95SBroadcasting policy launches

##### 95S Broadcasting policy launches (1) Where: (a) a political party has endorsed one or more candidates for the purposes of an election to the Parliament of the Commonwealth or to a legislature of a Territory; and (b) the political party is represented by one or more members of that Parliament or legislature, or was so represented during the last sittings of the Parliament or legislature held before the election; and (c) the party's chief executive officer, by written request, asks a broadcaster to broadcast the party’s policy launch in relation to the election; the broadcaster may broadcast that policy launch once during the election period in relation to the election. (2) Where: (a) a political party has endorsed one or more candidates for the purposes of an election to a State Parliament; and (b) the political party is represented by one or more members of that Parliament, or was so represented during the last sittings of the Parliament held before the election; and (c) the party's chief executive officer, by written request, asks a broadcaster to broadcast the party’s policy launch in relation to the election; the broadcaster may broadcast that policy launch once during the election period in relation to the election. (3) If a broadcaster broadcasts the policy launch of a political party in relation to an election, the broadcaster must give a reasonable opportunity to every other political party that: (a) has endorsed one or more candidates for the purposes of the election; and (b) is represented by one or more members of the relevant Parliament, or was so represented during the last sittings of the Parliament held before the election; for the broadcasting of the party’s policy launch. (4) A broadcast under this section must be made free of charge and must not last for longer than 30 minutes. (5) A broadcaster must not broadcast a political party’s policy launch in relation to an election more than once. (6) A broadcaster must not broadcast a political party’s policy launch in relation to an election otherwise than under this section. (7) This section does not prevent the broadcasting of an excerpt of reasonable length from a political party’s policy launch as part of a news report or current affairs program even if the policy launch has been previously broadcast under this section. (8) In this section: > election does not include a by‑election; > political party does not include a State branch or a local branch of a political party.