What Are The Three Separate Media Organisations

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he Australian media contains three separate media organizations: the government, commercial and community. Tthe Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Special Broadcasting Corporation (SBS) are both controlled by the government. The ABC's written opinion independence is permanent in laws (and law making). The act specifies that the ABC must maintain an "independent national broadcasting service". The ABC is also prohibited from broadcasting advertisements to make sure that it maintains independent of commercial interests. According to the Special Broadcasting Services Act of 1991, the responsibilities of the SBS board include maintaining the "independence and (honest and good human quality/wholeness or completeness)" of the organization.