‘Predators in the church’: ACMA slammed in Senate over Kyle and Jackie O
ACMA representatives copped a grilling over multiple issues
Representatives from the Australian Communications and Media Authority have been raked over the coals during a Senate estimates hearing on Monday afternoon, accused of allowing the organisations it regulates to “sign off on [their own] homework.” ACMA was also berated for allowing the Kyle and Jackie O show to avoid regulation because it moved networks.
The new Commercial Radio Code of Practice was released on the morning of the Senate hearing, and takes effect from July 1. It was developed in consultation with the Commercial Radio and Audio — the body representing the stations under regulation — and features what the CRA referred to in a media release as “substantial enhancements to the existing community safeguards”.
The major changes are a new provision that requires broadcasters to “take special care” during school drop-off and pick-up times (8-9am, and 3-4pm) on school days; and a new AI transparency rule that requires disclosure when a synthetic voice is used during a broadcast.
