAward: Dendy Awards Roberts, Broadcaster oftheYear: Rhoda community awards) sport, entertainmentand and Torres Strait Islandermusic, The Deadlys (NationalAboriginal Has HarbourViews Best Telemovie Screenplay: Cooke: Best Interactive Media:Marissa for anArmedRobber Vanessa Bates, Best RadioAdaptation: Broadcast): Best Documentary (Public Fat CowMotelOnline Awaye! Killers inEden . . . Checklist (Radio National). . Pest Control initiative. Girl inaMirror Girl inaMirror . . . Hell . continued . . work over theyear. Brisbane) aselection oftheir Conversation Hour Steve Austin andAmyCass, and Interviews: Kelly Riordan, Regional News,Current Affairs National Radio—Cityand Award (National) Older People SpeakOutMedia abc.net.au/news. Best NewsService: Net GuideAwards 2006 Steve Cannane, Excellence inMediaReporting: Media Awards National DrugandAlcohol Adelaide 36ers Basketball team. Walsh, RadioSport:packageon Best RadioNewsPackage: Peter National Basketball League Logies HallofFame. Play School Chris Lilley. Outstanding NewTalent: Graham KennedyAward for Program: Most Outstanding Children’s Lilley, Most Outstanding Comedy:Chris Story Report: Helen Grasswill, Most Outstanding PublicAffairs “Last ManStanding”. Coverage: TimPalmer, Most Outstanding News 2006 LogieAwards “Locked inwithFriends”. Stories Radio: CathDwyer, Lateline Lisa MillarandTony Jones, Iggulden, HamishFitzsimmons, Television: Margot O'Neill,Tom 2005 HumanRightsAwards Opportunity Commission (HREOC) Human RightsandEqual for theyear ended30June2006 : “TheGatheringStorm”. We CanBeHeroes (Radio National): : “VivianSolon”. Blue WaterHigh was inducted into the Hack Appendices (612 ABC Street ( triple j TV News Australian . . ). : Affairs: “Sri Lanka’s Tsunami”. Thompson, ABC Radio Current Best UseoftheMedium:Geoff News: “SuicideBomb”. Affairs Camera: LouieEroglu, TV Television Newsand Current “The GatheringStorm”. Grasswill, (more than20minutes): Helen Feature, Documentary orSpecial Television Current Affairs, Club”. Suzanne Smith, Reporting (less than20minutes): Television Current Affairs Palmer, Aceh tsunamicoverage. Television NewsReporting:Tim Prosecutors”. , Radio Current Affairs Reporting: Embassy Bomb”. Palmer, ABCRadio:“Jakarta Radio NewsReporting:Tim in Journalism Walkley Awards for Excellence Trevor Bormann, Best Television: ZoeDanieland and “Native Title” ( Cohen, Media (Broadcasting): Janine LiFe Award The SuicidePrevention Australia guidelines. cervical cytology andtheNHMRC Medical Reporter: piece on Electronic Media:SophieScott, Australasia MediaAwards Royal College ofPathologists of Sophie Scott. Health Research intheMedia: Day Awards Research Australia “ThankYou” Appendix 22—ABCAwards 2005–06 for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Weber: “DesertClaim”( Reconciliation Award: David Australia MediaPeace Awards United NationsAssociation of the BlackDog”. Four Corners Australian Story AM : “Guantanamo Lateline Inside Zimbabwe PM , “Beating ). AM : “Kids : ) . commentary on 2005–06season. Walsh, RadioSport:reports and Best RadioCoverage: Peter Basketball League Women’s National (ABC Books). Connolly, Best non-fictionbook:Bob tsunami coverage. Gold Walkley: TimPalmer, Aceh Fleming, Journalistic Leadership: Deborah and Pat O’Shane. Rodney Adler, DouglasWood profiling three lives inturmoil: Radio): seriesofinterviews Attard, Broadcast Interviewing: Monica Doctor Death”. (Radio National):“Bundaberg’s Barclay, or Broadcast Special:Paul Radio Feature, Documentary Lateline Tom IgguldenandLisaMillar, O’Neill, HamishFitzsimmons, Investigative Journalism:Margot “The Kilwa Incident”. Jo Puccini, Neighbour, LinBuckfieldand International Journalism:Sally Caroline”. Australian Story Silver: Laurence McManusACS, TV Magazine— “Syria Aramaic”. ACS, Highly Commended:Louie Eroglu “Baghdad Aussie Troop”. Foreign Correspondent Silver: LouieEroglu ACS, News Magazine— Society Awards (NSWandACT) Australian Cinematographers New SouthWales Territory Awards State and Foreign Correspondent Sunday Profile : “VivianSolon”. Background Briefing Australian Story Making BlackHarvest Four Corners : “Colours of (Local : : . : continued “Welcome Valley”. ABC MidNorthCoast: Feature orSpecial:KimHonan, Radio Current Affairs Report, “Super Fraud”. Wakatama, 1233ABCNewcastle: Radio NewsReport:Giselle “The Stench”. Penny Anderson, Television Current Affairs Report: Awards (TheProdis) Northern NSWJournalism Best ScriptWriting:ChrisLilley. NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in regional NSW. stories onmental healthissues Sally Davison,ABCDubbo: Country media—RadioBroadcast: Sean Murphy, Country media—TVBroadcast: MacKellar Awards NSW Farmers Association Turns 100”. Report and Anita Barraud, Electronic Media:DamienCarrick Association MediaAwards 2006 New SouthWales Bar (NSW). , Clear SpeechAward Better HearingAustralia 2006 McAllister, Highly Commended:Wayne “China—One Child”. “China—Beijing Heritage” and Highly Commended:DavidMartin, Corners Silver: Andrew Taylor ACS, Correspondent Silver: LouieEroglu ACS, “City Limits”. Silver: NealMaude, Correspondent Gold: LouieEroglu ACS, Corners Gold: Andrew Taylor ACS, Current Affairs— : “NSWChildren’s Court : “Battleground State”. : “After theTsunami”. 7.30 Report Landline : “Bedouins”. : “MehdiArmy”. 7pm News Stateline Four Corners The Law : “Tsunami”. . Foreign Foreign Four : Four : 211

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 212 “Buddha’s Birthday”. Media): JeffWaters, TVNews: Multicultural MediaAward (All Australian Story Kristine Taylor andRogerCarter, Young People’s Issues (AllMedia): Best Coverage ofChildren’s or 2005 QueenslandMediaAwards interview withFrank Moffatt. Hour Austin andAmyCass, or Interview: Kelly Riordan, Steve Best RadioNews, Current Affairs (Queensland) Older People SpeakOut Nature’s Powerhouse. anniversary event atCooktown’s ABC Radio Community Event oftheYear: Cook Shire Australia DayAwards 612 ABCBrisbane Talking Heads Angel FlightStar Awards for Media Queensland Best Pictorial: RobHill. of three petrol sniffers. Everingham: stories ondeaths Best RegionalCoverage: Sarah and Tennant Creek. programs from Alice Springs Best Feature: Darwin magistrate. stories ontheresignation ofa Best TVNews:AmandaMorgan: court case. Barker: coverage of major Best RadioCoverage: Anne in Ngukkur. Barker: story onpetrol sniffing Best RadioNewsStory: Anne Northern Territory MediaAwards Northern Territory “Welcome Valley”. Honan, ABCMidNorthCoast: Best RadioJournalist: Kim Appendix 22—ABCAwards 2005–06 (612 ABCBrisbane): Country Hour Stateline (ABC Television) : “Only inAmerica”. Conversation : 60th Paul Hockey’s MountEverest climb. ABC Far NorthCairns:coverage of Best NewsStory: JosephMadden, Media Awards Telstra NorthQueensland Johnston, ABCNewsOnline. to Journalism(AllMedia):Bob Most Outstanding Contribution “Care Abuse”. Media): JeffWaters, Best Current Affairs (Electronic Mr Sarra”. Australian Story (Electronic Media):CaitlinShea, Best Documentary orFeature Comeback Kid”. Australian Story Taylor andAngelaTrabucco, Media): Claire Forster, Kristine Best SportReport(Electronic “Bundaberg’s DrDeath”. Barclay, RadioNational: Public Interest Program: Paul Best RadioCurrent Affairs or Online team: “LondonBombings”. O’Sullivan andtheABCNews Best Online-Wire Report:David Townsville: “Palm Riot”. Suburban): Paula Tapiolas, ABC Best RadioReport(Regionaland Sperm Syndrome”. Townsend, RadioNational:“Sick Technology (AllMedia):Ian Best Coverage ofResearch and Landline (All Media):JoanneShoebridge, Excellence inRural Journalism Producer. Kerr, ABCSouth East Online Online Producer oftheYear: Jack Australian MediaAwards Arts Alliance (MEAA)South Media, Entertainmentand Thompson-Mills, 891ABCAdelaide. Best Cycling MediaStory: John 2005 Cycling Awards (SA) South Australia : “TheBlameGame”. : “GoodMorning : “The Stateline : continued preventing suicideinTasmania. organisations inpromoting life and contribution ofindividualsand Tim Cox, inrecognition ofthe Responsible MediaAward 2005: Life Award Health andAgeingTasmanian Commonwealth Departmentof killed herself. piece onanAirForce cadet who sport viathemedia. promotion ofSouthAustralian and RogerWills, Service to SportAward: Peter Walsh South Australian SportsInstitute Haxton, RadioCurrent Affairs. Best RadioBroadcaster: Nance Eleftheriou, Best TVBroadcaster: Krista Numbers intheCoorong”. Henschke: “DecliningBird Angelique JohnsonandIan Best TVCurrent Affairs Report: “The Eyre Peninsula Bushfires”. Regional Affairs: TimJeanes: Best Coverage ofRural and Peninsula Bushfires”. Report: TimJeanes:“TheEyre Best RadioCurrent Affairs Parker: story onCorneliaRau. Royal, DanielaRitorto andLachlan Best RadioNewsReport:Simon South Australian MediaAwards Jocelyn Nettlefold, Legal Affairs andCourtReporting: a jockey’s dispute. Airlie Ward, Excellence inSportsReporting: Ward, Cultural Diversity Reporting:Airlie stories onapulpmill. Best NewsReport:AnnieGuest: Tasmanian MediaAwards Tasmania for theyear ended30June2006 Stateline Stateline Behind theNews : “Allen Mansell”. Appendices Grandstand 7.30 Report : piece on : . : Carnival for ABCOnline. Melbourne SpringRacing Whateley, ABCRadioSport: Best Internet Coverage: Gerard Racing Awards Victorian RacingCouncilMedia Revealing Gallipoli Prize for Screen Writing: Literary Awards Victorian Premier’s Report: NickMcKenzie. Best RadioCurrent Affairs (Victoria). Josephine Cafagna, Best TVCurrent Affairs Report: Landline Medium: JoanneShoebridge, Best Rural Affairs ReportinAny Medium: TimPalmer, TVNews. Best DeadlineReportinAny ABC AsiaPacific News. Current Affairs: DavidAnderson, Best TVCamerawork inNewsand Quill Awards Melbourne Press Club Victoria Appendix 22—ABCAwards 2005–06 for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Silver: RobHill: Magazine— the RubbishFrogs Silver: RobHill: Wildlife andNature Documentary— Society Awards (WA, SAandNT) Australian Cinematographers Western Australia Becomes Politics Live BeforeWicket:WhenSport National andLocal Radio: Student: RobertScott, Radio (AJA) MediaAwards (WA) Australian Journalists Association / High commendation: RobHill: Single camera newsgathering— . Blacksmith Goannas and . . . Stateline . LBW . Frankie’s Story Best Drama Production: Screen Awards 19th Western Australian McClymont (ABCMusic). Best NewTalent: Samantha Sara Storer (ABCMusic). Female Vocalist oftheYear: Australia (CMAA)Awards Country MusicAwards of Harvey (ABCMusic). Award for Excellence: Adam Coalition Awards Contemporary Country Music Inductee: Renee Geyer (ABCMusic). ARIA HallofFame (ABC Classics). Anne Russell, Award: Sara Macliver andSally ABC Classic FMListeners’ Choice Sanctuary Brandenburg Orchestra, Best Classical Album:The (ABC for KidsMusic). Wiggles, Best Children’s Album: The ARIA Awards Enterprises Awards Woolf, Damian RabbitandRussell Best Overall Promotion ofCricket: Australian matches inPerth. Mitchell: commentary on West Best RadioCommentator: Glenn Cricket Association West Australian contribution to WA media. Liam Bartlett: outstanding Daily NewsCentenary PrizeAward: Australian MediaAwards Arts Alliance (MEAA)Western Media, Entertainmentand Drive Live HotPotatoes (ABC Classics). (720 ABCPerth). Baroque Duets . continued Year: AdamHarvey, Songwriter’s Compositionofthe Nickolai: Instrumental oftheYear: Jake Beccy Cole (ABCMusic). Female Vocalist oftheYear: Harvey (ABCMusic). Male Vocalist oftheYear: Adam Victorian CountryMusicAwards (ABC Books). at theFrontiersofScience Finkel, Best Science Writer: Elizabeth Literary Awards Queensland Premier’s Tom’s Holiday Award for Early Readers: Bilby (BooksILove Best Yearly) Choice Awards Queensland Children’s Front 1916–1918 Lindsay Somerville: or Paperback atAnyPrice: Black andWhite BookHardback in Production andManufacture Galley ClubAwards for Excellence Children’s Books. Kristina Schulz,ABC Frankfurt BookFair Fellowship delicious Best Epicurean Magazine: Folio Awards (New York) Cole (ABCMusic). Entertainer oftheYear: Beccy Year: ABCMusicPublishing. Music PublishingCompanyofthe CMAA Achiever Awards Stem Cells:Controversy . Sidewinder (ABC Books). (ABC Books). Missing Heroes. The Western (ABC Music). Old 213

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 214 organ anditsmusic. through thepromotion ofthe artists andto thecommunity performances byAustralian of live broadcast and recorded services to theartsasaproducer Lane, ABCmusicproducer, for Order ofAustralia Medal:Ralph Australia DayHonours 2006 2004–05 Gold Award: Australasian ReportingAwards Other Awards Appendix 22—ABCAwards 2005–06 . ABC AnnualReport public broadcasting. and artsorganisations andto with arange ofcultural, academic to creative endeavours serving contributions to nationallife and Donald McDonald,for significant Australia: ABCChairman Companion oftheOrder of Queen’s BirthdayHonours employees): TheABC. (organisations withover 100 Indigenous Australians Employment andInclusionsof National Diversity @ Work Awards continued Perth Accommodation Project. with JonesCoulter Young: ABC Category: HASSELL jointventure Architecture Award, Commercial Chapter 2006Architecture Awards Architects Western Australian Royal Australian Institute of for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices yn 37 52 55 8 Wyong 28 7† Wollongong 12 54 Wagga Wagga Upper Namoi Upper Hunter Ulladulla Tamworth 52 Sydney 46 SW Slopes/E Riverina 30* 29 Stanwell Park 66 37 Richmond/Tweed 56 Port Stephens Portland/Wallerawang56 Nowra North 29 Newcastle 56† 11 Narooma Murwillumbah 37 Irrigation Area 7 Murrumbidgee Mudgee 31 30 56 Merewether 37 60† Manly/Mosman 56† Lithgow East 30 Lithgow 51 Laurieton Kotara 56 Kings Cross 37 Kandos 36 Illawarra 59 41† 58 Grafton/Kempsey 55 Goulburn Gosford 12 Gloucester Dungog 61 Dubbo Cooma Coffs Harbour 10 37 Slopes 7 Central Western 36 Central 9A Tablelands 52 Broken Hill / 32 Bouddi Bathurst 31† Moruya / Armidale Albury North 9A 59 New SouthWales 59 Weston Creek/Woden Tuggeranong Canberra Territory Australian Capital Digital Television Appendix 23—Television Transmission Frequencies for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices ea 56† 56† 55 54† Toowoomba 62 Texas Tara Sunshine Coast 45 56† Stuart 61† Southern Downs 11 57† Shute Harbour 42† Rockhampton East 52† Rockhampton 62 Redlynch 7 Ravenshoe 62 57† 40† Proserpine Noosa/Tewantin Nambour 63† Mount Isa 56† 56† Mossman 42† 10 Monto Mission Beach Miriam Vale 56† 67† Miles 62 Mareeba Mackay 62 Hervey Bay 42 Herberton 56† Gympie Town 62* Gympie Gordonvale 62 Goondiwindi 9 Hinterland 47 Gold Coast Southern 56† 33 Gold Coast Gladstone West Gladstone East 62 37 Emerald 56† 31 Eidsvold Darling Downs Currumbin 8 54 42 Collinsville 42 Charters Towers 12 Capella Cairns North 42 55† 56 Cairns East 47 62† Cairns Brisbane Boyne Island Blackwater 50† Binda Bell 8 30 Ayr Airlie Beach Queensland 8 Katherine Darwin Alice Springs Northern Territory om/oao29† Cooma/Monaro itrHro 56 39 Victor Harbor 38 64 Spencer GulfNorth 39 12 South East Renmark/Loxton 64 Elizeth South Adelaide Foothills Adelaide South Australia eb 47 60† 60 59 37 Selby 66 Safety Beach 51 Rosebud 53† Portland Orbost Nowa 58 Nhill 12 60 Myrtleford 58 11 Murray Valley 56† Mildura/Sunraysia Melbourne Marysville 42 55 Mallacoota 54† 61 Lorne 30† 56 Lakes Entrance 37 Horsham Halls Gap 52 42 Goulburn Valley 47 59 Genoa Foster 49 Ferntree Gully 54 Coleraine Colac 12† 38 Cobden 48 Churchill 41 Casterton Cann River 56 Bruthen 54 Bendigo Ballarat 45 Apollo Bay Victoria 41 8 65 Taroona NE Tasmania Launceston 56 Hobart NESuburbs Hobart Tasmania epo 57† 9A 56† 56† 42† Yeppoon Wide Bay 31 Warwick Wangetti 54 Tully Townsville North Townsville ai 38 56 56 Wagin 9A 12 Toodyay 8 11 Southern Agricultural 58 Roleystone 58 Roebourne 53 Port Hedland 9A Perth 41 Narrogin Manjimup 9A Karratha 6 Kalgoorlie 36 9 8 Esperance 45 Central Agricultural Carnarvon Bunbury Broome Albany Western Australia odi67 62* 55 49* 37* 58* Bouddi Booral 68* Bonny Hills 8 6 Bonalbo 9 Bolivia Berry Bega/Cooma 39 Batlow 5A Bathurst Moruya 33 Batemans Bay/ 56 5A Balranald Ashford 67* 56 Armidale North Armidale Araluen Albury North 56 Adelong 49* 60 New SouthWales 9 55 Weston Creek/Woden Tuggeranong Fraser Conder Canberra Territory Australian Capital Analog Television iw 41† 47 6 60 50 Kiewa Western Victoria Warrnambool 9A 60 Warburton Upwey Upper Murray South Yarra 215

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 216 ue 58* 60 6 10 2 Junee 56 66 Jindabyne 62* Jerilderie 48* Ivanhoe Inverell 58* Illawarra Hillston 55 Hay 46 Hartley 2 8 Gunning 67* Grafton/Kempsey 42 Goulburn Gosford Goodooga 50 47* Gloucester 48* Grawin 55* Glengarry and 69* Glen Innes 1 Glen Davis 55 Forster Eugowra 40* 57* Enngonia 60 57 Emmaville 59* Elizabeth Beach Eden 57 Eastgrove Dungog 62* Dubbo 63 58* 45 Drake Deepwater Darbys Falls 59* 56 56 Crookwell 0 Cootamundra 65 Cooma Town 2 30 Cooma Town 11 Coolah 60 Condobolin Collarenebri Coffs Harbour 42 Cobar Slopes 52* 1 55* Central Western 58* Central Tablelands Cassilis 55* 2 Captains Flat Capertee 57 7 Byron Bay Burra Creek Broken Hill 33 Braidwood Bowral/Mittagong Bourke continued Analog Television Appendix 23—Television Transmission Frequencies abno67* 2 63* Talbingo Sydney 0 33 55* SW Slopes/E Riverina 5A Stroud Stanwell Park 6 57 Smiths Lake Richmond/Tweed 55* Quirindi 46* 55* Wallerawang Portland/ 57 Portland Town 3 Peak Hill 56* Patonga 55* 66* 56* Orange (Rosewood) Ocean Shores Oberon 32 48 Nyngan Nymagee 5A 0 Nundle Nowra North 6 Newcastle 60 Newcastle Narooma 7 10 Murwillumbah Irrigation Area 55 Murrumbidgee 54* Mungindi 33* 8 Mullumbimby Creek 39* Mudgee Town 28* Mudgee 9 50 Mount Kembla 55* Mount George 67* Merriwa Merewether 6 Menindee Megalong 42 Mannus 8* 58* Manning River Manly/Mosman 9* Maclean/Ashby 49* Island South Lord Howe 32 55 Island North Lord Howe Long Flat 56* 57 44 Lithgow East 58 10 Lithgow Lismore East Lightning Ridge 46 Laurieton 60 60 Kyogle Kotara Kings Cross 58* Khancoban Kangaroo Valley Kandos awn46* 6 55 10 69* Darwin North 45* Darwin Darwin 68* Daly River 68* Daguragu 63* Cooinda 6 Cattle Creek Canteen Creek 59* Bulman Brunette Downs 60* 69* 69* Borroloola 69* 11 Bickerton Island 60* Bathurst Island 66* Bathurst Island 58* Batchelor 57* Barunga 67* Arlparra Areyonga Angurugu 7 Ampilatwatja 57* 69* Alyuen Alice SpringsNorth 11 Alice Springs Ali Curung Adelaide River Northern Territory on 11 42 62* 46* Young 8 30 Wyong Wyangala 69* Woronora 52* Wollongong 69* Wilcannia 69 6 White Cliffs 56* 31 Weilmoringle Warialda Walwa/Jingellic 56 56* 58* Walgett Walcha Wagga Wagga 7 Vacy 33 8 Urbenville 57 Uralla Upper Namoi 31 Upper Hunter 69* Ulladulla 66* 55* Tweed Heads Tumut 10 34 Tumbarumba Tullibigeal 69 Tullamore Tottenham 49* 55 Thredbo 2 Tenterfield Telegraph point Tamworth City Tamworth for theyear ended30June2006 aee69* 68* 54* 56* 56* Wadeye 47* 66* Urapunga Umbakumba 67* Uluru Titjikala 69* Tipperary Tindal 9 Timber Creek 65* Ti Tree 68* Tennant Creek Kakadu Resort 56* 68* South Alligator— Santa Teresa 10 56* 57* Robinson River Pularumpi 69* Port Bremmer 69* Pine Creek 11 Peppimenarti Nyirripi 69* 57* Numbulwar 8 69* Nhulunbuy 67* Newcastle Waters Mount Liebig Minjilang Milikapiti 47* 59* Mereenie 69* 8 McArthur River Mine McArthur River 65* Forestry HQ 63* 56* Maxwell Creek 69* Mataranka 57* Mary River 58* Maningrida Laramba Kulgera 7 Knocker Bay 57* Kintore 62* 8 69* 69* Kings Canyon Resort 63* Katherine Gorge Katherine Kalkaringi Jim Jabiru 69* 68* 69* Imanpa 57* Hodgson Downs Helen Springs 69* 7 54* 8 Harts Range Haasts Bluff 58* 57* Groote Eylandt Gapuwiyak Galiwinku Finke 65* 63* Engawala 51* Elliott East Alligator Douglas Daly Docker River Appendices continued lrot10 69* 69* 9 Clermont 69* 32 Clairview 44 Chillagoe Charters Towers 60* Charleville Cardwell 8 69* Capella 9 56 Cape Flattery Mine 41 55* Canungra Camooweal Cairns North 69* Cairns East 2 Cairns 69* 5A Byfield 8 57 Burketown Burdekin 57 Falls Brisbane Boyne Island 9 8 Bowen 69* 56 Boulia 8 Boonah Bogantungan 7 Blackwater Blackall 10 55* Birdsville 69* 56* Bell 33 Bedourie Barcaldine 54 69* Bancroft 62* 63 Bamaga Ballera Ballard Babinda 11 Ayton 11 59* 68 8 Ayton Ayr Augathella 64* Atherton IBL Aramac Anakie 49 58* Alpha 69* 53* Almaden Alligator Creek 67* Airlie Beach Agnes Water Adavale 55* 56* Queensland 60* 69* Yulara 57* Yuendumu Yuelamu 69* 57* Yirrkala 69* Yarralin Wudykapildiya Wilora Willowra Warruwi Appendix 23—Television Transmission Frequencies for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices udh69* 7 10 7 8 Jundah 55* Julia Creek 69* Jericho Jackson OilField 69* 9 Isisford Injune 69* Injinoo 56* Hungerford 55 60 Hughenden 45 Horseshoe Bay Hope Vale 57 69* Hervey Bay Herberton 69* 8 Gympie Town Gympie 55 Gununa 6 Gunpowder 49 47* Greenvale Gordonvale Goondiwindi 55 Gold Coast 7 56* 32 Glenden Gladstone West 69* Gladstone East 55 Georgetown 58* 54* Forsayth Flying FishPoint 66* Jubilee Pocket 11 Flame Tree and Eulo 66* 66* Esk 2 57 Eromanga Emerald Eloise Mine 69* Einsleigh 7 Eidsvold 46 57* Dysart 69* Doomadgee Dirranbandi 32 Dingo Beach Dimbulah 33 8 59* Darling Downs 10 Dajarra 68* Daintree Village 58* Currumbin 48* Cunnamulla 10 Croydon Crows Nest 55* 67 Cracow 8 Cow Bay 57* Corfield 55 Coppabella 7 Cooktown Conondale Collinsville Coen Cloncurry ihod6 60 41 8 40* Richmond Redlynch 56 Ravenshoe 55 Rathdowney 8 69* Quilpie 59* Proserpine Port Douglas 8 Pormpuraaw 63* Pentland Paluma 55 30* 64* Osborne Mines 32 Normanton Noosa/Tewantin 63* 58 New Mapoon 8 Nelly Bay 57 Nebo 54 Napranum 65* Nambour Muttaburra Murgon 55* Mungallala 6 56* 7 Moura Mount Surprise 2 Mount Morgan 55* Mount Molloy 7 41 Mount Isa Mount Garnet 59* Mount Alford 33 5A Mossman South 55 Mossman 56 40* Morven 6 Moranbah Town Moranbah 9 Moore Moonford 2 Monto Mitchell 8 Mission 56* Beach 59 55 Miriam Vale/Bororen 54 Miles 69* 8 Middlemount Meandarra 6 Maroon 8 Mareeba Mapoon 69* Mackay 45* Longreach 53* 69 Lockhart River Little Mulgrave Laura 59* 57* 69* 56* Lakeland Roadhouse Lakeland 6 Kubin Kowanyama Kooralbyn Kelso Karumba oa 69* 56 69* 30* 69* Yowah Yeppoon 69* 8 69* Yarrabah Yaraka 69* Wyandra 59* 7 Wujal 6 Wirralie Winton 55 Windorah 51 Willows 5A Wide Bay 55 46* Warwick 54* Wangetti Wandoan 45 Wallumbilla 3 Tully Heads Tully 55 56 68* Trinity Beach 59* Townsville North 55* Townsville Toowoomba 58 Toogoolawah 8 Tin CanBay 58* 69* Tieri 11 69* Thursday Island 57 Theodore 11 Thargomindah 6 Thangool 11 Thallon Texas 59 Tara 55* 40 Tambo Surat 69* Sunshine Coast 68* Sue Island 8 68* Stuart 8 Stonehenge 55* Stanage Bay St Lawrence St George 1 Springsure 60* Speewah 50* 55* Southern Downs 2 56 Somerset Dam Smithfield Heights Shute Harbour 62* 57* 7 Scherger 57* 46* Sarina Sapphire/Rubyvale Saibai Island Rossville 9 Rosedale 55 Roma Rockhampton East Rockhampton continued 217

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 218 iii54* 8 69* Mimili 59* 56* 66* Melrose/Wilmington 66* Marree 69* Marla 56* Marion Bay 60* Maralinga Mannum 57 Manguri Lyndoch 9 69* Lyndhurst 42 Leigh Creek South 53* 56 Lameroo 53* 54* Kingston SE/Robe Kingscote 54* Kenmore Park 48 Keith Kanpi 63 Kalka 56* Indulkana 54* Hawker 56* 69* Hallett Cove 66* Gumeracha 54* 69* Golden Grove Glendambo Fregon 6 Eudunda 69* 63 Ernabella 54* Elliston Elizabeth South 8 45 Cudlee Creek 68* Cowell Cook Coober Pedy Coffin Bay 55* 56 9 Chandler 59 46* Ceduna/Smoky Bay Carrickalinga 2 68* 60* Caralue Bluff 69* Cape Jervis Burra Bordertown 69* Bookabie 55* 58* Baxter 54* Barton 8 Balfours Well 2 Arkaroola Angaston Andamooka 46 68* Amata Adelaide Foothills Adelaide South Australia Yuleba continued Analog Television Appendix 23—Television Transmission Frequencies oe 56 57 57 44 56* 45 East Devonport 58 Eaglehawk Neck Dover South Dover 55* Derby 10 33 Cygnet 45 Burnie Blackstone Binalong Bay 55 46 Bicheno Barrington Valley Avoca Acton Road Tasmania ut 69* 66* 56* 30 7 8 Yunta Yankalilla 68* Yalata Wudinna 69* 53* Woomera 54* Wirrulla William Creek 50* 56 Watson Watinuma 54* Watarru 55 Wallatinna 32 Waikerie 69* 66* Victor Harbor Umuwa 66* Tumby Bay 10 Truro Grove 1 Tarcoola Swan Reach 1 69* Streaky 56 Bay Spencer GulfNorth 47 3 South East Roxby Downs Renmark/Loxton 60 Station 51* 56 Rawnsley Park 56* 69* Quorn Port Lincoln Pipalyatjara 69* 69* Pinnaroo Peterhead 60* 67* Penong 54* Parachilna Orroroo 57* Oodnadatta 69* Oak Valley 57 39* Nyapari 69* Normanville 64* Nepabunna Naracoorte Myponga Mintabie iesIlt56* 59 Aireys Inlet Anglesea and 31 Alexandra Environs Alexandra Victoria yyr 33 56* 46* 56 57 58* Wynyard Wilmot Weldborough 55* Wayatinah 59 Waratah 46 Valley 57 Upper Derwent Ulverstone 57 43 Tullah 56 Taroona 31 Swansea Strathgordon 32 Strahan St Marys 56 St Helens 60* 4 33 South Springfield Smithton 55 Sisters Beach Savage River Rosebery 64 Ringarooma 33 31 56 56* Queenstown/Zeehan 47* 55 Pyengana Valley Port Sorell Port Arthur 56 Penguin Paloona Orford 32 56* New Norfolk 57* 56 59 Neika/Leslie Vale 61* NE Tasmania 55 Montumana IBL Mole Creek 56* Meander 57 8 Maydena Mangana Ravensdale 56 Little Swanport/ 11 2 Lilydale Lileah 46 Launceston King Island 57 57 57* Hobart NESuburbs Hobart 40 Hillwood 43* 57 Gunns Plains Country Goshen/Goulds Gladstone Geeveston Forth for theyear ended30June2006 uryil 63* 56* 2 53* Murrayville 2 Murray Valley 46 Monbulk 6 50 Mitta Mitta 57 Mildura/Sunraysia 57 Melbourne Marysville 57 Mansfield 40 Mallacoota 32 Lorne 54* Latrobe Valley 58* Lakes Entrance 57* Kiewa 45 Yinnar South Jeeralang/ Jamieson 57* Howqua 57* 56 55 Horsham Hopetoun-Beulah 56* 31 Healesville 40 Harrietville Halls Gap 57 Goulburn Valley Gisborne Genoa 56* 56* 56* (Newtown) Freeburgh/Smoko 55* Foster 56* 56 Hazeldene 33 Flowerdale and 57 Ferntree Gully 57* Falls Creek 54* Ensay 9 Eildon town 2 5A Eildon Dartmouth 68* 8 Dargo Corryong 55 Coleraine 55 Colac 33* Cohuna 11 Cobden 65* Churchill 53 32 Casterton Cann River 56* Buxton Buchan 1 58 Bruthen 61* Bright Boolarra 42 58* Bonnie Doon Blackwood 57 Bendigo 55 Bemm River Ballarat Bairnsdale Apollo Bay Appendices continued e 33 67* 52* Yendon/Lal Lal Yea 5A 39 2 Wye River 61 29* Western Victoria Warrnambool City 1 63* Warrnambool Warburton 67* Upwey Upper Murray 32 Underbool 59 Tidal River 57 55 61 53* Tawonga South Tallangatta Valley Swifts Creek 56* 61 South Yarra 60 Seymour 2 Selby 32 Safety Beach 54* Rosebud 9 Portland Port Campbell 55 53* Orbost 2 Omeo Old Tallangatta Nowa Nhill Myrtleford Appendix 23—Television Transmission Frequencies for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Ws sad 9* 46 (West Island) 65* Cocos Islands 11* 7 Coalmine Beach 68* Christmas Island 5 Cervantes 5A 69* Central Agricultural 8 Carnarvon 66* Camballin Burringurrah Bunbury 69* 56 Bruce Rock 65* Broome 69* Broads Dams 67* Bridgetown 68* Bremer BaySouth 57* 69* Bremer Bay 68* 45 Borden Boddington Blackstone Bencubbin 56 69 64* 68* Beacon Bayulu 7 Bamboo Creek 63* Badgingarra Augusta Argyle Albany West Albany Western Australia aetn10 53* 69* Laverton 68* 33 57* Lancelin Lake King 9 Lake Gregory 31* 68 Lake Grace 67* 52* La Grange Kununurra East Kununurra 69* Kununoppin 69 11 Kulin Koorda 7 41* Koolyanobbing Kondinin 54 Kojonup 42* Kellerberrin 57* 68* Katanning 55 Karratha South 6 9 Karratha 55 Karilywara Karalundi Kambalda Kalgoorlie Kalbarri 69* 29* 68* 57* Jurien Jundee GoldMine 65 Jerramungup (Mantamaru) 8 Jameson 61* 68* Hyden Hopetoun 6 Halls Creek 69* Gracetown 68* 69* Goodwyn Gnowangerup 66* Geraldton 8 69* Gascoyne Junction Gairdner 58 Forrest 10 46 Fitzroy Crossing 61* 8 Exmouth 56* Eucla Esperance 67* 8 Eneabba Dongara 29 Djarindjin 69* 10 Derby 46 Denmark Denham Dampier 68* Dalwallinu 57* Curtin 57* Cue 63* Cosmo Newberry Coral Bay Coonana 6 Coolgardie Condingup/Howick igu 67* 7 2 49* Port Hedland 31 Pingrup 67* 69* Perth East Perth 6 Pemberton 60* 11 Peaceful Bay Parnngurr Paraburdoo Pannawonica 8 67* Gold Mine 59* 69* Palm Springs 67* Pallottine Mission Oriental Well Ora Banda 69* Onslow Ongerup 66* 51* One ArmPoint 51* 66* Oldfield—Karranga 50* Bedford Harbour Oldfield— 56* Nyabing 56 8 Nungarin Nullagine Northcliffe 67* 7 Northampton 61* 7 Northam North Rankin 66* 57 North Rankin Norseman 32 64 Newman Newdegate Narrogin 63* 65* 67* Narembeen 9 Nannup 69* Murrin Murchison 31* 8 Muradup 60 8 Munglinup Mullewa Mukinbudin 8 58* Mount Magnet 10 Morawa Moora 8 56* Monkey Mia Merredin 55* Menzies 8 Meekatharra 57 57 Maryville 8 57* Marvel Loch Margaret River 10 Marble Bar 5A Manjimup Mandurah 66* Leonora Leinster Leeman Learmonth formerly known as a community facility issued alicence for Media Authorityhas Communications and The Australian Television BRACS Analog atu 69* 69* 65* 60* 10 Zanthus 68* Yulga Jinna 10 Youngaleena 8* Yiyili Yandicoogina Yalgoo 69* Wyndham 6 60* Community 69* Wurreranginy 65* Woodie Woodie 67* Wongan Hills Wiluna 69* Wharton 60* 56* Westonia Wellstead 57* Wave Rock 57* Warralong 57* Warmun 8 57* 69* Warburton Warakurna Wangkatjungka Wanarn Walpole 69* 69* 61* Wagin 68* 40 Waddi BushResort 10 Vlaming Head Useless Loop 60* 57* 57* Trayning Toodyay Tom 67* Price Tjuntjuntjara Tjirrkarli 55* 9 Telfer Tambellup 63* Southern Cross 2 8 Southern Agricultural 57 9 Seabird 69* Sandstone Salmon Gums 66* 56* Roleystone 11 Roebourne 65* Rawlinna Ravensthorpe Quinninup Punmu Prevelly continued 219

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 220 RC 42 477 14 444 1140 440 177 215 0 110 73 18 125 32 0 53 40 66 15 46 4 5 103 59 33 25 298 7 95 122 126 34 55 73 16 199 0 3 59 8 93 0 46 1 4 Total BRACS 3 —SBRS Analog —SBRS Digital Television Transmitter Statistics 66 66 63 63 65 Hermannsburg 69 Galiwinku Finke 63 Daguragu 66 Bulman 66 Beswick Bathurst Island Barunga Ali Curung Northern Territory other sources. programming from of theABCor allows rebroadcasting a transmitter which with suchfacilities have (BRACS). Communities Communities Scheme Remote Aboriginal Broadcasting for continued Television BRACS Analog Appendix 23—Television Transmission Frequencies † Newservices established in2005–06. by thelicensee. indicated undertheSelf-HelpBroadcasting Reception Scheme (SBRS).Transmission facilities are provided * SBRS —The Australian Communications andMediaAuthorityhasissued alicence to rebroadcast theservice C S TQDS A I ATotal WA VIC TAS SA QLD NT NSW ACT 010100002 unuu66 65 66 66 63 Yuendumu Yuelamu 65 Yirrkala 65 Warruwi 66 Wadeye 63 Umbakumba Santa Teresa 66 66 Ramingining 63 66 Pularumpi 66 Pmara Jutunta 65 Peppimenarti 66 Papunya 69 Palumpa 66 Oenpelli 65 Numbulwar 66 Nturiya Ngukurr 66 63 66 Minjilang Milingimbi 51 66 Milikapiti Maningrida Lajamanu Kintore Kalkaringi Imanpa mgc 59 66 64 66 65 Wujal 65 Umagico Sue Island 66 Stephens Island 66 St Pauls 58 Seisia Saibai Island 65 66 Pormpuraaw 66 New Mapoon 63 64 Murray Islands 63 Mabuiag Island 66 Lockhart River 63 Kubin Kowanyama Injinoo 66 Hope Vale 66 66 66 Gununa Darnley Island 66 64 Coconut Island Boigu Island Bamaga Badu Island Aurukun Queensland for theyear ended30June2006 uggr 66 66 65 66 66 Yungngora 66 Wingellina 66 Warmun Tjukurla 66 Oombulgurri 66 66 Looma 65 La Grange 66 Kiwirrkurra 66 Kalumburu Jigalong Djarindjin 63 66 Beagle Bay Balgo 66 66 Western Australia Indulkana Fregon Ernabella Amata South Australia ok sad 66 65 Yorke Islands Yam Island Appendices continued ieia89.9 E Riverina 94.1 94.5 SW Slopes/ 95.1 Richmond/Tweed 95.7 Wallerawang 1233 Portland/ Port Stephens Nyngan 1044 Newcastle 105.7 720 96.9 Muswellbrook Muswellbrook 99.5 Murwillumbah 100.5 Murrurundi 101.9 Irrigation Area 97.3 Murrumbidgee 1395 Mudgee 95.5 Merriwa Menindee 89.7* 684 Manning River 92.1 96.3 Lithgow Lightning Ridge 95.5 Khancoban 106.1 88.1 Kempsey 97.3 Kandos Jindabyne 738 Ivanhoe Illawarra 92.5 Hay 92.3 Grafton/Kempsey 99.3 90.3 Grafton Goulburn (Town) 106.3 100.9 819 Gosford Goodooga 549 Gloucester 675 106.9 Glen Innes 1602 Eden 106.1 Cumnock 107.1 Crookwell Corowa 657 Cooma Cobar 999 91.3 Slopes 810 Central Western 94.1 Byrock 103.5 Broken Hill Bonalbo Bombala 107.9 Bega 101.9 Moruya Batemans Bay/ Ashford 666 Armidale New SouthWales Canberra Territory Australian Capital Local Radio Appendix 24—RadioTransmission Frequencies for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices aai96.1* 106.1 107.3* Tennant Creek 106.1 102.9* 107.7* Tanami Ramingining Pine Creek 104.5* 990 Palumpa 104.5* Nyirripi Numbulwar Nhulunbuy 102.9* 104.9* Ngukurr 106.1 104.5* Newcastle 94.1* Waters 96.3* Mount Liebig Minjilang Milingimbi Milikapiti 106.1 89.1* Oil Field 104.5* Mereenie Gas/ Mataranka 106.1 Maningrida 98.1* 747 Resort 105.9* Kings Canyon Katherine Kalkaringi 105.9* Jim Jabiru 106.1* 105.3* 106.1 105.9 Haasts Bluff Groote Eylandt 105.7 Gapuwiyak 107.7* Galiwinku 106.1 Elliott 102.9* Docker River Darwin Daly River 106.1 Bulman 106.7* Brunette Downs Borroloola 105.7* 91.3 783 Bickerton Island 105.5* Bathurst Island 98.9 Alice Springs Alexandria Adelaide River Northern Territory on 96.3 1584 105.9 107.7* 88.5 Young Wilcannia White Cliffs 97.9 Walgett 102.7 99.1 Walcha Wagga Wagga 98.9 88.9 Upper Namoi 102.9* 756 Tumut 88.9 Tumbarumba Tottenham 648 88.9* Thredbo 702 Tenterfield Tamworth Talbingo Sydney ype95.3 92.7* 106.1* 105.9 Gympie 89.7* Gununa Gunpowder 92.7 91.7 92.5 Greenvale Goonyella 99.1 Goondiwindi Gold Coast 105.3* 106.1 Glenden 1548 Gladstone 96.9* 855 Georgetown 91.7 Forsayth Emerald 91.7 Einsleigh Eidsvold 105.9 106.1 Dysart 105.7 Dimbulah 105.9 Cunnamulla 106.1 Croydon 100.5* Cooktown 94.1* Collinsville 106.1* Coen 603 94.5* Cloncurry Clairview Chillagoe 106.1 106.7 Charleville 801 95.5 Carmila Camooweal 96.3* 612 Cairns North 106.1 Cairns Cairns Burketown 94.9 106.1 Brisbane 106.1* Boulia 106.1 105.9* Bogantungan 94.1 Birdsville 103.9* Biloela Bedourie 102.9* 720 Ballera 105.7 Babinda Ayton 106.5* Aurukun Atherton 89.9 Alpha Almaden Airlie Beach Queensland uaa99.7* 100.1* 92.5* 107.3* Yulara 103.7* Yuelamu 102.1* 93.3* Yirrkala Wilora 107.7* 104.7* Warruwi 91.7* Wadeye Umbakumba Uluru Ti Tree 106.9* Tindal Timber Creek lnab 106.1* 106.1 891 105.9 Glendambo Coober Pedy Andamooka Adelaide South Australia ep 1044 100.1 105.7* 95.5 98.1 Wide Bay Weipa 630 Weipa 747 Wandoan Tully Townsville 1062 105.9 Toowoomba (Torres 106.1 Strait) 105.9 Thursday Island 106.1* Theodore Thargomindah 94.9* Taroom 92.1* Tambo 105.7 St Lawrence 104.9 Southern Downs 711 106.1 Scherger 837 855 Roma/St George Roma 106.1* Rockhampton 106.1 Quilpie Pormpuraaw Pialba 90.3 105.7 107.1* Pentland 96.1 Osborne Mines Normanton 101.3* Nambour Murray Islands 95.7 105.3* 106.5 Moura Mount Surprise 639 95.7 Mount Molloy 104.9 Mount Isa 106.1 Mount Garnet Mossman Moranbah 89.3 88.3 101.1 Mitchell 106.1 Mission Beach 540 Miriam Vale 106.1 Middlemount Mackay 106.1* 106.1 Longreach Lockhart River 106.1* 106.1 Laura 567 Lakeland 105.9 Kowanyama Karumba Julia Creek 106.1* Jackson OilField 1485 1566 106.1* Injune Hungerford Hughenden Hope Vale Gympie 107.7* 221

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 222 osa 594 100.7 97.3* Latrobe Valley 97.3 97.7 Horsham Goulburn Valley 99.7 Hazeldene 89.7 Flowerdale/ 106.1 91.1 Eildon Corryong 107.9 Cann River 89.5 Bright 102.9 Bendigo Ballarat Apollo Bay Alexandra 103.3 97.3 Victoria 106.1 107.5 Weldborough 102.7 Waratah 1584 Swansea 104.1 Strahan St Marys 90.5 106.3 St Helens Waratah 90.5 Savage River/ Rosebery Zeehan 89.7* 91.3 91.7 Queenstown/ Orford 936 88.5 NE Tasmania 1161 Maydena Lileah 102.5 King Island 89.7 Hobart 100.5 Fingal Devonport East 105.9* Burnie Bicheno 1584 Tasmania 106.1* 693 Yalata Woomera 102.7 Todmorden 639 Streaky Bay Roxby Downs 1062 1485 95.3* Renmark/Loxton Port Pirie 1161 Port Lincoln 106.1* 88.7* Oodnadatta 1476 105.7 Naracoorte Mount Gambier 99.3* Moomba Mintabie Marree Leigh Creek South Coalfield Leigh Creek continued Local Radio Appendix 24—RadioTransmission Frequencies 1602 eze 106.1 106.3 105.9 106.1* Menzies 738 Meekatharra 105.7 Marble Bar 106.1 Marandoo Manjimup 819 Leonora 107.7* 702 Laverton Lake Gregory 105.9* Kununurra 104.5* 648 Koolyanobbing 106.1 Karratha 106.1* Kalumburu 105.3 Kalgoorlie Kalbarri Jameison 828 106.1 Hopetoun Hope DownsMine 1188 Halls Creek 837 Geraldton 106.1 873 Fitzroy Crossing 104.5* Exmouth 105.9* Esperance Eighty Mile Beach 531 106.7* 106.1 Djarindjin Derby Darlot 104.9* Dalwallinu Curtin 846 92.5* Cue 675 Coral Bay Carnarvon 684 Bunbury (Busselton) Broome 1044 Bronzewing Mine 106.1* 98.3 Brockman Village 103.7* 105.9 Bridgetown 630 Blackstone Beagle Bay Augusta Argyle Albany Western Australia ae828 94.1 1602 Western Victoria 96.9 Warrnambool 106.5 97.1 720 Albury/Wodonga Upper Murray, Sale 91.7 Portland Orbost Omeo 102.1 774 Myrtleford 103.7 Murray Valley Mildura/Sunraysia 104.9 Melbourne Mansfield Mallacoota 106.1* 107.9* 104.3 88.9* 99.3* oua105.1 93.1 720 Moruya Batemans Bay/ Balranald 846 Armidale New SouthWales Canberra Territory Australian Capital Radio National ago106.1 102.5* 1017 105.9* Yandicoogina 106.1* Yalgoo 106.1* Wyndham Wodgina 94.5* Windarling 106.9* Wiluna 106.1* 558 West Angelas 106.1* 101.9* Weelumurra Warburton Warakurna 567 Walpole 100.3* 100.1* Wagin 106.1* 106.9* Useless Loop 100.5* Tom Price Tom Price Tjirrkarli Ti Tree 106.3 Telfer 106.3* 94.3* Southern Cross 104.3* Sir SamuelMine 107.3* Sandstone 720 Nickel Mine 105.9 Ravensthorpe 603 Ravensthorpe 567 Punmu Port Hedland 106.1* Perth 567 Paraburdoo Paraburdoo 106.3* 104.5* Pannawonica Packsaddle Village 105.9* 1215 Oombulgurri Nullagine 105.7 567 Northcliffe 98.1 Northam Norseman Nimary GoldMine Newman 105.3* Nannup 92.5* Open CutMine 105.7* Murrin Murrin 92.5* 105.7 Mt Jackson Mount Magnet Mesa JMine 103.3* 97.7* for theyear ended30June2006 on 97.1 1431 1485 107.5 90.1 Young Wollongong Wilcannia 99.5 Walgett 104.3 Walcha 100.7 90.5 Wagga Wagga Upper Namoi 104.5* 90.5 Tumut 93.9 91.3* Tumbarumba 576 Thredbo Tenterfield 89.1 Tamworth Talbingo Sydney E Riverina 98.3 96.9 SW Slopes/ 603 92.5 Richmond/Tweed Port Stephens 1512 Wallerawang Portland/ 104.1 Nowra 98.9 Newcastle 103.5 Murrurundi 95.7 Irrigation Area 92.1 Murrumbidgee 97.1 Merriwa Menindee 91.3* 100.3 Manning River 93.7 Lithgow 97.1 Lightning Ridge 88.9 94.1 Khancoban 107.7 Kandos Jindabyne Jerilderie 1098 Ivanhoe 100.9 Hay 99.5 Grafton/Kempsey 102.5 Goulburn 105.1 107.9 93.1 Goodooga Gloucester 99.3 Glen Innes 107.7 Emmaville Eden 107.7 88.9 95.3 Deniliquin 107.9 Crookwell Cooma (Town) Condobolin Cobar 101.1 Slopes 102.9 92.1 Central Western Central Tablelands Broken Hill 100.9 Bourke 96.7 Bonalbo Bega/Cooma Bathurst (City) Appendices continued 104.3 uaa98.1* 98.1* 102.5* 94.5* Yulara 100.5* 91.7* Yuendumu 107.5* Yuelamu 102.9* Yarralin Wadeye Urapunga Uluru 105.3* 684 Ti Tree Timber Creek 88.1* 104.1* Tennant Creek South Alligator 107.7 103.7* Ramingining 104.3* 105.7* Port Bremmer 99.7* Pine Creek 107.7 Pigeon Hole Palumpa Nhulunbuy 107.3* 107.7* Ngukurr 107.7 Newcastle 107.7 Waters Mount Liebig 639 104.5* Milingimbi 107.7 107.7* Mataranka Knocker Bay Katherine 657 107.5 Kalkaringi 107.7 Jabiru 107.7 Groote Eylandt Galiwinku 107.7 Darwin 92.1* Daly River 92.9 Borroloola 99.7 Bathurst Island Batchelor 100.5 Alice Springs Adelaide River Northern Territory Appendix 24—RadioTransmission Frequencies for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices aowa 107.7 105.1 93.9 792 92.7 Camooweal 107.7 Cairns North Cairns Brisbane 94.3 Bowen 107.9 Boulia 105.3* 107.7 Blackwater Mine 107.7 Blackwater 102.7* Blackall 107.3 95.7 Birdsville 107.1* Bedourie Barcaldine Ballera 107.9 107.7 107.3 Babinda Ayton 104.5* Augathella Aramac 93.1 Alpha Almaden Airlie Beach Queensland or 96.9 107.3 107.7 Normanton Muttaburra 97.3 106.9* 107.3 Moura Mount Surprise 90.1 97.3 107.5 Mount Molloy Mount Isa 101.9 106.5 Mount Garnet Mossman 107.7 Morven 92.1 Moranbah Monto 90.9 89.9 Mitchell Mission Beach 107.7 102.7 Miriam Vale 104.3 Miles 107.7 99.1 Middlemount Meandarra 107.7 Mackay 107.7 100.9* Longreach Laura 107.7 Lakeland 107.5 107.7 Karumba 107.5 Jundah Julia Creek Jericho 107.5 93.1 96.9 Isisford Injune 106.1* Hughenden Herberton 107.7* 101.9 Gympie Gununa 94.3 90.1 93.3 Gunpowder Greenvale 95.9 Goondiwindi Gold Coast 106.9* 107.7 93.9 Glenden Gladstone 95.3* Georgetown 93.3 102.7 Forsayth Emerald Einsleigh 93.3 107.3 Eidsvold Dysart Dirranbandi 107.5 105.7 107.7 Dimbulah 107.3 Darling Downs 107.3 Cunnamulla 107.5 Croydon 107.7 Corfield 107.7 Cooktown 107.7 Collinsville Coen 92.9* Cloncurry 107.3 97.5 107.3 Clermont Charters Towers Charleville Carmila Capella ieh89.7 585 91.3 Lileah Hobart 107.7 Bicheno 105.7 Tasmania 107.3 Wudinna Woomera 101.9 106.1* Wirrulla 100.9 William Creek Tumby Bay 107.9 101.9 Streaky Bay Spencer GulfNorth 107.3 Roxby Downs 1305 Renmark/Loxton 103.3 98.5* Quorn 96.9 Mount Gambier Marree Leigh Creek 107.5 South Coalfield Leigh Creek 107.7 Keith 107.7 Hawker 102.9* Coober Pedy 729 Smoky Bay 107.5 Ceduna/ Arkaroola Andamooka Adelaide South Australia itn107.9 100.3* 107.3 100.9 96.3 Winton 98.9 Windorah Wide Bay Weipa 104.7 Wandoan 96.7 Tully 107.5 Townsville North 89.3* 107.7 Townsville Thursday Island 107.7 107.7* 107.5 Theodore 107.5 Thargomindah Thallon Taroom 100.3* Tambo 95.7* 107.7 Surat Stonehenge 100.9 107.3 St Lawrence St George Springsure 106.5 107.7 107.7 Southern Downs 103.1 Roma Rockhampton 107.7 104.5* Richmond Quilpie 100.5* Pormpuraaw Pentland Century Mine Pasminco 106.7 106.1 etr itra92.5 756 101.7 98.5 Western Victoria 98.7 103.5 99.7 Warrnambool 95.7 Swifts Creek Portland Orbost 621 Omeo 105.3 Nhill Mildura/Sunraysia 99.7 103.3 Melbourne 88.3 Mansfield 98.1* Mallacoota 98.1 Horsham Hopetoun 98.1 Hazeldene 88.9 Flowerdale/ 107.7 Eildon Corryong 106.3 104.5 Cann River Bright Bairnsdale 990 Alexandra Albury/Wodonga Victoria oeon106.9 99.7 107.7 Hopetoun 107.7 Halls Creek Geraldton 107.7 106.3 107.7 107.5 Fitzroy Crossing Exmouth 107.5 Esperance 107.9 107.7 Eneabba 612 Derby Denham Dampier 101.3* Dalwallinu Cue 107.7 (West Island) 1224 Cocos Islands 107.7 1422* Christmas Island 99.1 Carnarvon 107.5 Busselton Broome Brockman Village Augusta Argyle Western Australia aaa 104.9 98.9 107.7 105.9 Weldborough 101.1 Waratah 96.1 Swansea 107.9 Strahan 88.9 St Marys 630 St Helens Rosebery 94.1 Queenstown Orford NE Tasmania continued 105.9 107.7* 223

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 224 Territory Australian Capital 107.7 Classic FM 107.7* 107.7 107.7* 1296 Yalgoo Wyndham 107.3 Wiluna Walpole Wagin 96.1* 93.1* Tom Price Thunderbox Mine 96.9 107.9 Sunrise Dam Southern Cross Agricultural 100.7 Southern 107.5 Salmon Gums 99.5* 107.7* Sally MalayMine Roebourne Nickel Mine 107.5 95.7 810 107.5* Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe Port Hedland Gold Mine 107.7 107.5 Plutonic 107.7 Perth Paraburdoo 107.5* Pannawonica 107.3 93.7 Onslow 98.9 Northcliffe 107.7 Norseman 107.5 99.3* Newman Narembeen Nannup Mullewa 89.9* 107.3 107.3 Mt Keith 107.7 Mount Magnet Monkey Mia 107.9 Merredin 107.5 107.7* Menzies 107.3 Meekatharra 107.3 Marble Bar 107.7 Marandoo Leonora 107.3 100.9 Leeman 93.9 Laverton 97.1 Kununurra 107.7 107.9 Karratha Kambalda Kalgoorlie Kalbarri Jurien continued Radio National Appendix 24—RadioTransmission Frequencies abra102.3 Canberra uaa98.9* 94.9* 107.3 Yulara 97.9 Katherine 100.3* Darwin Alice Springs Northern Territory 105.9 96.7 103.1 88.1* Walgett 92.9 Wagga Wagga Upper Namoi 88.3 Tamworth Talbingo Sydney 106.1 E Riverina 95.3 SW Slopes/ 97.3 Richmond/Tweed Newcastle 98.7 Irrigation Area Murrumbidgee Manning River 88.1* Lord 101.3* Howe Island 88.9* Lord Howe Island 95.7 Lightning Ridge Khancoban 106.9* Ivanhoe 105.5 Illawarra 97.9 89.5 Grafton/Kempsey Goulburn (Town) Cobar Slopes 103.7 Central Western 99.3 101.9 Central Tablelands 97.5 Broken Hill Bega/Cooma 103.5 Bathurst (City) Moruya Batemans Bay/ Armidale New SouthWales abu 88.7 106.3 97.9 101.7 93.7 Rockhampton Nambour 88.5 90.7 Mount Isa Mackay Gympie 100.9* Gold Coast 90.5* 107.3 Emerald 104.5 Darling Downs 107.7* Cooktown 105.9 Cloncurry 94.7 Clermont 106.1 Chillagoe Cairns North Cairns 104.5* 95.5 Brisbane Bogantungan Airlie Beach Queensland 106.1* 104.1* 102.7 etr itra93.3 92.1 Western Victoria 104.1 Warrnambool 103.7 Upper Murray 105.9 Murray Valley 88.1 102.7 Mildura/Sunraysia 101.5 92.7 Melbourne 96.1 Latrobe Valley Goulburn Valley Bright 105.5 Bendigo (Lookout Hill) 93.9 Ballarat 93.3 Victoria NE Tasmania 104.3 103.3* Hobart Tasmania Woomera 103.5 North Spencer Gulf 93.1* 107.3* Roxby Downs 105.1 Renmark/Loxton 90.7* Port Lincoln 104.1 Oak Valley 103.9 Mount Gambier Angaston 97.5 Adelaide Foothills Adelaide South Australia giutrl94.5 105.7* 97.7 Agricultural 97.3* Southern Punmu 92.5 Port Hedland 104.1* 107.9* Perth 98.3* 95.5 One ArmPoint Narrogin Leonora 94.9 106.1* Kalgoorlie Jurien 98.9* Green 104.7 Head 93.3 Geraldton Fortnum Mine Esperance Central Agricultural Bunbury Western Australia ieBy98.5 101.5 90.9* 95.9 Wide Bay 97.7 Townsville North 104.5* Townsville Thargomindah Thallon 101.7 Southern Downs Roma 98.9 for theyear ended30June2006 ag ag 101.1 99.9 94.7 105.7 Wagga Wagga 106.1* Upper Namoi 90.7 Tumbarumba Tamworth Sydney 102.1 E Riverina 96.1 SW Slopes/ 96.5 Richmond/Tweed Newcastle 96.3 Irrigation Area 98.9 Murrumbidgee Manning River 101.3* Lord Howe Island 102.3 Illawarra 91.5 88.7 Grafton/Kempsey Goulburn (Town) Cobar 100.1* Slopes 102.1 Central Western Central Tablelands 100.1 Broken Hill 101.1 95.9 Bourke Bega/Cooma Bathurst (City) 101.5 Armidale New SouthWales Canberra Territory Australian Capital j triple on ibg100.1* 101.3* 104.3* Mount Liebig Milingimbi 102.9* 100.5* Oil Field 98.9* 98.9* Mereenie Gas/ Maningrida 99.7* 105.3* Laramba Lajamanu 105.1* 103.3 Kintore Katherine 104.5* Jabiru 95.7* Galiwinku Darwin 104.5* 96.1* Daly River 99.7* Daguragu 102.5* Channel Point 92.9* 98.5* Bulman Borroloola Beswick 94.9 Batchelor 101.3* Barunga Alice Springs 101.3* Ali Curung Adelaide River Northern Territory Appendices continued 105.3* 101.9 itn96.7* 99.3 105.5 Winton 97.5 Wide Bay Townsville North 103.3* 100.5* Townsville 105.3* The Monument Thargomindah 103.3 Southern Downs 104.7 101.3* Roma 101.7* Rockhampton Pormpuraaw 89.5 100.1* Century Mine 99.5 104.1 Pasminco Normanton Nambour 106.1* Mount Isa Mackay 104.5* 101.3* 104.5* Longreach Lockhart River Kowanyama 105.9* 102.9* Karumba Jackson OilField 104.5* 97.7 97.1* Hughenden Hope Vale Gunpowder Gold Coast 104.1 101.3* 105.3* Emerald 89.3* Darling Downs 99.9* Cunnamulla Cloncurry 107.5 Cloncurry 97.1 McKinlay 97.9* Cannington Mine 107.7 Cairns North 102.9* Cairns 99.7* 104.3* Burketown Brisbane Birdsville Bedourie Ballera 100.5* 104.5* 98.9* 92.5* Queensland 88.5* Yuendumu Willowra 104.5* Wadeye Uluru 107.7* 98.1* Tindal 97.3* Tennant Creek Nyirripi Numbulwar Ngukurr Appendix 24—RadioTransmission Frequencies for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices olil 100.9* 99.5* Coalfield 105.5 Leigh Creek Andamooka 95.9 Adelaide Foothills Adelaide South Australia 106.1* arta103.3* 100.1* 96.7* 104.3* 98.7 Kununurra East Koolyanobbing Karratha Kalgoorlie 105.3* Jurien 98.9 Hope Downs Mine 104.1* 104.9* Green 98.1* Head Gnowangerup 105.9* Geraldton 105.5* Gairdner 103.7* 99.3* Exmouth Esperance Derby Denham 100.9* 94.1 101.3* Dampier 94.9* Channar Mine Central Agricultural Carnarvon 103.5* Bunbury 105.1* Broome 105.1* Brockman Village 102.9* Bremer Bay 100.5* Borden Billiluna Beagle Bay Balgo Western Australia 94.9 89.7 Western Victoria 103.3 Warrnambool 105.3 Upper Murray 107.5 Murray Valley 90.3 96.7 Mildura/Sunraysia Melbourne 94.5 Latrobe Valley Goulburn Valley 107.1 Bendigo (Lookout Hill) 105.5* Ballarat 92.9 Victoria 90.9 Smithton NE Tasmania Hobart Tasmania uin 105.3* 104.1* 107.7* 103.5 Wudinna 103.3* Woomera Tirrawarra Streaky Bay 101.1* North Spencer Gulf 92.3* Roxby Downs 101.9 104.5* Renmark/Loxton 102.5 Port Lincoln Mount Gambier Moomba 104.5* 104.5* 101.1 98.1 yny630 98.1 1458 Sydney Newcastle Gosford 99.9 103.9 New SouthWales Tuggeranong Canberra Territory Australian Capital NewsRadio uggr 103.7* 100.9* 92.5* 99.7* Yungngora Yandicoogina Community 104.5* 99.5* Wurreranginy Wodgina 106.9* 104.3* 105.3* Windarling Westonia Weelumurra 100.9* Warmun 102.7* 98.5* 105.3* Varley Useless Loop Tom Price Tom Price 92.9 103.9* Ti Tree Southern Cross 104.9* Agricultural 98.9* 103.5* 99.3 Southern Roebourne Port Hedland 107.7* Gold Mine Plutonic 104.5* Perth 105.1* 106.1* Parnngurr 101.3* Paraburdoo 104.5* Pannawonica 104.7* Oombulgurri Onslow 89.1* 100.9* 98.5* Ongerup Nullagine Mukinbudin 104.1* Mt Keith 106.3* 99.3* Mt Keith Mt Jackson 99.3* Mount Magnet 103.9* Morawa 101.1* 96.9* 104.5* Mesa JMine 98.9* Marvel Loch Marble Bar Marandoo Leonora 104.7* Laverton Lake Gregory oat747 92.5 Victoria 972 NE Tasmania Hobart Tasmania 95.7 936 Adelaide South Australia 102.5 Gold Coast Brisbane Queensland Darwin Northern Territory aug 106.1 98.9 106.1 Bathurst Island Barunga Ali Curung Northern Territory from othersources. ABC orprogramming rebroadcasting ofthe transmitter whichallows facilities have a Communities withsuch Scheme (BRACS). Aboriginal Communities Broadcasting for Remote formerly knownas a community facility issued alicence for Media Authorityhas Communications and The Australian BRACS Radio 5025 4910 4835 Tennant Creek Katherine Alice Springs Northern Territory obtain optimumresults. transmit are varied to shortwave stations to The frequencies usedby 585 Shortwave Domestic 1026 Perth Western Australia Melbourne continued 225

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 226 SR 92 9126 57 59 6 59 67 0 120 14 10 8 44 257 1 1 2 238 11 50 1 41 9 0 5 2 21 1 24 24 3 13 6 13 7 18 29 2 18 18 18 13 29 4 20 18 2 87 68 34 0 Shortwave 3 1 19 15 Domestic 15 News Radio 4 —SBRS 0 1 52 triple j 58 —SBRS 0 Classic FM —SBRS 1 Radio National 1 —SBRS Local Radio RC 22 370 1037 13 243 0 69 0 39 1 67 24 289 152 32 172 0 6 0 Total BRACS Radio Transmitter Statistics 105.9 106.1 101.3 106.1 Numbulwar 106.1 Nturiya 99.3 Ngukurr Minjilang 106.1 106.1 106.1 Milingimbi 106.1 Milikapiti Maningrida Lajamanu 106.1 106.7 Kintore 106.1 Imanpa 106.1 Hermannsburg 106.1 Galiwinku 105.7 Finke Daguragu Bulman Beswick continued BRACS Radio Appendix 24—RadioTransmission Frequencies by thelicensee. indicated undertheSelf-HelpBroadcasting Reception Scheme (SBRS).Transmission facilities are provided * SBRS —The Australian Communications andMediaAuthorityhasissued alicence to rebroadcast theservice C S TQDS A I ATotal WA VIC TAS SA QLD NT NSW ACT 030000003 23121211130826400727 unuu106.1 105.9 105.3 106.1 Yuendumu 106.1 Yuelamu Yirrkala 106.3 Warruwi 105.7 Wadeye 97.7 98.5 Umbakumba Ramingining Ramingining 106.1 106.1 Pularumpi 106.1 106.1 Pmara Jutunta Peppimenarti Palumpa Oenpelli aaa106.7 104.5 105.5 107.7 Darnley Island Boigu Island Bamaga Aurukun Queensland a sad106.1 107.7 99.7 105.9 Yam Island 101.1 Wujal 106.7 106.3 Woorabinda Umagico Umagico 106.1 St Pauls 107.7 Seisia 107.5 Saibai Island Pormpuraaw 105.9 106.1 New Mapoon 106.3 Murray Islands 107.7 107.1 Mabuiag Island 107.7 Lockhart River 107.7 Kubin 107.7 Kowanyama Injinoo Hope Vale 106.1 Gununa Darnley Island for theyear ended30June2006 uggr 106.1 106.1 106.1 106.1 Yungngora 106.1 Wingellina 106.1 Warmun 106.1 Tjukurla Oombulgurri 106.1 Looma 106.1 106.1 Lagrange 106.1 Kiwirrkurra 106.1 Kalumburu 106.1 Jigalong Djarindjin Beagle Bay 106.1 Balgo Western Australia Indulkana South Australia ok sad 106.1 Yorke Islands Appendices continued English—24 Hours following frequencies: Radio Australia istransmitted onthe Radio Australia Frequencies to partnerstations across theregion. ABC AsiaPacific. Thismakes RadioAustralia available PAS-2 andAsiaSat3ssatellites inassociation with south-east AsiaandthePacific region onthePAS-8, Radio Australia isalsotransmitted across southand shortwave frequencies to targeted areas inAsia. hours eachdayto broadcast RadioAustralia onvarying The ABCusesthesetransmission facilities for several three separate commercial transmission providers. and theUnited Arab Emirates thatare provided by services ontransmitters inDarwin,Singapore, Taiwan 2 6 In addition,theABCleases shortwave transmission Brandon (Queensland) Shepparton (Victoria) Radio Australia Transmitters Appendix 25—RadioAustralia Transmitters for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices ao pa89.1FM Apia 92.6FM Samoa Part rebroadcast—English 103FM Nadi Nuku’alofa Fiji Tonga noei ai101.9FM 918AM 88.1FM 99FM Bali 630AM 1566AM Bangkok 88.8FM 558AM Taipei Indonesia Tarawa Manila Thailand Nauru National Taiwan Philippines Kiribati 106.5FM Norfolk Island Nauru 101.5FM Fiji 103FM PhnomPenh 107FM Dili 101.9FM Port Vila Cambodia Port Moresby Honiara East Timor Papua NewGuinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu ago 107FM 729AM Bangkok Taipei 107.6FM 540AM Suva National 101.5FM Siem Reap 92.6FM Suva au e unaMdn 100.8FM 89.9FM Madang Papua NewGuinea Pidgin Noumea New Caledonia French Languages otherthanEnglish awnTie 88.1FM Taipei Taiwan 107.6FM Guangdong 102FM China PhnomPenh Mandarin Cambodia Khmer 91.1FM Medan Indonesia Bahasa oeta107.5FM 107.1FM 100.8FM 107.7FM 100.2FM Horeatoa 100.3FM Dimodimo 100.8FM 100.3FM Boregoro Buka Goroka Kavieng Kimbe 666AM Lae Noumea Noumea 99.3 FM api729AM 99.9FM 95.4FM 747AM 657AM Taipei 93.6FM 873AM Henan Henan 1098AM 92.1FM Henan 774AM Henan Wuhan Wuhan 603AM Tianjin Tianjin Beijing Guangdong 96.5FM 90.25FM Battambang Battambang 101.9FM 100.9FM 101.9FM 102.3FM 684AM 93.55FM Balikpapan 100.9FM Banjarmasin Palembang Semarang 96FM 106.85FM Mataram Bali 100.55FM Bali 105.8FM Bandung 99.9FM 104.75FM Surabaya 99.1FM Surabaya Yogyakarta Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta 227

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 228 Director: Lynley Marshall Fax (03)96261552 Phone (03)96261600 Melbourne VIC3001; GPO Box 9994 Southbank 3006; 120 SouthbankBoulevard ABC SouthbankCentre Digital Services New Mediaand Director: KimDalton Fax (02)83333055 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre Television Director: SueHoward Fax (03)96261633 Phone (03)96261600 Melbourne VIC3001; GPO Box 9994 Southbank 3006; 120 SouthbankBoulevard ABC SouthbankCentre Radio Acting Director: GaryDawson Fax (02)83335439 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre and Communications Corporate Strategy ABC Divisions Murray Green Acting ManagingDirector: Fax (02)83335344 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre Corporation Australian Broadcasting ABC HeadOffice Appendix 26—ABCOffices Director: DavidCruttenden Fax (03)96261601 Phone (03)96261600 Melbourne VIC3001; GPO Box 9994 Southbank 3006; 120 SouthbankBoulevard ABC SouthbankCentre Production Resources Director: ColinPalmer Fax (02)83335108 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre Human Resources Director: Trevor Burgess Fax (02)83331777 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre Business Services David Pendleton Chief Operating Officer: Fax (02)83331777 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre Operations Director: JohnCameron Fax (02)83334551 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre News andCurrent Affairs Director: ColinKnowles Fax (02)83333168 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre Technology andDistribution Director: RobynWatts Fax (02)83333867 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre ABC Enterprises Jen Brennan (Acting) Local RadioManagerACT: Territory Director: LizMcGrath 666 ABCCanberra) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)62754601 Phone (02)62754555 Canberra ACT 2601; GPO Box 9994 Dickson ACT 2602; and Wakefield Avenues Cnr Northbourne Canberra Australian CapitalTerritory State Offices Chief Executive: IanCarroll Fax (02)83331558 Phone (02)83331500 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre ABC AsiaPacific Head: Jean-GabrielManguy Fax (03)96261899 Phone (03)96261600 Melbourne VIC3001; GPO Box 9994 Southbank 3006; 120 SouthbankBoulevard ABC SouthbankCentre Radio Australia International Broadcasting for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Coast and 702ABCSydney) 92.5 ABCCentral (Local Radiostations: Fax: (02)43671999 Phone: (02)43671911 Erina NSW2250; Terrigal Drive Erina Fair Shopping Centre T252, TheParallel Mall (administered bySydney) Erina ABC Western Plains) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)68811899 Phone (02)68811811 Dubbo NSW2830; (PO Box 985) 45 Wingewarra Street (administered byOrange) Dubbo ABC MidNorthCoast) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)66503099 Phone (02)66503611 Coffs HarbourNSW2450; 24 Gordon Street (administered byPort Macquarie) Coffs Harbour RPM: Paul Turton (Acting) ABC SouthEast) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)64916099 Phone (02)64916011 Bega NSW2550; (PO Box 336) 231 CarpStreet Ayers Walkway The Roy Howard Building Unit 1,First Floor Bega Roger Summerill Local RadioManagerNSW: Michael McCluskey State Representative: 702 ABCSydney) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)83331203 Phone (02)83331234 Sydney NSW2001; GPO Box 9994 Ultimo 2007; 700 HarrisStreet ABC UltimoCentre Sydney New SouthWales Appendix 26—ABCOffices for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices RPM: Cameron Marshall ABC MidNorthCoast) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)65881299 Phone (02)65881211 NSW 2444; (PO Box 42) 51 Lord St Port Macquarie RPM: Graham Robinson ABC Central West) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)63932599 Phone (02)63932511 East Orange NSW2800; (PO Box E138) 46 Bathurst Road Orange 97.3 ABCIllawarra) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)42284599 Phone (02)44284511 Nowra NSW2541; (PO Box 1071) 64 BridgeRoad (administered byWollongong) Nowra Manager: Mike McCluskey 1233 ABCNewcastle) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)49221222 Phone (02)49221200 Newcastle West NSW2309; (PO Box 2205) Cnr Wood andParry Streets Newcastle ABC UpperHunter) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)65422899 Phone (02)65422811 Muswellbrook NSW2333; 36A Brook Street (administered byNewcastle) Muswellbrook RPM: Justine Frazier (Acting) ABC NorthCoast) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)66272099 Phone (02)66272011 Lismore NSW2480; (PO Box 908) 61 HighStreet Lismore continued RPM: Peter Riley 97.3 ABCIllawarra) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)42245099 Phone (02)42245011 Wollongong East NSW 2520; (PO Box 973) Cnr KemblaandMarket Streets Wollongong RPM: ChrisColeman ABC Riverina) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)69234899 Phone (02)69234811 Wagga Wagga NSW2650; 100 Fitzmaurice Street Wagga Wagga RPM: Jennifer Ingall ABC NewEnglandNorthWest) (Local Radiostation Fax (02)67602499 Phone (02)67602411 Tamworth NSW2340; (PO Box 558) 470 Peel Street Parry Shire Building Tamworth RPM: Stewart Brash ABC Territory Radio) (Local Radiostation Fax (08)89504799 Phone (08)89504711 Alice SpringsNT0871; PO Box 1144 Alice SpringsNT0870; Cnr GapRoadandSpeedStreet Alice Springs Anna-Lise Murch Local RadioManagerNT: Territory Director: MarkBowling 105.7 ABCDarwin) (Local Radiostation Fax (08)89433235 Phone (08)89433222 Darwin NT0801; GPO Box 9994 Darwin NT0800; 1 Cavenagh Street Darwin Northern Territory 229

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 230 ABC Capricornia) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)49722650 Phone (07)49723812 Gladstone Qld4680; 43 Tank Street Dahl’s Building (administered byRockhampton) Gladstone RPM: Richard Dinnen(Acting) ABC Far North) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)40442099 Phone (07)40442011 Cairns Qld4870; (PO Box 932) Cnr SheridanandUpward Street Cairns RPM: Ross Peddlesden ABC WideBay) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)41554999 Phone (07)41554911 Bundaberg Qld4670; (PO Box 1152) 58 Woongarra Street Bundaberg Michael McGowan Local RadioManagerQLD: State Director: ChrisWordsworth 612 ABCBrisbane) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)33775265 Phone (07)33775227 Brisbane QLD4001; GPO Box 9994 Toowong QLD4066; 600 Coronation Drive Brisbane Queensland 106.1 ABCKatherine) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)89725799 Phone (08)89725711 Katherine, NT0851 PO Box 1240 Katherine NT0850; Stuart Highway (administered byDarwin) Katherine Appendix 26—ABCOffices RPM: MartinPowley ABC Capricornia) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)49245199 Phone (07)49245111 Rockhampton QLD4700; (PO Box 911) 236 QuayStreet Rockhampton RPM: JacquiDonegan ABC NorthWest Queensland) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)47441399 Phone (07)47441311 Mt IsaQLD4825; 114 Camooweal Street Mt Isa RPM: Craig Widdowson ABC Tropical North) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)49571199 Phone (07)49571111 Mackay QLD4740; (PO Box 127) 25 River Street Mackay RPM: Tom Harwood ABC Western Queensland) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)46584099 Phone (07)46584011 Longreach Qld4730; (PO Box 318) Duck Street Longreach Anthony Frangi Program Director: 91.7 Coast FM) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)55952999 Phone (07)55952917 Mermaid BeachQld4218; (PO Box 217) Francis Street Cnr GoldCoast Highwayand Gold Coast continued RPM: Theresa Rockley-Hogan 630 ABCNorthQueensland) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)47223099 Phone (07)47223011 Townsville QLD4810; (PO Box 694) 8–10 WickhamStreet Townsville RPM: Steve McClelland ABC SouthernQueensland) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)46313899 Phone (07)46313811 Toowoomba QLD4350; (PO Box 358) 297 Margaret Street Toowoomba 90.3 Coast FM) (Local Radiostation, Fax (07)54755099 Phone (07)54755000 Maroochydore QLD4558; (PO Box 1212) 122 Aerodrome Road Shop 3ADolphinCentre (administered byGoldCoast) Sunshine Coast RPM: Andrew Schmidt 999 ABCBroken Hill) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)80824099 Phone (08)80824011 Broken HillNSW2880; (PO Box 315) 454 Argent Street South Australia) (administered byABC Broken Hill Graeme Bennett Local RadioManagerSA: Sandra Winter-Dewhirst State Director: 891 Adelaide) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)83434402 Phone (08)83434000 Adelaide SA5001; GPO Box 9994 Collinswood SA5081; 85 NorthEast Road Adelaide South Australia for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices RPM: Bruce Mellett 1062 ABCRiverland) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)85861399 Phone (08)85861311 Renmark SA5341; (PO Box 20) Ral Avenue Renmark RPM: Andrew Male 639 ABCNorthandWest) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)86384899 Phone (08)86384811 Port PirieSA5540; (PO Box 289) 85 Grey Street Port Pirie and West Coast) 1485 Eyre Peninsula (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)86832699 Phone (08)86832611 Port Lincoln SA5606; (PO Box 679) 2/8 Eyre Street (administered byPort Pirie) Port Lincoln and West Coast) 1485 Eyre Peninsula (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)86415599 Phone (08)86415511 Port Augusta SA5700; (PO Box 2149) 6 Church Street (administered byPort Pirie) Port Augusta RPM: AlanRichardson ABC SouthEast) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)87241099 Phone (08)87241011 Mt GambierSA5290; (PO Box 1448) Penola Road Mount Gambier Appendix 26—ABCOffices for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices RPM: DominicBrine Fax (03)53201099 Phone (03)53201011 Ballarat VIC3350; PO Box 7 5 DawsonStreet South Ballarat Steve Kyte (Acting) Local RadioManagerVIC: Acting State Director: RobBatten 774 ABCMelbourne) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)96261774 Phone (03)96261600 Melbourne VIC3001; GPO Box 9994 Southbank VIC3006; 120 SouthbankBoulevard ABC SouthbankCentre Melbourne Victoria ABC NorthernTasmania) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)63231099 Phone (03)63231011 Launceston TAS 7250; (PO Box 201) 45 AnnStreet (administered byHobart) Launceston ABC NorthernTasmania) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)64301299 Phone (03)64301211 Burnie TAS 7320; (PO Box 533) 81 MountStreet (administered byHobart) Burnie Cath Hurley Local RadioManagerTasmania: State Director: RobBatten 936 ABCHobart) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)62353220 Phone (03)62353217 Hobart TAS 7001; (GPO Box 9994) Liverpool Street ABC Centre Hobart Tasmania continued RPM: Gerard Callinan(Acting) ABC ) (Local Radiostation, Fax: (03)51435599 Phone (03)51435511 Sale VIC 3850; (PO Box 330) 340 York Street Sale ABC Gippsland) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)51352199 Phone (03)51352111 Morwell VIC3840; (PO Box 1109) 20 George St (administered bySale) Morwell RPM: LouiseRay ABC Mildura–Swan Hill) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)50224599 Phone (03)50224511 Mildura VIC3502; (PO Box 5051) 73A PineAve Mildura ABC Western Victoria) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)53815399 Phone (03)53815311 Horsham VIC3400; (PO Box 506) 148 BaillieStreet Shop 3 (administered byBendigo) Horsham RPM: JonathonRidnell ABC Central Victoria) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)54401799 Phone (03)54401711 Bendigo VIC3550; (PO Box 637) 278 NapierStreet Bendigo 231

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 232 RPM: JohnCecil ABC SouthCoast) (Local RadioStation, Fax (08)98424099 Phone (08)98424011 Albany WA 6330; (PO Box 489) 2 StEmilieWay Albany Deb Leavitt Local RadioManagerWA: State Director: GeoffDuncan 720 ABCPerth) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)92202899 Phone (08)92202700 Perth WA 6848; GPO Box 9994 East Perth WA 6000; 30 FielderStreet Perth Western Australia RPM: JonathanWright ABC GoulburnMurray) (Local Radiostation, Fax (02)60492098 Phone (02)60492011 Wodonga VIC3690; (PO Box 1063) 1 HighStreet (administered byVictoria Branch) Wodonga ABC Western Victoria) (Local Radiostation, Fax (03)55603199 Phone (03)55603111 Warrnambool VIC3280; (PO Box 310) 166B Koroit Street (administered byBendigo) Warrnambool ABC GoulburnMurray) (Local RadioStation, Fax (03)58204099 Phone (03)58204011 Shepparton VIC3630; (PO Box 1922) 265A MaudeStreet (administered byWodonga) Shepparton Appendix 26—ABCOffices RPM: DavidKennedy ABC Goldfields-Esperance) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)90937099 Phone (08)90937011 Kalgoorlie WA 6430; (PO Box 125) 353 HannanStreet Unit 3,QuartzCentre Kalgoorlie RPM: Natasha Harradine ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)99234199 Phone (08)99234111 Geraldton WA 6530; (PO Box 211) 245 MarineTerrace Geraldton ABC Goldfields-Esperance) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)91912099 Phone (08)91912011 Esperance WA 6450; (PO Box 230) The Esplanade Port AuthorityBuilding (administered byKalgoorlie) Esperance RPM: JohnInglis ABC SouthWest) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)97922799 Phone (08)97922711 Bunbury WA 6230; (PO Box 242) 72 Wittenoom Street Bunbury RPM: Greg Hayes ABC Kimberley) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)91913099 Phone (08)91913011 Broome WA 6725; (PO Box 217) 1/14 NapierTerrace Broome continued 558 ABCGreat Southern) (Local RadioStation, Fax (08)98613399 Phone (08)98613311 Wagin WA 6315; 58 Tudhoe Street (administered byAlbany) Wagin ABC Kimberley) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)91684399 Phone (08)91684311 Kununurra WA 6743; (PO Box 984) 15 Sandalwood Street (administered byBroome) Kununurra RPM: ChrisLawson ABC NorthWest) (Local Radiostation, Fax (08)91835099 Phone (08)91835011 Karratha WA 6714; (PO Box 994) DeGrey Place Karratha Fax +6622548336 Phone +6626520595 Bangkok 10330Thailand; Pathumwan District Ploenchit Road Penthouse—17th floor 518/5 Maneeya Centre Bangkok Fax +6493093248 Phone +6499167928 Auckland NewZealand; 100 Victoria St.West TVNZ Centre Level 3 Auckland Fax +96259302789 Phone +96264616130 Amman Jordan; Abdoun—House No.14Third Floor Ihsan ElNimerStreet Amman Overseas Offices for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Fax +27117268633 Phone +27117268636(7268676) 2092 SouthAfrica; Richmond Johannesburg 1 Park Road 3rd Floor Johannesburg Fax +97225373306 Phone +97225373557 Jerusalem 91342Israel; 206 Jaffa Road J.C.S. Building 5th Floor Jerusalem Fax +62213908124 Phone +62213162041 Jakarta PusatIndonesia; Jn ImanBonjol80 Level 16Deutche Bank Jakarta Fax +861065322514 Phone +861065326819 Beijing 100600China; Chaoyang District Diplomatic Compound 8–121 QiJiaYuan Beijing Appendix 26—ABCOffices for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Appendix 27—ABCShops Fax (08)93152763 Phone (08)93159289 Booragoon WA 6154; Garden CityShoppingCentre Shop 75 Booragoon Fax (02)93694357 Phone (02)93865582 Bondi JunctionNSW2022; Westfield Shop 2002,Level 2 Bondi Fax (08)82317539 Phone (08)84100567 Adelaide SA5000; The Myer Centre Shop 230,Level 2 Adelaide Fax +12128132497 Phone +12128132495 New York NY10017USA Suite 8C 747 Third Avenue New York Fax +911126142847 Phone +911126154307 New Delhi110057India; F-4/10 Vasant Vihar New Delhi Fax +70959748186 Phone +70959748182 Moscow 121248Russia; Building 13,Apartment113 Kutuzovsky Prospekt Moscow Fax (News)+442070793252 Fax (Admin)+442070793250 Phone +442070793200 United Kingdom; London W1B1DY 54 Portland Place London Fax (02)99397834 Phone (02)99053758 Brookvale NSW2100; Warringah Mall Shop 110,Level 1 Brookvale Fax (07)55754706 Phone (07)55754231 Broadbeach QLD4218; Pacific Fair Shop 139A,Boston Way Broadbeach Fax (07)32111453 Phone (07)30031321 Brisbane QLD4000; The Myer Centre Shop 240,Level 2 Brisbane continued Fax +81334688445 Phone +81334698089 150-8001 Japan; Shibuyaku Tokyo 2-2-1 Jinnan NHK HosoCentre Tokyo Fax +6753212131 Phone +6753212666(3212503) Papua NewGuinea; Port Moresby GPO Box 779 Airvos Avenue Port Moresby Fax (02)62306478 Phone (02)62472941 Canberra ACT 2600; Canberra Centre Shop CF12 Canberra Fax (02)46205007 Phone (02)46268624 Campbelltown NSW2560; Macarthur Square Shop C029,Level 1 Campbelltown Fax (02)97152845 Phone (02)97445172 Burwood NSW2134; Westfield Shoppingtown Shop 204 Burwood Fax +12026265188 Phone +12024668575 Washington DC20045USA; 2000 MStreet NW Suite 660 Washington 233

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 234 Fax (07)33591407 Phone (07)33591378 Chermside QLD4032; Westfield Shoppingtown Shop 253 Chermside Fax (03)95854601 Phone (03)95835589 Cheltenham VIC3192; Southlands Westfield Shoppingtown Shop 3026 Cheltenham Fax (02)94134203 Phone (02)99048047 Chatswood NSW2067; Westfield Shoppingtown Shop 350,Level 3 Chatswood Fax (03)95634802 Phone (03)95688245 Chadstone VIC3148; Chadstone ShoppingCentre Shop B53,Lower Mall Chadstone Fax (02)98945425 Phone (02)98993273 Castle HillNSW2154; Castle Towers ShoppingCentre Shop 28 Castle Hill Fax (07)33249681 Phone (07)33981606 Carindale QLD4152; Westfield Carindale Shop 2063 Carindale Fax (08)94517849 Phone (08)94516352 Cannington WA 6107; Carousel Westfields Shoppingtown Shop 1016 Cannington Appendix 27—ABCShops Fax (08)92448270 Phone (08)94459233 Karrinyup WA 6018; 200 KarrinyupRoad Karrinyup ShoppingCentre Shop F-130,Level 1 Karrinyup Fax (07)38783126 Phone (07)38789923 Indooroopilly QLD4068; Indooroopilly ShoppingCentre Shop 3017 Indooroopilly Fax (02)94760098 Phone (02)94823671 Hornsby NSW2077; Westfield Shoppingtown Shop 3033–34 Hornsby Fax (03)62341734 Phone (03)62369972 Hobart TAS 7000; 70 Murray Street Centrepoint Shop 209B Hobart Fax (02)43670617 Phone (02)43676892 Erina NSW2250; Erina Fair The Parallel Mall Shop T253 Erina Fax (02)93497169 Phone (02)93493695 Eastgardens NSW2035; 152 Bunnerong Road Westfield Shop 325 Eastgardens Fax (08)89280954 Phone (08)89278788 Casuarina NT0810; Casuarina Square Shop 245 Darwin continued Fax (08)92763086 Phone (08)92767673 Morley WA 6062; Walter Road The Galleria Morley Shop 173 Morley Fax (08)83956645 Phone (08)83960000 Modbury SA5092; Westfield Tea Tree Plaza Shop 200 Modbury Fax (02)95428573 Phone (02)95244289 Miranda NSW2228; Westfield Shop 1087–88,Level 1 Miranda Fax (03)96624402 Phone (03)96624522 Melbourne VIC3000; Little Bourke Sts Cnr Elizabethand Melbourne GPO Shop M01,MezzanineLevel Melbourne Fax (03)93175290 Phone (03)93174652 Maribyrnong VIC3032; Highpoint ShoppingCentre Shop 2072 Maribyrnong Fax (02)98788027 Phone (02)98784253 North RydeNSW2113; Macquarie ShoppingCentre Shop 417 Macquarie Fax (03)98375319 Phone (03)98004965 Wantirna SouthVIC3152; Knox ShoppingCentre Shop 3115 Knox City for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Fax 1300360150 Phone 1300360111 Artarmon NSW2064; Gate 4,6-8Lanceley Place Order Centre Fax (08)83775253 Phone (08)82986350 Oaklands Park SA5046; Westfield Marion Shop 2047 Oaklands Park Fax (02)49209526 Phone (02)49439763 Charlestown NSW2290; Charlestown ShoppingSquare Shop 205 Newcastle Fax (07)34222315 Phone (07)34206928 Upper MtGravatt QLD4122; Cnr LoganandKessels Road Garden CityShoppingCentre Shop 2104A, Mt Gravatt Appendix 27—ABCShops for theyear ended30June2006 Appendices Fax (03)94705672 Phone (03)94714863 Preston VIC3072; Northlands ShoppingCentre Shop K28 Preston Fax (08)94813123 Phone (08)93216852 Perth WA 6000; Carillon CityArcade Shop 60,Gallery Level Perth Fax (02)47213613 Phone (02)47218299 Penrith NSW2750; Westfield Penrith Shop 150,Level 1 Penrith Fax (02)96893421 Phone (02)96359922 Parramatta NSW2150; Westfield Shoppingtown Shop 4069 Parramatta continued Fax (02)83331148 Phone (02)83332055 Ultimo NSW2007; 700 HarrisStreet Ultimo Centre The Foyer Ultimo Fax (02)43539475 Phone (02)43539305 Tuggerah NSW2259; Cnr Wyong andGavenlock Rds Westfield Tuggerah Shop 2043A Tuggerah Fax (03)98470956 Phone (03)98795094 Ringwood VIC3134; Eastland ShoppingCentre Shop L60 Ringwood Fax (02)92627690 Phone (02)92863726 Sydney NSW2000; Queen Victoria Building Shop 48,TheAlbertWalk QVB 235

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 236 Audiences Audience andConsumerAffairs archives 165, 181,182 appropriation advertising andmarket research 130, 132–3,136,185,199 44, 47,62,68,71,72,76,81–3,85,100,101,109,111, ABC2 ABC Shops ABC Retail ABC Resource Hire 127–8, 132–3,136,199,202,208,213 39–41, 42,44,46,59,71,72,81–3,106,113,119, ABC Online 104, 113,117,118,128–9,186,200,225 ABC NewsRadio ABC ConsumerPublishingandContentSales 224, 226 68–71, 88,104,113,118,128,129,186,200,209,213, ABC Classic FM 99, 108,118,120,125,198,202,240 ABC Charter 114–15, 122,123,124,188,189,192,196,207,209 ABC Board 118, 119,121,187,191,192,213,227,228 ABC AsiaPacific 131, 133 ABC Appreciation Survey 198–200 ABC AdvisoryCouncil A In general, thisindex doesnotincludetopics listed intheContents (page9). Index audit, internal Audit andRiskCommittee 70–1, 72,81,90,121,122,127,129 audio streaming/on demand Committees 120, 126–7,129 reach andshare appreciation rural andregional research —2, 5,9,10,11,12,19,20,22,23,26,34,42, —11, 82,99,100,103,125,190 —24, 30–1,105,122,187 —94, 96–7,118,187 —13, 15–18,19–23,24,53–7,59,65,107, —5, 10,44,97,118,198,199,208,233–5 —5, 10,14,19,22,23,28,31,34–5, —10, 13–14,20,36,40–1,53,55,57,94, —21, 24,53–4,56,114-15,123,188,189 —55, 61–2,145,146,153,154,156, — — see —9, 11,12,28–30,44–5,47,64, —5, 12,26,28–31,44–5,68,70–2, see —5, 21,25,44–5,65,85,87,91–3, —13–14, 28–36,70,75,89,113–14, —94, 95,97–8,187 —29–30, 33,40,116 ABC Appreciation Survey Group Audit —24, 65,123,188,192,196, —13, 36–41,106,113,128, —21, 54,56,188, 189 —28, 31,34,48,67,68, —57–9, 105,207–8 —192 —94–6 Charter capital strategy C 197, 228 Business Services business continuity 120, 121,132–3,199,210 broadband Bonner Committee Board bias 115, 122,124–5,insidebackcover benefit tothepeople ofAustralia balance B Classic FM 76, 83,84,95,115,128,209–14 awards 139–40, 189 Australian NationalAuditOffice (ANAO) Reporting Standards (AEIFRS) Australian Equivalents ofInternationalFinancial 112–13, 117,128,130 Australian content (ACMA) Australian Communications andMediaAuthority complaints 196, 199,200,203,210,212,214,219–20,225-6,240 114, 117,125,127,128,131,133,135,180,184–5, 46–8, 49,53,55,64,68,70,83,106,109,111,112, community Code ofPractice 83, 125,147,160, 164,187 co-productions/partnerships consultants 207 Complaints Review Executive (CRE) 123, 195,196,200–2,207–8 music —18, 57–60,201–2,207 — —9, 46,69,113,117,128, —2, 9,11,26,47,51,57,64,69,70,73,74,75, —60, 102,196,208,220,226 — —10, 14,39,41,57–60,200–1,204,207 see see —5, 12,28,34,44,81,82,83,85,117,119, — —18, 20,55,57–60,105,109,115, 122, —2, 10,11,13–14,19,24,36,38,41, —21, 54,107,164,190–1 ABC Board see ABC Charter —25, 61,100,107,191 —60, 105,196,201,202–8 ABC Classic FM —20, 56,65,99,100,103,187, —25, 61,68,75,77,92,96, —51, 105–6 —103, 109,124,190–1 —11, 72,73,76,77, 82, —63, 150,161–3 —14, 15,55,112, —18, 59,109, —61, 114, Index disability strategy 135, 180,199,215,220 83, 91,101,104,108,111,116,118,121,130,132, digital television digital radio dig tv dig jazz dig country 121, 128,129,186 dig datacasting D 118, 199,210 cross-media 112–25, 187,192 Corporate Plan Index Freedom of Information (FOI) fraud control 97, 200,209 festivals F Ecologically-Sustainable Development (ESD) E election coverage Funding AdequacyandEfficiencyReview 112, 115,121,125,197,insidebackcover, efficiency 113, 118–19,131,132,133,160,184–5,186,209,240 education 109, 115,123,188,196,201,202,208 Editorial Policies 97–8, 100,106,109,117,123,131, 186,193,200,212 events employment agreements 117 emergency broadcasting 57 Election Coverage Review Committee(ECRC) Election Coverage Review Committee —5, 9,12,31–2,44–5,69,70,71,101,113,118, —9, 12,71 —10–12, 46–7,51,52,69,70,71,74–5,87,95, —5, 44–5,70,113,121,128,129,186 —9, 10,11,12,46,71,72,74,76,78, 87,95, —14, 19,41,49,54–5,57,87,101,102,103, —13, 26–7,30,41,47,77,82,83,90,92,98, —5, 44–5,70,113,121,128,129,186 —28, 36 —19, 31–2,68,70,90,102,121 —10, 11,25,70–1,78,81–2,83,84,86, —56, 139,189 —13–14, 15,20,21,25,55,107, —5, 19,34,36,44–5,61–2,70,81, —21, 54,57,59,86–7,105,107, —57, 58,87–8,102,109, —115, 194–6 —48, 68,70,102–3,109, —52, 196 —109, 202,208 see also see also —197 —18, Group Audit 107, 109,122,187,189 governance G 129, 136,186,187, 200,211,213,221–2,226,228–32 82, 88,95,104,106, 111,112,113,116,117,118,128, Local Radio Legal Services L KPMG Review knowledge sharing K international bureaux 204, 208,insidebackcover integrity 77–8, 81,83,96,112,113,114,120–1,130,240 innovation Indigenous employment 59–60, 200–2,207–8 Independent ComplaintsReview Panel (ICRP) inside backcover independence I 187, 193,194–5,197,228 Human Resources Hinde, John high standards high definitiontelevision (HDTV) H 53, 54–5,61,107,108,109,115 Funding AdequacyandEfficiencyReview 125, 147,165 69, 72,83,86,100,106,107,108,109,115,116,124, funding Efficiency Review —12, 19–20,22,23,25,53,54–5,57,61–2,68, —10, 14,15,42,54,55,114,122,199,203, —10, 13–14,20,22,23,41,52,55,70–1, —10, 14,15–16,20,21,53–60,101,105, —2, 10,11,28–31,36,45–8,64,68–72, —80 —56, 65,99,187,188,189,193 — —14, 15,53,54,55,114,122,202, —55, 109 —10, 14,55,99,114,122,123,240 see —50, 52,55,65,99,100,101–2, —52 Funding Adequacyand —45, 49,87,100,232–3 —49, 51,76,105–6,126,214 —75, 78 —20, 25, — 237

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 238 113–15, 116, 117,118,119, 120–2,123,131, 204 relevance records management reception 200, 209,210,211,212,213,222–4, 226 68, 70–2,87,88,104,113,117,118, 128–9,132,136, Radio National 113, 118,119,120,121,132,186, 187, 198,227,228 Radio Australia R public broadcasters inthe region 132–3, 184–6 program hours broadcast 115, 187,193,197,228 Production Resources production outsideSydney andMelbourne Policies 188, 189,191,194–6,197,202,208, 106, 107,117,122,124,139,140,146,149–63,174, policies 69, 70–1,77,81,133,136,198,200 podcasting performance management P overseas travel costs 109, 124,190,193–4 Occupational HealthandSafety (OHS) O NewsRadio 118–9, 201,204,insidebackcover news andinformation National Interest Initiatives (NII) national identity N management structure 65, 107,114,142,176,178,187,188,189,228 Managing Director M Index —14, 49,51,53,56,57,96,99,101,102,105, —32, 57,134,199,220,226 —13, 20,23,24,26, 40,42,55,73,82,89, —12, 23,26,28,31,34–5,44,52,66-7,68, — continued see —5, 9,11,12,28–30,36,44–5,64, 67, —5, 44–5,48,65,72,87,89–90,103, —13, 55,112,116,240 ABC NewsRadio —17, 18,19,20–21,23,25,53,55, —191 —107, 124 —2, 13,14,15,26,40–1,54, —50, 52,55,65,99,100,101, —55–6, 65,187 —74, 75,77,129,130–1, —51, 52,99,123,195,196 —22, 68,86,116 —103, 107–8 see also —51–2, 99, —77 Editorial 199, 210,222–5,226 67, 69,70–2,88,104,111,113,118,128,129,186, triple j 215–220, 221–226,227 134–5, 147,164,165,180,184–5,186,187,190,192, 100–1, 103,104,109,112–13,116,118,120,130–2, transmission 124, 193,194,195 training 102, 187,197,228 Technology andDistribution T Symphony Orchestras 199 subscription television subsidiaries streaming audio 12, 87,200 Standing CommitteeonSpoken English(SCOSE) staff profile State andTerritory Directors 134 Short Message Service (SMS) Service Commitment S workforce planning W vodcasting video ondemand V 193, risk management Adequacy andEfficiencyReview 190–1, 192,193,194,201,207–8, 123, 124,125,154,157,159,162,180,188,189, 59–60, 84,86,94,101,102,107,109,115,116,122, reviews see also —5, 9,10,11,12,24,26,28–30,44–5,47,64, —19, 21,24,25,30,48,49,51,52,54,56,57, —15, 48,49,51,52,86–7,103,105,109,123, —12, 67,71,114 —49, 50,197 —57, 152,165,168,176–8 —11, 31,44–5,46,58,60,61–2,70,99, Audit andRiskCommittee —28, 31,48,67,68,70–1,90,129 —11, 75,76,81,82–3,129,132,133 —52, 56,109,153,156,189,191, —52, 100 —196, 208–9 —57, 151,152,165,176–8,180 —5, 32,33,34,44,70,83,114, —50, 55,65,99,100, —65, 109,187 —5, 44,89,114,117, see also Funding Index — images onscreens capable ofdisplayingit. digital television format that provides larger, clearer high definitiontelevision (HDTV) Brisbane, Melbourne,Perth andSydney. a television service inthefive citiesofAdelaide, five-city reach Perth andSydney. Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart,Melbourne,Newcastle, of aradio service inthe eightcitiesofAdelaide, eight-city reach downloaded files reside ontherecipient’s computer. computer for later use.Unlike streamed files, and videofiles, across theInternet to theuser’s download as wellinteractive content. in thesamespectrumasanalog television services, channels orhigher-definitionto becarried television signalindigital form. Thisallows more digital television as analog radio. additional data to becarried inthesamespectrum signal indigital form, allowing more channelsand digital radio and delivered onmore thanonemediaplatform. cross-media/cross-platform money, facilities and/orstaff. producer, andpotentially others, to jointly contribute an agreement betweentheABCandanoutside co-production Act 1983. section 6oftheAustralian Broadcasting Corporation Charter access to large audioandvideofiles. broadband on theuser’s computer after they have beenplayed. requests them.Generally, thefiles donotremain so thatthey beginplayingshortly after theuser radio programs orpieces ofmusic)over theInternet audio-on-demand that are able to carry Internet content. 3G Glossary Glossary —“third generation” mobile telephone services —the core functionsofthe ABC, assetoutin —the transfer ofdata, includingaudio —fast Internet service thatallows rapid —the transmission ofabroadcast radio —the combined audience reach of —a program produced through —the combined audience reach —the transmission ofabroadcast —the provision ofaudiofiles (e.g. —content produced for —a high-resolution content to specificmobile telephone handsets. allowing thedelivery ofspecially-formatted Internet Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) content asitbecomes available. and have their computer automatically retrieve new so thattheuserisable to “subscribe”to aprogram vodcast been played. does notremain ontheuser’s computer after ithas after theuserrequests it.Generally, thecontent over theInternet sothatitbeginsplayingshortly video-on-demand broadcast. that issynchronised witharadio ortelevision streaming Services Act1992 digital television, asrequired bythe content inmultiple formats, suchasanalog and simulcast audience tunedto aparticularservice. share listened orvisited aservice over agiven timeframe. reach music player. files are thenable to betransferred to aportable retrieve newfiles asthey become available. The program andhave theircomputer automatically files sothattheuserisable to “subscribe”to a podcasting telephone-based platforms, suchasSMSandWAP. television andtheInternet. Italsousesmobile distribution. TheABC’s primaryplatforms are radio, platform and community service announcements. programming, ABCEnterprises merchandising cross-promotions for radio ornewmedia include station identification, program promotions, and isputto airbetweenprograms. Interstitials interstitial —the total number ofpeople whohave viewed, —the percentage ofthelistening/viewing —the provision ofdownloadable videofiles —a mediumortechnology for content —simultaneous broadcast ofthesame —content thatisnotatelevision program —”real time”audio-orvideo-on-demand —the provision ofdownloadable audio . —the provision ofvideocontent —a data protocol Broadcasting 239

ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES ANNUAL REPORT 2005–06 APPENDICES 240 4 NothinginthisSectionshallbetaken to imposeontheCorporation adutythatisenforceable by (4) ThefunctionsoftheCorporation undersubsection(1)and thedutiesimposedonCorporation under (3) Intheprovision bytheCorporation ofitsbroadcasting services withinAustralia: (2) ThefunctionsoftheCorporation are: (1) 6 CharteroftheCorporation From the The ABCCharter andDutiesoftheBoard proceedings inacourt. subsection (2)constitute theCharter oftheCorporation. b theCorporation shalltake allsuchmeasures, beingmeasures consistent withtheobligationsof (b) theCorporation shalltake account of: (a) to encourage andpromote themusical, dramatic andotherperforming artsinAustralia. (c) to provide withinAustralia innovative andcomprehensive broadcasting services ofahighstandard as (a) b to transmit to countries outsideAustralia broadcasting programs ofnews,current affairs, (b) development bytheCorporation ofsuitable broadcasting programs. the Corporation underparagraph (a),as,intheopinionofBoard, willbeconducive to thefull and, withoutlimitingthegenerality oftheforegoing, to provide: part oftheAustralian broadcasting system consisting ofnational,commercial andcommunity sectors entertainment andcultural enrichmentthatwill: i thebroadcasting services provided bythecommercial andcommunity sectors oftheAustralian (i) broadcasting programs thatcontribute to asenseofnationalidentityandinform andentertain, (i) v inconnection withtheprovision ofbroadcasting programs ofaneducational nature—the (v) themulticultural character oftheAustralian community; and (iv) theresponsibility oftheCorporation astheprovider ofanindependentnationalbroadcasting (iii) thestandards from timeto timedetermined bytheACMA inrespect ofbroadcasting services; (ii) enable Australian citizenslivingortravelling outsideAustralia to obtain information about (ii) encourage awareness ofAustralia andaninternational understanding ofAustralian attitudes (i) broadcasting programs ofaneducational nature; (ii) Australian BroadcastingAct1983 responsibilities oftheStates inrelation to education; and broadcasting programs; service to provide abalance betweenbroadcasting programs ofwideappealandspecialised broadcasting system; Australian affairs andAustralian attitudesonworldaffairs; and on worldaffairs; and and reflect thecultural diversity of,theAustralian community; The ABCCharterandDutiesoftheBoard 8 Duties of the Board

(1) It is the duty of the Board: (a) to ensure that the functions of the Corporation are performed efficiently and with the maximum benefit to the people of Australia; (b) to maintain the independence and integrity of the Corporation; (c) to ensure that the gathering and presentation by the Corporation of news and information is accurate and impartial according to the recognized standards of objective journalism; and (d) to ensure that the Corporation does not contravene, or fail to comply with: (i) any of the provisions of this Act or any other Act that are applicable to the Corporation; or (ii) any directions given to, or requirements made in relation to, the Corporation under any of those provisions; and (e) to develop codes of practice relating to: (i) programming matters; and (ii) if the Corporation has the function of providing a datacasting service under section 6A—that service; and to notify those codes to the ACMA.

(2) If the Minister at any time furnishes to the Board a statement of the policy of the Commonwealth Government on any matter relating to broadcasting, or any matter of administration, that is relevant to the performance of the functions of the Corporation and requests the Board to consider that policy in the performance of its functions, the Board shall ensure that consideration is given to that policy.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) is to be taken to impose on the Board a duty that is enforceable by proceedings in a court.

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