Ms Celene Craig:

The BAI engages in a wide range of activities to support diversity of content on broadcasting services. This relates to the range of services and the different types of services it licenses. It also stretches across the different categories of services. We recognise that public service broadcasting, commercial broadcasting and community broadcasting, on both radio and television, all have roles in increasing diversity. Our licence agreements or contracts with broadcasters spell out the manner in which they will deliver on diversity objectives but there are many other ways in which the BAI supports diversity. For example, we do so very extensively through the sound and vision scheme. This scheme encourages and supports a very wide range of content that it might not otherwise be possible to provide in a commercial context. It also supports the supply and broadcasting of that content right across the different categories of broadcaster in both radio and television. That is central to our functions and we remain very committed to continuing to do this. We also believe it should form part of the core functions of the new media commission.