Australian industry bodies

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Australian Press Council (APC) is the print media self-regulatory body, funded by newspaper and magazine publishers.  Its treatment of misbehaviour by its members has been compared to a flogging - oh, the pain - with a wilted lettuce. The Australian's editor-in-chief last year described it as an "institutionalised bureaucracy only concerned with its own self-preservation".  The Council's site includes selected papers, its newsletter and Deborah Kirkman's thesis Whither the Australian Press Council: The Formation, Function & Future of the Council. 

The Advertising Standards Council is an independent body dealing with complaints about television, radio, print and outdoor advertising

The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ) at the University of Technology, Sydney is one of a number of academic centres concerned with journalism.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) and Circulations Audit Bureau (CAB) are nonprofit bodies tracking print circulations on behalf of advertisers

  Broadcasting

The Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations (FACTS) represents the commercial free-to-air television networks.

The Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters (FARB) represents the commercial radio broadcasters.  FARB does not currently have a website.

The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) is the industry body for community radio and television stations. The Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) is an independent funding body, using money from the Commonwealth Department of Communications Information Technology & the Arts and the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission.

The National Ethnic & Multicultural Broadcasters Council (NEMBC) represents ethnic broadcasting organisations, with around 82 stations across Australia.

   Print

The Australian Publishers Association (APA) represents book publishers, representing most of the commercial publishers.

   Online

The Australian Internet Industry Association (IIA) represents many internet service providers and others, such as Caslon Analytics, concerned with the web and 'internet industries'.

The Australian Interactive Multimedia Association (AIMIA) represents multimedia developers

The Community Broadcasting Online (CBO) initiative is an offshoot of Commonwealth community broadcasting programs, designed to encourage the broadcasters to go online.

  Film

Australian Screen Directors Association (ASDA) represents directors.

The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) represents producers.  

Screen Network Australia (SNA) is a gateway developed by the Australian Film Institute, AFC and other bodies.

MetroScreen (Metro) 

  Unions

The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) represents the gamut from performers to journalists 

  Other

The National Indigenous Media Association of Australia (NIMAA) represents Indigenous media organisations.

The Australasian Web Publishers Association (AWPA) competes with the Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association