I, Michelle Rowland, Minister for Communications, make the following instrument.
Dated 29 November 2024
Michelle Rowland
Minister for Communications
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Specification of events
Schedule 1—Events
1 Interpretation
2 Olympic Games
3 Summer Paralympic Games
4 Commonwealth Games
5 Horse racing
6 Australian rules football
7 Rugby league football
8 Rugby union football
9 Cricket
10 Soccer
11 Tennis
12 Netball
13 Motor sports
1 Name
This instrument is the Broadcasting Services (Anti-Siphoning List) Instrument 2024.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences at the same time as Schedule 2 to the Communications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-siphoning) Act 2024.
Note: This instrument replaces any instruments previously made under subsection 115(1) of the Act as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument. Those instruments will be impliedly repealed.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 146V(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
5 Specification of events
For the purposes of subsection 146V(1) of the Act, an event, or event of a kind, mentioned in Schedule 1 is specified as an event, or event of a kind, the televising of which should, in my opinion, be available free to the general public.
Schedule 1—Events
1 Interpretation
(1) This clause applies to the interpretation of this schedule.
(2) A reference to an event, or an event of a kind, is a reference to that event, or kind of event, held from time to time.
(3) Unless otherwise provided, a reference to a named sporting competition includes each of the following references:
(a) if the sporting competition consists of more than one event—a reference to each of the events;
Examples: A multi-event tournament; an annual competition; the competition series of a sporting league or association.
(b) if the sporting competition is held more than once—a reference to the sporting competition as held from time to time, irrespective of any other name by which it is also known or any change in its name;
(c) if the sporting competition is restructured or rebranded into 2 or more sporting competitions—a reference to each of those sporting competitions;
(d) if the sporting competition is expanded by the inclusion of further sports—a reference to each of the events in the expanded sporting competition;
(e) if the sporting competition was previously limited to men’s events or to women’s events, and is expanded by including the other category—a reference to each of the events in the expanded sporting competition;
(f) if the sporting competition consists of both a qualification phase and a final tournament—a reference to the final tournament, but not the qualification phase.
(4) A reference to the name of a sporting body or organisation is a reference to that body or organisation irrespective of any other name by which it is also known or any change in its name from time to time.
(5) A reference to:
(a) a men’s event means an event in which only men are competitors; and
(b) a women’s event means an event in which only women are competitors.
2 Olympic Games
(1) Each event held as part of the Summer Olympic Games, including the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.
(2) Each event held as part of the Winter Olympic Games, including the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.
3 Summer Paralympic Games
Each event held as part of the Summer Paralympic Games, including the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.
4 Commonwealth Games
Each event held as part of the Commonwealth Games, including the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony.
5 Horse racing
Each running of the Melbourne Cup organised by the Victoria Racing Club.
6 Australian rules football
Men’s matches
(1) Each match in the Australian Football League Premiership, including the Finals Series.
Women’s matches
(2) Each match in the Finals Series of the Australian Football League Women’s Premiership.
7 Rugby league football
Men’s matches
(1) Each match in the National Rugby League Premiership, including the Finals Series.
(2) Each match in the National Rugby League State of Origin Series.
Women’s matches
(3) Each match in the Finals Series of the National Rugby League Women’s Premiership.
(4) Each match in the National Rugby League Women’s State of Origin Series.
Men’s and women’s matches
(5) Each men’s or women’s international rugby league test match that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team; and
(b) is played in Australia or New Zealand.
(6) Each men’s or women’s match in the Rugby League World Cup that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team; and
(b) is played in Australia, New Zealand or Papua New Guinea.
8 Rugby union football
(1) Each men’s or women’s international rugby union test match that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Rugby Australia; and
(b) is played in Australia or New Zealand.
(2) Each men’s or women’s match in the Rugby World Cup that involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Rugby Australia.
(3) The men’s or women’s finals of the Rugby World Cup.
9 Cricket
(1) Each men’s or women’s cricket test match that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Cricket Australia; and
(b) is played in Australia.
(2) Each men’s or women’s cricket match of an Ashes series that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Cricket Australia; and
(b) involves the senior English representative team; and
(c) is played in Australia or the United Kingdom.
(3) Each men’s or women’s One Day International cricket match that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Cricket Australia; and
(b) is played in Australia.
Note: This subclause covers matches played under both the One Day International and the Women’s One Day International formats.
(4) Each men’s or women’s Twenty20 International cricket match that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Cricket Australia; and
(b) is played in Australia.
Note: This subclause covers matches played under both the Twenty20 International and the Women’s Twenty20 International formats.
(5) Each match of the International Cricket Council Men’s Cricket World Cup and the International Cricket Council Women’s Cricket World Cup that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Cricket Australia; and
(b) is played in Australia or New Zealand.
(6) The final of the International Cricket Council Men’s Cricket World Cup and the International Cricket Council Women’s Cricket World Cup, if the final is played in Australia or New Zealand.
(7) Each match of the International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup and the International Cricket Council Women’s T20 World Cup that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Cricket Australia; and
(b) is played in Australia or New Zealand.
(8) The final of the International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup and the International Cricket Council Women’s T20 World Cup, if the final is played in Australia or New Zealand.
10 Soccer
Men’s matches
(1) Each match of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup that involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Football Australia.
(2) The final of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup.
(3) Each match in the Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup Qualification tournament that:
(a) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Football Australia; and
(b) is played in Australia.
Women’s matches
(4) Each match of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association Women’s World Cup that involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Football Australia.
(5) The final of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association Women’s World Cup.
(6) Each women’s soccer match that:
(a) is part of a tournament by which teams may qualify for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association Women’s World Cup; and
Example: The 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup was a tournament by which teams could qualify for the 2023 Fédération Internationale de Football Association Women’s World Cup.
(b) involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Football Australia; and
(c) is played in Australia.
11 Tennis
(1) Each match in the Australian Open.
(2) Each match in each tie of the International Tennis Federation Davis Cup World Group that:
(a) involves an Australian representative team; and
(b) is played in Australia.
(2) The final of the International Tennis Federation Davis Cup World Group, if the final involves an Australian representative team.
12 Netball
Each semi-final or final of the Netball World Cup that involves the senior Australian representative team selected by Netball Australia.
13 Motor sports
(1) Each race in the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Formula One World Championship (Grand Prix) held in Australia.
(2) Each race in the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme MotoGP World Championship held in Australia.
(3) Each Bathurst 1000 race in the Supercars Championship.