27News services

#### 27 News services (1) The Corporation shall develop and maintain an independent service for the broadcasting of news and information by the Corporation pursuant to this section. (2) Subject to subsection (5), the Corporation must broadcast daily from each broadcasting service regular sessions of news and information relating to current events within and outside Australia. (3) The Managing Director shall ensure that the employees of the Corporation include an adequate number of persons, both within and outside Australia, for the purpose of collecting the news and information to be broadcast pursuant to this section. (4) Without affecting the obligations of the Managing Director under subsection (3), the Corporation may also procure news and information relating to current events from such news agencies and other sources, whether within or outside Australia, as the Board thinks fit. (5) Subsection (2) does not apply to: (a) a subscription broadcasting service within the meaning of section 16 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992; or (b) a subscription narrowcasting service within the meaning of section 17 of that Act; or (c) an open narrowcasting service within the meaning of section 18 of that Act; unless the service is specified by the Minister under subsection (6). (6) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a service for the purposes of subsection (5).