Code 6 – Emergency Broadcasting

This Code is from the Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice (2025) and goes into effect on 1 July 2025. For information about the current Codes of Practice visit https://www.cbaa.org.au/community-broadcasting/codes-of-practice-current.

CODE

1. Where we offer emergency broadcasts, we will have procedures in place to enable appropriate local emergency broadcasts.
   
   
2. Where we offer emergency broadcasts, those broadcasts must include:
   1. accurate, reliable, and timely factual information; and
   2. locally relevant information, to the extent possible.
      
      
3. Where possible, we provide emergency broadcasts in the main languages other than English spoken in our local area.

OTHER LEGISLATIVE MATTERS

• In Victoria, official emergency broadcasters have additional requirements.

• The Government may require us to broadcast items of national interest or make use of our facilities if an emergency arises.