What will you learn in this course

  • Know Your Legal Responsibilities

    Understand the core areas of media law that apply on air — broadcast legislation, codes of practice, sponsorship rules, defamation, privacy and anti-discrimination law.

  • Avoid Common
    Legal Pitfalls

    Recognise the situations community broadcasters most often get wrong — from incidental advertising and contempt of court to copyright breaches — and learn how to prevent them.

  • Know Who to Ask

    Build confidence to identify when a legal question is beyond your judgement, and know exactly who at your station or beyond to contact for guidance.

About this course

Time:
2h
Lessons:
53


Section

Lesson

01 Introduction to Media Law for Community Broadcasters

🕮 What Will I Learn?

🕮 Who Wrote This Course?

🕮 What is Media Law?

★ Quiz

02 Station Staff and Volunteers

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Station Staff and Volunteers

★ Quiz


03 Broadcast Legislation - The Basics

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 The Broadcasting Services Act

🕮 Equal Opportunity Legislation

★ Quiz


04 Codes of Practice and Broadcast Legislation

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice

🕮 The Eight Codes

★ Quiz


05 Sponsorship

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Sponsorship and the Broadcasting Services Act

🕮 Incidental Advertising and Sponsorship in a Nutshell

★ Quiz


06 Defamation

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Defamation

🕮 Defamation Video Transcript

🕮 Who Can Sue and How to Avoid It

🕮 Reporting on Parliament and Courts

★ Quiz


07 Privacy

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Privacy and Codes of Practice

🕮 The Privacy Act and Public Figures

★ Quiz


08 Anti-Discrimination

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Racial Vilification - The Racial Discrimination Act

🕮 The Disability Discrimination Act

🕮 Direct and Indirect Disability Discrimination

🕮 The Sex Discrimination Act

🕮 Discrimination Types

★ Quiz


09 Contempt of Court

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Contempt of Court

🕮 Prejudice of a Trial

★ Quiz


10 Copyright

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Copyright Basics

🕮 Music Copyright and Ephemeral Rights

🕮 How Long Copyright Lasts

🕮 Copyright and the Internet

★ Quiz


11 Obscenity

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 A Word About Obscenity

★ Quiz


12 Who Can You Talk To About Broadcast Law?

🕮 What Will I Learn In This Section?

🕮 Broadcast Law - Who You Can Talk To


Course Resources

🕮 Resources

Completion

🕮 Student Declaration and Feedback

🕮 Congratulations 

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