The Australian Broadcasting Authority was an
Australian government agency whose main roles were to regulate
broadcasting, radiocommunications and
telecommunications. The Australian Broadcasting Authority took over the functions of the
Australian Broadcasting Tribunal and the National Transmission Authority.The Australian Broadcasting Tribunal took over the functions of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board in the 1970s. The engineering function in some cases was handled by the National Transmission Authority, when the
Post Office ceased being responsible for telecommunications.
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