In the final quarter of 2015, the government issued military licences valued at more than £7.2m, including £3m worth of ML4 licences that include the export of grenades, bombs and missiles.
The BBC's pockets are also no longer as deep as they used to be thanks to a new licence fee settlement that includes it having to bear the cost of free television licences for the over-75s and is forcing the corporation to make cutbacks across the board, including recently making its youth channel, BBC3, online only.
Two sons of the former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid are being investigated by the federal competition watchdog over alleged "cartel conduct" in securing a coal exploration licence over an area that included the Obeid family's farm.
BMI, ASCAP and PRS licences only cover performances – and YouTube videos that include music require a mechanical synch licence, as it "synchs" the music with visual media.
In one of the latter cases, the local Liquor Licensing Authority removed the licence for three weeks as a penalty for activity that included allowing smoking indoors [ 47, 48].
The decision to freeze the licence fee during the last settlement negotiations in 2010 led to the BBC having to make savings that included 2,000 job losses.
With an early roster of DJs that included future R1 regulars Danny Rampling, Norman Jay, Judge Jules, Tim Westwood, Gilles Peterson and Trevor Nelson, Kiss was eventually granted an official FM licence in 1990.
"Before the downturn the BBC committed to delivering serious efficiencies year-on-year as part of the last licence fee settlement … and that includes programme budgets".
In July, the BBC struck a funding deal with the government that include taking on the £750m cost of free licence fees for over-75s by 2020.
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