Guide to the Records of the Commonwealth Government Task Force on a National Communications Satellite System

Prahran Action Resource Centre (Item 1)

Group conversations

Marc Robinson (Item 2)

Aeronautical, maritime

Department of Regional Administration and the North West (W.A.) (Item 3)

Value to Northern Australia of a Satellite System

Australian Association of National Advertisers (Item 4)

Television capacity

Commonwealth Police (Item 5)

Police communications requirements

D.H.V. Lobb (Item 6)

Experience with ELDO

News Ltd. (Item 7)

Newspaper production using facsimile

N.A.S.A. (Item 8)

Experimental programmes utilising N.A.S.A. satellites

Interstate Television Holdings Pty. Ltd. (Muzak Division) (Item 9)

Music distribution requirements

(Mrs.) J. Winks (Item 10)

Television coverage in remote areas

Library Association of Australia (Item 11)

Growing requirements for library communications

E.C. Semple, Uni. of Adelaide (Item 12)

Satellite redundancy requirements; opportunity for Australian manufacture

Confederation of Australian Industry (formerly Chamber of Manufacturers) (Item 13)

Highly generalised

Queensland Government (Item 15)

Health, education, emergency services, police

Bain Dawes (Item 16)

Insurance aspects

Australian Children's Television Action Committee (Item 17)

Impact of television on children

Australian Telecommunications Development Association (Item 18)

Australian industry participation

Country Education Project Planning Committee - Far East Gippsland Area (Item 19)

Requirement for radio and television in isolated areas

Entertainment Industry Council (Item 20)

Employment, TV distribution, system ownership

General Electric Co. (Item 21)

Space Hardware

P.B. White, LaTrobe University (Item 22)

Broadcasting and telecommunications policy

Justice in Broadcasting (Item 23)

Broadcasting and social issues

NEC Australia Pty. Ltd. (Item 24)

Hardware

Ford Aerospace and Communication Corporation (Item 25)

System design

Montedison Australia Pty. Ltd. (Item 26)

System design

Hughes Aircraft Co. (Item 27)

System design

Swan Television and Radio Broadcasters (Item 28)

Broadcasting, ownership

Carnarvon School of the Air P C Association (Item 29)

Education for isolated children

Isolated Children's Parents' Association - Southern Gascoyne Branch (W.A.) (Item 30)

Education for isolated children

Murchison Shire Council (W.A.) (Item 31)

Communications in isolated areas

Australian Banks' Automation Committee (Item 32)

Data transfer

Spencer Gulf Telecasters Ltd. (Item 33)

Australian Telecommunications Employees Association (Item 34)

TV broadcasting, ownership, effect on employment

Australian Computer Society Incorporated (Item 35)

Data transfer

Isolated Children's Parents Association (Qld. Executive) (Item 36)

Communications with isolated areas

Dept. of Health and Hospitals and Health Services Commission (Item 37)

Health care delivery

Pt. Clare and Tascott Progress Association (Item 38)

Television reception quality

A.T. Haggarty, Griffith (Item 39)

Lack of quality radio service in Griffith

British Aerospace (Item 40)

System design

Thomson - C.S.F. (Item 41)

Bureau of Mineral Resources (Item 42)

Data collection from remote areas

Cobar Shire Television Campaign Committee (Item 43)

Unavailability of TV in isolated areas

Australian Greek Welfare Society (Item 44)

Improvement in ethnic broadcasting

George Patterson Pty. Ltd. (Item 45)

Television coverage, cost of data circuits and trunk telephone traffic

Australian Finance Conference (Item 46)

Use, funding, capacity

Isolated Children's Parents' Association - Federal Council (Item 47)

Communications with isolated areas

Trade Practices Commission (Item 48)

Competition in the mass communications industry

Stockowners Association of South Australia - North East District Committee (Item 49)

Quality of life in isolated areas

O.T.C.(A) (Item 50)

Experience with satellite communications, benefits, uses (including other countries), timing, ownership, control, administration, funding

R.C.A. (Item 51)

J. O'Sullivan (formerly Postmaster, Bathurst Is.) (Item 52)

Quality of life in isolated areas

H. Smith (Audio Visual Video Consultant) (Item 53)

Communications in isolated areas

Community Services Training College (Perth) (Item 54)

Need for a community access T.V. channel

Royal Australian College of Surgeons (Item 55)

Postgraduate medical education

Australian Mining Industry Council (Item 56)

Potential benefits to the mining industry

Western Australia Government Computing Policy Committee (Item 57)

Data applications

Department of Business and Consumer Affairs (Item 58)

Data communications

National Library of Australia (Item 59)

Requirements for library communications

Dr. E.S. Seumahu LaTrobe University (Item 60)

Benefits to PNG and Pacific Islands of access to an Australian satellite

Department of Defence (Item 61)

Publishing and Broad-casting Ltd. (Item 62)

Technical considerations of TV broadcasting and programme distribution

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Item 63)

Potential benefits from a satellite system

A.A.P. (Item 64)

Telecom Australia (Item 65)

All relevant issues addressed

Dr. J.G. Hedberg (Item 66)

Educational aspects

Department of Science (Item 67)

Use for meteorological purposes data collection, and communications with Antarctic

J.P. Coker, Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (Item 68)

Ownership and control provisions of the B&TV Act, viability of commercial television stations

E. Goddard, Bollon, Qld. (Item 69)

Need for TV in isolated areas

Australia Post (Item 70)

E.S.A. (Item 71)

Ariane User's Manual and Progress Report

Pastoralists and Graziers Assoc. of W.A. (Item 72)

Quality of life in isolated areas

Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development (Item 73)

Broadcasting and other requirements

Mitsubishi (Item 74)

Technical Data for Earth Stations

Public Broadcasting Assoc. of Australia (Item 75)

Public broadcasting

Rockwell Collins (Item 76)

Australian Woolgrowers and Graziers Council (Item 77)

Quality of life in isolated areas

Australian Council of Social Services (Item 78)

Sociological aspects

Advertising Federation of Australia (Item 79)

Media attitudes

Australian Academy of Science (Item 81)

Opportunities for Australian Science

Lancaster Engineering Pty. Ltd. (California Microwave Inc.) (Item 82)

Earth segment equipment

Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters (Item 83)

Impact on radio broadcasting

Royal Guide Dogs for the Blind Associations of Australia (Item 84)

Assistance for people with special needs

Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services (Ms D G Peake) (Item 87)

Datacommunication

Department of Transport (Item 88)

Transport communications requirements

C.S.I.R.O. (Item 90)

Digital data communications

Dept. of National Development (Item 91)

Requirements for precise time transfer

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (Item 92)

General

APTU/ATEA (Item 95)

General

ATEA, NSW Television Sub-Branch (Item 96)

Impact on manpower requirements

United Telecasters Sydney Ltd. (Item 104)

TV distribution

F.A.C.T.S. (Item 106)

TV distribution

Channel 7 Sydney (Item 107)

TV distribution

ABC Staff Association (Item 110)

Television aspects

Isolated Children's Parents Association, South Australian Executive (Item 111)

Quality of life in isolated areas

Plessey Australia Pty. Ltd. (Item 112)

Confidential

TVW Enterprises Ltd. (Item 113)

TV distribution

Australian Broadcasting Commission (Item 114)

TV distribution

Special Broadcasting Service (Item 115)

Possible uses of special broadcasting service

Department of Primary Industry (Item 116)

Possible uses of satellite system

Pipeline Authority (Item 117)

Applications of satellite system for pipeline construction & maintenance

I.R.E.E. (Item 118)

All aspects of terms of reference

IBM (Australia) (Item 119)

General

Postal Telecommunications Department (Item 120)

Northern Territory Executive (Item 121)

Requirement for improved communications for Northern Territory

Australian Bank Officials' Association (Item 122)

Impact on employment, media, control, outback communications

John Fairfax Ltd. (Item 123)

Impact on newspaper industry

Tasmanian Television Limited (Item 124)

T.V. distribution

Institution of Electrical Engineers (Victorian Organisation) (Item 130)

Technical and ownership aspects

Group of private marriage counselling agencies (Item 131)

Rural counselling by television

J.P. Pierce, Western Australian Institute of Technology (Item 132)

Health care delivery

Aeronautical Society of Western Australia (Item 133)

Need for space industry, isolation of Western Australia

Shire of Carnarvon (Item 134)

Method of financing earth station purchase

Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation (Item 135)

Social, cultural and economic needs of Albury-Wodonga

Meekatharra School of the Air (Item 136)

Problems of teaching broadcast lessons

C. Maslem (Item 137)

History of communication problems in Doorawarral, Western Australia

Gascoyne Region of Shire Councils (Item 138)

Communication difficulties in Gascoyne region, benefits from improved communications

L.H. Holman Director General Public Health, Western Australia (Item 139)

Health care delivery

E.A. Officer (Item 140)

Telephone difficulties in Mullewa, Western Australia

Department of Education (Item 141)

Potential for education

Datel Inc. (Item 142)

Health care delivery