Television News and Current Affairs: Contemporary Issues Facing Commercial and Public Services This essay will examine free-to-air television news and current affairs in Australia. ... The Act forms the basis of the Commercial Television Code of Practice which is a voluntary code agreed upon by all commercial television proprietors in Australia. ... First, there was FACTS (Federation of Commercial Television Stations), then CTVA (Commercial Television Australia), and as from June 10th it is now called FreeTV. ... The type of quality news and current affairs offered on the ABC through such ...

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