Proposal to remake the anti-terrorism standards - consultation 22/2021

Following public consultation, the ACMA made the Broadcasting Services (Anti-terrorism Requirements for Television Narrowcasting Services) Standard 2021.

Find out more about the standard.

The Broadcasting Services (Anti-terrorism Requirements for Subscription Television Narrowcasting Services) Standard 2011 and the Broadcasting Services (Anti-terrorism Requirements for Open Narrowcasting Television Services) Standard 2011 are due to sunset on 1 October 2021.

The standards aim to prevent the broadcast of programs on subscription and open narrowcast television that:

• advocate a terrorist act
• encourage people to join or finance listed terrorists.

Since the anti-terrorism standards were introduced in 2006, community concern about terrorism and seriously harmful material has persisted. Counter-terrorism continues to be a priority policy area for the Australian Government.

Find out more about sunsetting.