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procedures and polling places for the election or referendum and the promotion of participation in the election or referendum;

         (d) advertisements of goods and services offered for sale by or on behalf of:

            (i) the government, or a government authority, of the Commonwealth; or

            (ii) the government, or a government authority, of a Territory; or

            (iii) the government, or a government authority, of a State;

       being advertisements that do not contain a political reference;

         (e) advertisements relating to vacant positions or calling for expressions of interest in appointment to public offices;

         (f) advertisements calling for tenders;

         (g) announcements of the kind mentioned in paragraph 31 (2) (a) of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983, or announcements carried by the Service relating to any activity or proposed activity of the Service;

         (h) announcements relating to any public inquiry or public hearing conducted under a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory;

         (i) any notice or announcement required to be broadcast by or under any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, other than a prescribed notice or announcement;

'government authority' means:

         (a) in relation to the Commonwealth:

            (i) a Department of State of the Commonwealth; or

            (ii) any other authority or body (whether incorporated or not) that is established for a public purpose by the Commonwealth, regardless of the way in which the authority or body is so established; and

         (b) in relation to a State or Territory:

            (i) a Department of State of the State or Territory; or

            (ii) a local government authority of the State or Territory; or

            (iii) any other authority or body (whether incorporated or not) that is established for a public purpose by the State or Territory, regardless of the way in which the authority or body is so established;

'legislature of a Territory' means:

         (a) the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory; or

         (b) the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory; or

         (c) such other Territory legislative bodies (if any) as are prescribed;

'licensee', when used in Part IIId, includes:

         (a) the holder of an MCS permit; and

         (b) the holder of a temporary transmission permit;

    'ordinary election', in relation to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, has the same meaning as in the Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Act 1988;

    'policy launch', in relation to a political party, means a single spoken or written statement of all or any of the party's policies, whether or not the statement is accompanied by other incidental matter;

    'political reference' means material comprising an express or implicit reference to, or comment on, any of the following:

         (a) an election to the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of a State, or