Australian Communications and Media Authority, also known as ACMA, is a State Owned entity headquartered in Australia. Founded in 2005, the organization operates with approximately 310 employees. Functioning as a government administration body, it is a statutory authority within the federal government Communications portfolio, responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, the internet, radiocommunications, and telecommunications.
On September 24, 2026, Palmer Bookmaking Pty Ltd, operating as Palmerbet, entered an 18-month court-enforceable undertaking with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after an investigation uncovered hundreds of breaches of Australia's national self-exclusion rules. The ACMA specifically found on September 23, 2026, that Palmerbet failed to close a self-excluded customer's account, continuing to provide wagering services to a customer registered with BetStop, Australia's National Self-Exclusion Register. Also on September 23, a Senate committee recommended upgrading the Telecommunications Act, proposing a new national authority to control the Triple Zero emergency call system, and called for a review of the ACMA's current powers, following its inquiry into last year’s deadly Optus 000 outage. Previously, on September 16, the ABC’s managing director rejected an ACMA investigation’s finding that a Four Corners program on the Australian War Memorial redevelopment unduly favored a critical perspective and failed its impartiality obligations. This followed the ACMA announcing on September 15 that Dabble Sports Pty Ltd paid A$1,069,200 in penalties for breaching national self-exclusion requirements designed to protect online gamblers, following an investigation into its handling of BetStop-registered customers.
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