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Highlights

  Promoted the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 in celebration of Australia’s Indigenous languages   National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program 16 exhibitions projected to reach an audience of 645,000   10.4 million in-person visits to the collections of our national cultural institutions   26 Festivals Australia and 367 Regional Australia Fund grants promoted participation in arts for regional Australia   Resale Royalty Scheme Reached $7.2 million in royalties for 1821 artists from 19,120 resales of work   93 Location and Post, Digital and Visual Effects Offsets final certificates issued to eligible productions, with a rebate of around $176 million   125 actors certified for visa under the Foreign Actor Certification Scheme   Provided $25.7 million to support languages and arts activities through the Indigenous Languages and Arts program   676 engagements to inform a new National Arts and Disability Strategy   1056 students completed courses at elite performing arts training organisations   Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Celebrating great Australian literature by supporting 35 authors and illustrators

​   $21.7 million over three years from 2018-19 for national cultural institutions to mark 250 years since James Cook’s first Pacific voyage   $21.8 million in lending rights payments made to Australian authors, illustrators and publishers   106 organisations added to the Register of Cultural Organisations   481 donations under the Cultural Gifts Program   Over 640,000 Australians employed in creative and cultural industries at the most recent census in 2016   Facilitated the return of 98 Australian Indigenous ancestors from eight collecting institutions in Sweden, the United Kingdom and Germany   Returned an ammonite fossil to the Algerian Government under the Protection of Movable Cultural heritage Act 1986   Lease 5793 works from the Artbank collection   Continued to oversee the introduction of new governance arrangements for .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA)   Supported Fox Sports to broadcast 5850 hours of women’s, niche and emerging sports   Our research bureau, the Bureau of Communications and the arts, published four new papers, helping to provide an evidence base for portfolio policy   Australia re-elected to the ITU Council at the International Telecommunications Union Plenipotentiary in November 2018​​   Supported local journalism through the Regional and Small Publishers Jobs and Innovation Package   Banned online gambling promotions during TV sporting events in children’s viewing hours   Banned all online lottery and keno betting services   Independent reviews of ABC and SBS found competitive neutrality obligations have been met and both are considering the efficiency review   A new regional connectivity program to grow regional business and digital services announced for 2019-20   Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific identified opportunities for Australian to provide more media internationally   $19.5 million to support community radio   Review of the online safety regulatory framework Five independent reviews recommendations made to improve safety online   Keeping our Children Safe Online package announced in December 2018   eSafety Office – Received 531 cyberbullying complaints – Conducted 12,126 investigations into potential prohibited online content – 90% of cases of image-based abuse material removed on request   Made over 320,000 classification decisions including 317,550 through the International Age Rating Coalition Tool   Blocked copyright infringing activities in 975 overseas locations   New protections for the disability, educational and cultural sectors assisted over 9500 schools and 41 universities​​   $2.2 million for the Australian Communications Consumer Action network (ACCAN) to represent the views of consumers on communications issues   NBN construction increased the number of premises that could order an NBN service by 2.9 million - the biggest construction year to date   725 base stations now complete under the Mobile Black Spot Program, including 155 connected in 2018-19   Maintained our commitment to telecommunications for all Australians with Universal Service Obligation   Triple Zero Emergency Completed an investigation of May 2018 outages   Over 9.4 million calls received to Triple Zero   National Relay Service Around 1.2 million calls connected for hearing or speech impaired callers   Preparing for 5G Four companies win valuable 5G spectrum at auction   An estimated 500,000 people relied on Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) each day - our review of VAST recommended arrangements be maintained   Regional Telecommunications Review 10 independent review recommendations made to improve regional telecommunications   Australia Post Delivered over 40 million parcels in December 2018   23 of 27 recommendations completed to implement the government’s response to the ACMA review including cross-appointment between Boards of the ACCC and the ACMA, the Statement of Expectations to the ACMA and its Statement of Intent in response​

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