December
- MR 163/2008 ACMA accepts enforceable undertaking from Oxygen8 Communications under the Spam Act (23 Dec)
- MR 162/2008 Triple Zero recorded announcement aims to reduce non-genuine calls (19 Dec)
- MR 161/2008 ACMA considers amending the rules for managing VoIP numbers (19 Dec)
- MR 160/2008 Improved coverage for new digital radio services (19 Dec)
- MR 159/2008 Licence issued for new trial community television service in Perth (18 Dec)
- MR 158/2008 ACMA to review Commercial Radio Standards (18 Dec)
- MR 157/2008 ACMA and ACCC release joint report on communications infrastructure and services (12 Dec)
- MR 156/2008 Australians increasingly rely on digital communications in work and leisure (8 Dec)
- MR 155/2008 ACMA makes channels available for ABC Radio services in Colac and Bowen (2 Dec)
- MR 154/2008 ACMA amends anti-terrorism standards for narrowcasting TV services to assist licensees (1 Dec)
November
- MR 153/2008 ACMA proposes to improve reception of radio 4CC (27 Nov)
- MR 152/2008 ACMA finds that TCN 9 breached privacy provisions of the code (27 Nov)
- MR 151/2008 ACMA grants final authorisation to use IPND data for public number directory (27 Nov)
- MR 150/2008 ACMA takes action against 2UE for breaches of disclosure requirements (26 Nov)
- MR 149/2008 ACMA registers revised Commercial Television Code of Practice to assist promotion of digital television (25 Nov)
- MR 148/2008 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares were incorrectly classified M (24 Nov)
- MR 147/2008 Spider-man film was incorrectly classified PG (24 Nov)
- MR 146/2008 ACMA issues formal warning to Hyarchis Company Ltd. for alleged breaches of the Spam Act (19 Nov)
- MR 145/2008 Breaches of the broadcasting control rules by Mr Nicholas Moore (18 Nov)
- MR 144/2008 ACMA releases review of trading of radiofrequency licences for public and industry comment (18 Nov)
- MR 143/2008 ACMA welcomes Federal Court decision on broadcasting control rules (17 Nov)
- MR 142/2008 ACMA registers new codes of practice for community radio (14 Nov)
- MR 141/2008 ACMA encourages comment on mobile premium services code (11 Nov)
- MR 140/2008 ACMA issues formal warning for alleged breaches of the Spam Act 2003 (5 Nov)
October
- MR 139/2008 ACMA finds Bowral community radio service breached licence conditions by broadcasting advertisements (31 Oct)
- MR 138/2008 ACMA finds Bendigo temporary community radio service Phoenix FM breached licence condition by broadcasting advertisements (31 Oct)
- MR 137/2008 ACMA announces new digital media literacy resource (30 Oct)
- MR 136/2008 ACMA to pilot cybersafety program for primary and secondary level educators (30 Oct)
- MR 135/2008 mBlox pays penalty for failing to include unsubscribe facility on premium ringtone SMS (30 Oct)
- MR 134/2008 ACMA’s annual report highlights the new and evolving media and technologies on its radar (29 Oct)
- MR 133/2008 ACMA finds Perth community radio service breached advertising and sponsorship provisions for the third time (24 Oct)
- MR 132/2008 ACMA calls for comment on proposals to improve coverage of new digital radio services (24 Oct)
- MR 131/2008 Dodo pays penalty for calling numbers on the Do Not Call Register (22 Oct)
- MR 130/2008 On-line transactions, streamed content, email and social networking signal changes in how Australians use the internet (22 Oct)
- MR 129/2008 ACMA finds Port Stephens community radio service breached licence conditions by broadcasting advertisements (21 Oct)
- MR 128/2008 ACMA finds Ballarat community radio service breached licence conditions by broadcasting advertisements (21 Oct)
- MR 127/2008 Federal Court imposes civil penalties on internet access provider for non-compliance with the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Scheme (17 Oct)
- MR 126/2008 ACMA extends the submission period on draft Children’s Television Standards by two weeks (15 Oct)
- MR 125/2008 ACMA proposes to allow in-flight mobile phone systems (15 Oct)
- MR 124/2008 ACMA announces way forward in response to wireless access services review (14 Oct)
- MR 123/2008 ACMA to host Spectrum Tune-Up 2008 (14 Oct)
- MR 122/2008 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and Underbelly programs were incorrectly classified M (14 Oct)
- MR 121/2008 Notice issued to CVC Group companies (10 Oct)
- MR 120/2008 TEN breached code by broadcasting material below or near the threshold of normal awareness during 2007 ARIA Awards (8 Oct)
- MR 119/2008 ACMA assigns channels for digital television repeater services in remote central and eastern Australia (7 Oct)
- MR 118/2008 Complaint from the public results in network of child sexual abuse websites being brought down (1 Oct)
September
- MR 117/2008 Foxtel will review classification of all Family Guy episodes after incorrectly classifying an episode PG (29 Sept)
- MR 116/2008 ACMA cancels Perth community TV licence (22 Sept)
- MR 115/2008 Cybersmart Detectives helps Australian kids stay safe online (12 Sept)
- MR 114/2008 ACMA finds Toowoomba community radio service breached licence conditions (11 Sept)
- MR 113/2008 ACMA finds NBN breached licence condition by failing to provide a captioning service for the NBN Evening News (9 Sept)
- MR 112/2008 How ACMA is using a total welfare standard to evaluate ‘the public interest’ in performing its regulatory role (4 Sept)
- MR 111/2008 ACMA penalises Best Buy Australia under the Spam Act (4 Sept)
- MR 110/2008 ACMA finds Bendigo temporary community radio service Fresh 89.5 FM breach licence conditions (3 Sept)
August
- MR 109/2008 ACMA finds Ten Melbourne breached complaint handling provisions (28 Aug)
- MR 108/2008 ACMA finds Bundaberg community radio station failed to encourage community participation in operations and programming (28 Aug)
- MR 107/2008 ACMA finds that coarse language in Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares exceeded M classification guidelines (28 Aug)
- MR 106/2008 ACMA finds Tenterfield community radio service failed to encourage community participation in operations and programming (28 Aug)
- MR 105/2008 New draft Children’s Television Standards released for comment (27 Aug)
- MR 104/2008 Common sense is the best defence online: ACMA releases Social networking—staying safe online guidelines (27 Aug)
- MR 103/2008 ACMA provides for extension of Mudgee commercial radio service to Ilford and Pyramul (26 Aug)
- MR 102/2008 ACMA releases draft of new Australian Radiofrequency Plan for comment (25 Aug)
- MR 101/2008 Transition to digital television not affected by new ACMA service delivery model (21 Aug)
- MR 100/2008 ACMA finds Darwin community radio service 8TOP breached licence conditions (19 Aug)
- MR 99/2008 ACMA proposes channels for ABC radio services in Victoria and Queensland (18 Aug)
- MR 98/2008 ACMA proposes amendments to anti-terrorism standards for narrowcasting TV services (14 Aug)
- MR 97/2008 ACMA releases broadcasting financial results for 2006-07 (6 Aug)
- MR 96/2008 ACMA finds temporary community radio service in Armidale failed to encourage participation in operating and programming the service (5 Aug)
- MR 95/2008 Broadcast of According to Jim breached code (4 Aug)
July
- MR 94/2008 Substitution of fixed-line by mobile services is now emerging, but prospects for convergence of fixed and mobile services low in the short-term, says ACMA (31 Jul)
- MR 93/2008 Expiry of temporary community radio licence in Cobar, NSW (21 Jul)
- MR 92/2008 Broadcast of Californication episode breached code (18 Jul)
- MR 91/2008 ACMA welcomes new Consumer Consultative Forum members (18 Jul)
- MR 90/2008 ACMA to develop new representation guidelines for community broadcasters (17 Jul)
- MR 89/2008 2008 Communications Consumer Dialogue to focus on building communities through communications (17 Jul)
- MR 88/2008 ACMA approves industry code of practice to protect children from unsuitable online and mobile phone content (16 Jul)
- MR 87/2008 ACMA finds Ten breached Children’s Television Standards (15 Jul)
- MR 86/2008 ACMA revises proposed channels for digital television repeater services in remote central and eastern Australia (15 Jul)
- MR 85/2008 All commercial television networks exceeded Australian content in advertising quota for 2007 (8 Jul)
- MR 84/2008 Telephone numbers with new geographic prefixes issued in a number of areas of NSW, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory (3 Jul)
- MR 83/2008 ACMA accepts enforceable undertaking from Albany narrowcasting service (1 Jul)
- MR 82/2008 ACMA makes frequency available for ABC News Radio in the Riverland region of South Australia (1 Jul)
June
- MR 81/2008 ACMA releases final report on survey of digital television in Australian homes (30 Jun)
- MR 80/2008 ACMA issues temporary community broadcasting licence for Young (27 Jun)
- MR 79/2008 New fees for telemarketers to access Do Not Call Register (25 Jun)
- MR 78/2008 ACMA finds Campbelltown community radio service breached complaint handling code (23 Jun)
- MR 77/2008 ACMA releases new community broadcasting sponsorship guidelines (20 Jun)
- MR 76/2008 ACMA releases guidelines for trials of new radiocommunications technologies (18 Jun)
- MR 75/2008 New transmitter site to improve coverage of Moss Vale community radio service (17 Jun)
- MR 74/2008 ACMA warns about recorded calls offering holiday prize (17 Jun)
- MR 73/2008 ACMA finds 2SWR Blacktown breached licence condition (16 Jun)
- MR 72/2008 ACMA finds fifth breach of code by Nine’s A Current Affair since 2005 (12 Jun)
- MR 71/2008 ACMA finds that ATV 10 Melbourne broadcast an election advertisement during the 2007 Federal election ‘blackout’ period (11 Jun)
- MR 70/2008 ACMA finds TWOYYY Young breached sponsorship time limits (5 Jun)
- MR 69/2008 ACMA finds 99.9 Voice FM Ballarat breached licence condition on advertising (5 Jun)
- MR 68/2008 ACMA finds Nine breached safeguards for reports about suicide and provision of warnings (4 Jun)
May
- MR 67/2008 Australians list 2.3 million telephone numbers on the Do Not Call Register (30 May)
- MR 66/2008 ACMA finds Melton community radio service breached licence condition (29 May)
- MR 65/2008 ACMA makes changes to community radio services in Kyneton and Maryborough, Victoria (29 May)
- MR 64/2008 ACMA finds Seven breached complaints handling provisions (23 May)
- MR 63/2008 New information pack promotes safe internet use for children in public libraries (22 May)
- MR 62/2008 Cybersmart Detectives: helping kids stay safe online in Victoria (20 May)
- MR 61/2008 Top six trends in communications technology create regulatory pressure (20 May)
- MR 60/2008 Telephone numbers with new geographic prefixes issued in a number of areas of NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania (20 May)
- MR 59/2008 ACMA invites comment on new industry fee regimes to access Do Not Call Register (19 May)
- MR 58/2008 Metropolitan commercial television licensees exceed the Australian content quota in 2007 (19 May)
- MR 57/2008 New ‘one-stop’ telecommunications consumer protections code to greatly assist telecommunications consumers (19 May)
- MR 56/2008 ACMA finds Perth community radio station breached licence conditions (16 May)
- MR 55/2008 ACMA finds Toowoomba community radio station breached licence conditions (16 May)
- MR 54/2008 Effective use of digital communications and media increasingly important for participation in Australian society, research finds (14 May)
- MR 53/2008 ACMA releases 2.3 GHz marketing plan for consultation (12 May)
- MR 52/2008 Vale Maureen le Blanc (9 May)
- MR 51/2008 Update on financial trends in the commercial television industry (9 May)
- MR 50/2008 Mobiles challenge fixed line phones as the main form of communications for household consumers (8 May)
- MR 49/2008 IPTV and internet video services in Australia (7 May)
- MR 48/2008 Telecommunications industry performance generally satisfactory in meeting key consumer protection obligations for fixed-line services (2 May)
- MR 47/2008 ACMA makes changes to improve reception of Lithgow radio services in Blue Mountains area of NSW (1 May)
April
- MR 46/2008 ACMA finds Sydney community radio service breached licence condition on advertising (30 Apr)
- MR 45/2008 Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy to open RadComms08 (29 Apr)
- MR 44/2008 Radio BFM Bankstown breached licence conditions on advertising (29 Apr)
- MR 43/2008 Number of mobile phones now exceeds Australia’s population (28 Apr)
- MR 42/2008 ACMA seeks public submissions on emergency call service (18 Apr)
- MR 41/2008 ACMA releases options for future use of the spectrum in the 400 MHz band (18 Apr)
- MR 40/2008 ACMA finds 2GLF breached licence condition (18 Apr)
- MR 39/2008 ACMA supports recommendations for increased transparency, sharing and use of market approaches for government spectrum (17 Apr)
- MR 38/2008 ACMA unveils regulatory approach to VoIP services (16 Apr)
- MR 37/2008 ACMA welcomes release of draft industry code of practice to promote safety of children using online and mobile phone content (16 Apr)
- MR 36/2008 ACMA proposes to make frequency available for ABC NewsRadio in Riverland area of South Australia (16 Apr)
- MR 35/2008 ACMA releases future directions for spectrum planning and management with key principles and five-year outlook (15 Apr)
- MR 34/2008 A new approach to ACMA interaction with the community broadcasting sector (14 Apr)
- MR 33/2008 Majority of households still to turn to digital free-to-air television (9 Apr)
- MR 32/2008 ACMA welcomes release of international guidelines for safer online social networking (3 Apr)
March
- MR 31/2008 ACMA makes changes to commercial and open narrowcasting radio services in the Innisfail region of Queensland (28 Mar)
- MR 30/2008 Minister to deliver keynote speech at RadComms 08 conference (28 Mar)
- MR 29/2008 ACMA and TIO signal closer cooperation on complaints, compliance and enforcement (25 Mar)
- MR 28/2008 ACMA appoints specialist industry advisor to its spectrum consultation group as a “public interest advocate” (20 Mar)
- MR 27/2008 ACMA proposes changes to community radio services in Maryborough and Kyneton (20 Mar)
- MR 26/2008 ACMA finds Perth community radio service breached licence conditions by broadcasting advertisements (18 Mar)
- MR 25/2008 Pay TV boosts expenditure on Australian drama (18 Mar)
- MR 24/2008 ACMA finds more code breaches by A Current Affair (18 Mar)
- MR 23/2008 Divestment of commercial radio licences by Macquarie Media Group (14 Mar)
- MR 22/2008 ACMA invites applications for temporary community broadcasting licences for Perth (10 Mar)
- MR 21/2008 STW Perth breached complaints handling provisions (6 Mar)
- MR 20/2008 QTQ Brisbane incorrectly classified Holy Smoke for broadcast in M classification time zone (5 Mar)
February
- MR 19/2008 Consumers express overall satisfaction with telecommunication services but mobile and internet services of concern to rural sector (28 Feb)
- MR 18/2008 Radio changes to improve reception in Noosa/Tewantin (26 Feb)
- MR 17/2008 SBS broadcast of Obscene Machines breached SBS Codes of Practice (25 Feb)
- MR 16/2008 ACMA finds 4TTT Townsville breached licence conditions on advertising and sponsorship announcements (25 Feb)
- MR 15/2008 ACMA not to renew youth community radio licence in Perth (22 Feb)
- MR 14/2008 Radcomms08 - ACMA’s second conference on spectrum management (20 Feb)
- MR 13/2008 ACMA grants provisional authorisation to use IPND data for public number directory (20 Feb)
- MR 12/2008 Fairfax Media undertakes to divest Ipswich radio station (13 Feb)
- MR 11/2008 ACMA directs Dodo to comply with complaints handling and billing codes (13 Feb)
- MR 10/2008 Safer Internet Day: ACMA participates in worldwide event to promote cybersafety (10 Feb)
January
- MR 9/2008 ACMA not to renew Portuguese community radio licence in Fremantle (31 Jan)
- MR 8/2008 ACMA finds 2EAR Moruya failed to encourage community participation (30 Jan)
- MR 7/2008 A new approach to consultation on spectrum matters (30 Jan)
- MR 6/2008 Marine activities to be prohibited or restricted in Perth submarine cable protection zone (29 Jan)
- MR 5/2008 Mobile, friend or foe? ACMA urges parents to talk about phones (29 Jan)
- MR 4/2008 Small and medium enterprises and the farming sector ‘keen adopters’ of communications technology (29 Jan)
- MR 3/2008 ACMA not to renew Cobar community radio licence (22 Jan)
- MR 2/2008 ACMA proposes to improve the coverage of Lithgow commercial radio services (14 Jan)
- MR 1/2008 New radio licences for Indigenous and seniors communities in Perth (7 Jan)
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