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Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1] The Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network (JCNBN) is a new committee. Consecutive committees are expected to be established for the rollout period of the National Broadband Network (NBN).

[2] The Resolution of Appointment of the JCNBN was passed by the House of Representatives on 1 March 2011 and the Senate on 3 March 2011.

[3] The NBN is a Government policy initiative announced in April 2009 to provide a super-fast broadband service to all premises across Australia at an estimated total expenditure (as at 20 December 2010) of $35.9 billion, with the Government expected to invest $27.5 billion in the project. In addition to providing a super-fast broadband service to connect Australia’s cities and regional centres, more broadly the NBN is also intended to drive national productivity, improve education and health service delivery and improve Australia’s international competitiveness. See: Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘New National Broadband Network’, Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[4] The NBN Shareholder Ministers are Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation.

[5] The committee’s first reporting period included the six months from its establishment in early March 2011 to its reporting date of 31 August 2011.

[6] The committee presented its report out of session on 31 August 2011.

[7] Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister, to Senator Nick Xenophon, Senator for South Australia, 23 November 2010.

Chapter 2 Review of National Broadband Network Rollout Progress

[1] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 1.

[2] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Correspondence to the Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network (JCNBN), dated 7 July 2011.

[3] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Correspondence to the JCNBN, dated 7 July 2011.

[4] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Correspondence to the JCNBN, dated 7 July 2011.

[5] JCNBN, Review of the Rollout of the National Broadband Network, First Report, August 2011, Recommendation 1.

[6] As sponsored on behalf of the Government by the Shareholder Ministers and released on 20 December 2010, p. 11.

[7] This is in addition to its annual reporting obligations as prescribed in the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (Cth), and the Governance Arrangements for Commonwealth Government Business Enterprises, June 1997, Australian Government, Statement of Expectations, 20 December 2010, p. 11.

[8] Australian Government, Statement of Expectations, 20 December 2010, p. 11.

[9] Australian Government, Statement of Expectations, 20 December 2010, p. 11.

[10] Mr Mike Quigley, CEO, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 5 July 2011, p. 4.

[11] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Correspondence to the Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network, dated 7 July 2011.

[12] Mr Daryl Quinlivan, Deputy Secretary, Infrastructure Group, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 6.

[13] Mr Quinlivan, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 6.

[14] Mr Quinlivan, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 6.

[15] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19.

[16] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 1

[17] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 1

[18] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 1.

[19] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 1.

[20] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 1

[21] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, 17 December 2010, p. 15.

[22] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, 17 December 2010, p. 15.

[23] The point of connection to the NBN Co access capability for Retail Service Providers and Wholesale Service Providers. ‘In the field, this is the physical port on the Ethernet Fanout Switch located at NBN Co’s POI, where an Access Seeker connects to establish exchange of traffic with NBN Co’s network.’ NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, 17 December 2010, p. 157.

[24] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, 17 December 2010, p. 16.

[25] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, pp 21-23.

[26] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 5 July 2011, pp 2 and 3; NBN Co, Submission 2.1, pp 1-2.

[27] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2.

[28] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2.

[29] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2. The Performance Report states this figure as 18 243 premises passed, p. 22.

[30] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2. The Performance Report states this figure as 18 243 premises passed, Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 22.

[31] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 5.

[32] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2.

[33] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2.

[34] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2.

[35] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 3.

[36] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 4.

[37] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 4.

[38] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 7.

[39] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 3.

[40] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 4.

[41] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 4.

[42] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 5.

[43] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 6.

[44] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 6.

[45] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 6.

[46] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 6.

[47] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 6.

[48] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 7.

[49] While the Performance Report includes NBN Co’s unaudited financial statements for the financial year ended 30 June 2011, the DBCDE stated that the financial statements were checked against the audited financial statements before the Performance Report was provided to the committee. Mr Quinlivan, Transcript of evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 5.

[50] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 1

[51] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 11.

[52] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 1

[53] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 1

[54] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 11.

[55] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 11.

[56] Shareholder Ministers, Government report to Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network on NBN Co Limited and its subsidiaries as at 30 June 2011, 23 September 2011, p. 11.

[57] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 3.

[58] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co Releases 12-Month National Rollout Plan’, Media Release, 18 October 2011, p. 1.

[59] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co Releases 12-Month National Rollout Plan’, Media Release, 18 October 2011, p. 1.

[60] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, pp 2- 3.

[61] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2.

[62] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 8.

[63] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Report on Australian Internet Activity June 2011.

[64] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 4.

[65] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, pp 3-4.

[66] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 8.

[67] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 8.

[68] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Report on Australian Internet Activity, June 2011.

Chapter 3 Competition and Regulatory Issues

[1] Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill (CCS Bill) 2010, Explanatory Memorandum (EM), Regulation Impact Statement, p. 9.

[2] Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister, Hon Wayne Swan MP, Treasurer, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘New National Broadband Network’, Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009; NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra reach heads of agreement’, Media Release, 20 June 2010, p. 2.

[3] Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister, Hon Wayne Swan MP, Treasurer, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘New National Broadband Network’, Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[4] Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister, Hon Wayne Swan MP, Treasurer, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘New National Broadband Network’, Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[5] Telstra has ownership of the only copper network, larges cable and mobile network, and 50 per cent share of Australia’s largest subscription television provider, Foxtel, CCS Bill 2010, EM, p. 2.

[6] Australia Competition and Consumer Commission, (ACCC) ‘Assessment of Telstra’s Structural Separation Undertaking and draft Migration Plan’, 30 August 2011, p. 1.

[7] This Act was presented to the Parliament as the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 and passed on 29 November 2010. It replaced the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 which lapsed at the end of the 42^nd Parliament.

[8] CCS Bill 2010, EM, p. 1.

[9] CCS Bill 2010, EM, p. 2.

[10] CCS Bill 2010, EM, p. 2.

[11] The $11 billion consists of approximately $9 billion in value from the terms of the Telstra Agreement and $2 billion from the Government public policy reforms, NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra reach heads of agreement’, Media Release, 20 June 2010, p. 1.

[12] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra reach heads of agreement’, Media Release, 20 June 2010 p. 1.

[13] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, p. 3.

[14] NBN Co, Frequently Asked Questions, <www.nbnco.com.au>

[15] NBN Co, Frequently Asked Questions, <www.nbnco.com.au>

[16] CCS Bill 2010, EM, p. 2.

[17] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 85.

[18] These four documents are: the Implementation and Interpretation Deed, the Subscriber Agreement, Infrastructure Services Agreement, and Access Deed. NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, p. 4.

[19] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, p. 4.

[20] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 51.

[21] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, p. 1.

[22] Mr Mike Quigley, CEO, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 5 July 2011, p. 2.

[23] Australian Communications and Media Authority, Major Changes to Australian Telecommunications Announced, Media Release, 23 June 2011.

[24] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, p. 4.

[25] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, pp 4 and 5.

[26] CCS Bill EM, p. 1.

[27] CCS Bill EM, p. 1.

[28] Shareholder Ministers, Statement of Expectations, December 2010, p. 3.

[29] ACCC, ‘Assessment of Telstra’s Structural Separation Undertaking and draft Migration Plan’, 30 August 2011 (Discussion Paper) p. 1.

[30] ACCC, Discussion Paper, p. 1.

[31] CCS Bill Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[32] CCS Bill Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[33] CCS Bill Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[34] ACCC, Discussion Paper, p. 6.

[35] CCS Bill Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[36] ACCC, Discussion Paper, p. 6.

[37] ACCC, Discussion Paper, p. 1.

[38] ACCC, Discussion Paper, p. 1.

[39] ACCC, Discussion Paper, p. 5.

[40] ACCC, Discussion Paper, p. 2.

[41] ACCC, Discussion Paper, p. 5.

[42] ACCC, ‘ACCC calls for comment on Telstra’s structural separation undertaking and draft migration plan’, Media Release, 30 August 2011.

[43] Mr Maha Krishnapillai, Director of Government and Corporate Affairs, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 38.

[44] Mr John Lindsay, General Manager, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 57.

[45] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 57.

[46] Mr Matthew Lobb, General Manager, Industry Strategy and Public Policy, Vodafone Hutchison Australia, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 59.

[47] Mr Lobb, Vodafone, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 59.

[48] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, p. 2.

[49] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, p. 5.

[50] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011, p. 5.

[51] Mr Michael Cosgrave, General Manager, Communications Group, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 10.

[52] Mr Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 4.

[53] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, pp 1-2.

[54] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 3.

[55] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Optus Sign Binding Agreement’, Media Release, 23 June 2011.

[56] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Optus Sign Binding Agreement’, Media Release, 23 June 2011.

[57] Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 37.

[58] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Optus Sign Binding Agreement’, Media Release, 23 June 2011.

[59] Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 40.

[60] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 17.

[61] Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 39.

[62] Mr Andrew Sheridan, General Manager, Interconnect and Regulation, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 39.

[63] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 18.

[64] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 18.

[65] Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 39.

[66] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 18.

[67] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 18.

[68] Mr Peter Harris, Secretary, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney 24 October 2011, p. 18.

[69] DBCDE, Submission 3.2, p. 1

[70] DBCDE, Submission 3.2, p. 1.

[71] Mr Quinlivan, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 2.

[72] Ms Pip Spence, First Assistant Secretary, NBN Implementation Division, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 2.

[73] DBCDE, Submission 3.2, p. 1.

[74] Telstra, ‘Telstra signs NBN Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011.

[75] Mr Harris, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, pp 8-9.

[76] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 106.

[77] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 106.

[78] NBN Co, ‘SAU Discussion Paper and Wholesale Broadband Agreement’, Media Release, July 2011, p. 1.

[79] NBN Co, ‘SAU Discussion Paper and Wholesale Broadband Agreement’, Media Release, July 2011, p. 1.

[80] A Point of Interconnect (POI) is the point of connection to the NBN Co access capability for Retail Service Providers and Wholesale Service Providers. ‘In the field, this is the physical port on the Ethernet Fanout Switch located at NBN Co’s POI, where an Access Seeker connects to establish exchange of traffic with NBN Co’s network.’ NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, 17 December 2010, p. 157.

[81] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 107.

[82] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p 11.

[83] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p 16.

[84] ACCC, Correspondence to Baker and McKenzie, 11 November 2011, p. 2.

[85] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 107; Mr Michael Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 8.

[86] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 107.

[87] Mr Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 9.

[88] Mr Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 13.

[89] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, pp. 106-107.

[90] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co offers clarity and transparency on pricing and regulatory approach’, Media Release, 28 July 2011.

[91] NBN Co, ‘SAU Discussion Paper and Wholesale Broadband Agreement July 2011’, Media Release, July 2011.

[92] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, pp. 106-107.

[93] NBN Co, ‘SAU Discussion Paper and Wholesale Broadband Agreement July 2011’, Media Release, July 2011.

[94] NBN Co, ‘SAU Discussion Paper and Wholesale Broadband Agreement July 2011’, Media Release, July 2011.

[95] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, pp. 5, 6.

[96] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 6.

[97] Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, pp. 37, 41, 42.

[98] Optus: Mr Sheridan, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 41; Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 42.

[99] Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 37.

[100] Mr Sheridan, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 41.

[101] Internode is the fifth largest RSP in Australia, with about 30 per cent of its customers in South Australia: Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 49.

[102] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, pp. 48.

[103] Mr Sheridan, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 53.

[104] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 56

[105] Mr Lobb, Vodafone, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney 24 October 2011, p. 59.

[106] Mr Lobb, Vodafone, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 59.

[107] Mr Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 1.

[108] Mr Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 12.

[109] NBN Co, Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA), Media Release, 21 November 2011.

[110] Dr Robert Nicholls, General Manager, Convergence and Mobility Branch, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 2.

[111] Dr Nicholls, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 2.

[112] Dr Nicholls, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 2.

[113] Dr Nicholls, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 2.

[114] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 50.

[115] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 50.

[116] Dr Nicholls, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 3.

[117] Mr Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 3.

[118] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 50.

[119] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co makes it cheaper for service providers to start up on the NBN’, Media Release, 9 August 2011.

[120] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co makes it cheaper for service providers to start up on the NBN’, Media Release, 9 August 2011.

[121] Australia On-Line, Submission 1.1, p. 1.

[122] Australia On-Line, Submission 1.1, pp 2-3.

[123] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 50; Australia On-Line, Submission 1.1, p. 2.

[124] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 52.

[125] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 52.

[126] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, pp. 101-103.

[127] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 49.

[128] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 48.

[129] Mr Lindsay, Internode, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 51.

[130] Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 37.

[131] Optus, ‘New Era of Competition as Optus announces reveals NBN pricing’, Media Release, 9 November 2011.

[132] Mr Lobb, Optus, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 60.

[133] Mr Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 4.

[134] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 30.

[135] NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 30.

[136] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 2.

[137] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 2.

[138] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 2.

[139] Ms Teresa Corbin, CEO, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 19.

[140] Mr Cosgrave, ACCC, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 10.

[141] Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 (Cth).

[142] House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings No. 21, Wednesday, 9 February 2011, p. 285.

[143] Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill, (EM) p. 2.

[144] Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill, EM, p. 2.

[145] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 18.

[146] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 18.

[147] The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, ‘Government and Telstra agree on package of consumer measures’ Joint Media Release, 23 June 2011.

[148] ACMA, ‘Major changes to Australian telecommunications announced’, Media Release, 23 June 2011.

[149] House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings No 77, 2 November 2011, p. 1034.

[150] The Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011 (TUSMA Bill), EM, p. 4.

[151] TUSMA Bill, EM, p. 2.

[152] TUSMA Bill, EM, p. 2.

[153] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Transcript of Evidence, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Canberra, 18 October 2011, p. 60.

[154] Mr Harris, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 17.

[155] Senator Conroy, Transcript of Evidence, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Canberra, 18 October 2011, p. 60.

[156] Mr Harris, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 17.

[157] Mr Harris, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 16.

[158] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 18.

[159] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 15.

[160] See Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network, First Report, August 2011, Review of the Rollout of the National Broadband Network (JCNBN), pp 34-36.

[161] Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister, Hon Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘New National Broadband Network’, Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[162] Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister, Hon Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘New National Broadband Network’, Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[163] Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister, Hon Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘Government Releases NBN Co Corporate Plan‘, Joint Media Release, 20 December 2010.

[164] NBN Co, Corporate Plan, 2011-2013, p. 133.

[165] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 2

[166] JCNBN, p. 55.

[167] National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 (Cth) s 47.

[168] National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 (Cth) ss 50(2), 51(2) and 53.

[169] Australian Government, Statement of Expectations, 20 December 2010 (SOE), p. 12.

[170] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 2.

[171] Ms Stacie Hall, First Assistant Secretary, Government Business, Special Claims and Land Policy, Department of Finance and Deregulation, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 20.

[172] National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010, EM, p. 6.

[173] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 2.

[174] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 3.

[175] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 4.

[176] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 4.

[177] JCNBN, p. 21.

[178] Mr Harris, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 12.

[179] Mr Harris, DBCDE, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, pp 11-12.

Chapter 4 Access to Broadband Services in Regional and Remote Areas

[1] Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network, First Report, August 2011, Review of the Rollout of the National Broadband Network (JCNBN), p. 54.

[2] JCNBN, p. 57.

[3] Ninti One Ltd is a not-for-profit company, with headquarters in Alice Springs, working towards eliminating economic disadvantage in remote Australia. It works in the arts, tourism and pastoral industries to provide the knowledge base for the benefit of Australians living in remote areas.

[4] Ms Jan Ferguson, Managing Director, Ninti One, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 1; Ninti One, Submission 16, p. 1. See JCNBN, pp. 47-48, for issues raised by Ninti One.

[5] Ms Ferguson, Ninti One, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 2, 3.

[6] Ninti One, Submission 16, p. 3.

[7] Ninti One, Submission 16, p. 7. Ms Ferguson, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 2-3.

[8] Ninti One, Submission 16, p. 5. See NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 93.

[9] Ninti One, Submission 16, p. 3. Ms Ferguson, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 4.

[10] Ninti One, Submission 16, p. 8.

[11] NBN Co, Submission 2.5 p. 12.

[12] Shareholder Ministers (Senator the Hon Penny Wong and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy), Submission 19, p. 6.

[13] Shareholder Ministers, Submission 19, p. 6.

[14] Mr Peter Harris, Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 9.

[15] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 12.

[16] Mr Mike Quigley, Chief Executive Officer, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 2.

[17] NBN Co, NBN Co launches Interim Satellite Service for rural and remote Australians, Media Release 1 July 2011.

[18] Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 3.3, p. 10.

[19] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 4.

[20] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 2.

[21] Mayor Paul Brown, Central Darling Shire Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 17.

[22] Mayor Brown, Central Darling Shire Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 18.

[23] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 18.

[24] NBN Co, Submission 2.3.

[25] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 23.

[26] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 23.

[27] Mr Michael Wilson, Director, M&S Consultants Pty Ltd, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 12.

[28] NBN Co, Submission 2.4.

[29] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘$60 million to drive digital services for regional, rural and remote Australia’, Media Release, 15 June 2009.

[30] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘$60 million to drive digital services for regional, rural and remote Australia’, Media Release, 15 June 2009.

[31] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Address to IBM Smart Government, 22 June 2011, p. 1.

[32] National Digital Economy Strategy: Leveraging the National Broadband Network to drive Australia’s Digital Productivity, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 2011, p. 7.

[33] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘Rosemary Sinclair to Chair 2011-2012 Regional Telecommunications Review’, Media Release 2011/213, 8 July 2011.

[34] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘Rosemary Sinclair to Chair 2011-2012 Regional Telecommunications Review’, Media Release 2011/213, 8 July 2011.

[35] Mayor Brown, Central Darling Shire Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 21, 22.

[36] Mayor Brown, Central Darling Shire Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 18.

[37] Mr Frank Zaknich, General Manager, Broken Hill City Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 31. See JCNBN, pp. 48-49.

[38] Mr Zaknich, Broken Hill City Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp 30, 33.

[39] Mr Zaknich, Broken Hill City Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp 30, 31.

[40] Mr Zaknich, Broken Hill City Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 32.

[41] Mr Zaknich, Broken Hill City Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 32. ‘Tele-working’ is work conducted away from a designated place of business, using telecommunications as a substitute for travel.

[42] NBN Co, NBN Co Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 12.

[43] NBN Co, Submission 2.3, p. 1. Provision of NBN services to Julia Creek, Queensland, was discussed in JCNBN, pp 51-52.

[44] NBN Co, Submission 2.3, p. 2.

[45] NBN Co: Mr Quigley, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 6; Submission 2.5, p. 2.

[46] NBN Co: Submission 2.4, p. 1; Mr Quigley, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, p. 14.

[47] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 2.

[48] Mr Paul Woodhouse, Mayor, McKinlay Shire Council, Julia Creek, Queensland, Correspondence, 22 March 2011.

[49] JCNBN, First Report, August 2011, p. 51.

[50] NBN Co, Submission 2.3, pp 1, 2.

[51] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, pp 7 and 14.

[52] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 18; NBN Co, Submission 2.3, p. 2.

[53] Mr Woodhouse, McKinlay Shire Council, Julia Creek, Queensland, Correspondence, 26 October 2011.

[54] Mr Woodhouse, McKinlay Shire Council, Julia Creek, Queensland, Correspondence, 26 October 2011.

[55] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 7.

[56] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 5.

[57] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 5.

[58] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 5.

[59] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 6.

[60] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 6.

[61] DBCDE, Submission 3.3, p. 5.

[62] See the Infrastructure and Communications Committee: Broadening the debate: Inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network, August 2011, p. 285.

[63] Infrastructure and Communications Committee, pp. 285-286.

[64] Infrastructure and Communications Committee, p. 286.

[65] Infrastructure and Communications Committee, Recommendation 16, p. 289.

[66] POAAL, Submission 4, p. 1; Mr Ian Kerr, Chief Executive Officer, POAAL, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, p. 5. See JCNBN, pp. 52-53.

[67] POAAL, Submission 4, p. 4.

[68] POAAL, Submission 4, p. 4; Mr Kerr, POAAL, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, pp. 3, 4.

[69] POAAL, Submission 4.1, p. 3; Submission 4, p. 4.

[70] Mr Kerr, POAAL, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, p. 3.

[71] Mr Kerr, POAAL, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, p. 4.

[72] POAAL, Submission 4, pp. 4-5.

[73] POAAL, Submission 4.1, p. 3; Mr Kerr, POAAL, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, p. 3.

[74] POAAL, Submission 4, p. 4.

[75] POAAL, Submission 4, p. 5; Mr Kerr, POAAL, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, p. 5.

[76] POAAL, Submission 4, p. 5.

[77] POAAL, Submission 4.1, p. 3; Mr Kerr, POAAL, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, p. 3. The Infrastructure and Communications Committee also noted the ‘significant increase’ in parcel post from the increase in online purchasing: Broadening the debate, p. 286.

[78] POAAL, Submission 4, p. 5.

[79] POAAL, Submission 4, pp. 5-6.

[80] Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Address to Ehealth summit, 1 December 2010, p. 1.

[81] The Digital Strategy, p. 33.

[82] The Digital Strategy, p. 33.

[83] ‘The term Tele-health refers to healthcare delivery, or closely related processes (such as education), when some of the participants are separated by distance and information and communications technologies are used to overcome that distance …Tele-health is usually considered to be a subset of e-health, which refers to the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in healthcare. A primary focus of e-health is the implementation and use of Electronic Medical Records.’ See the Infrastructure and Communications Committee, Broadening the debate, p. 23.

[84] The Digital Strategy, p. 33.

[85] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 11.

[86] The Infrastructure and Communications Committee, p. 23.

[87] See the Infrastructure and Communications Committee, Chapter 3, pp. 37-45, for details of these applications.

[88] See the Infrastructure and Communications Committee, Chapter 3, pp. 45-54, for details of these benefits.

[89] Infrastructure and Communications Committee, p. 57.

[90] Infrastructure and Communications Committee, p. 57.

[91] Capgemini Australia Ltd, Submission 15, p. 3.

[92] Capgemini, Submission 15, p. 3.

[93] Capgemini, Submission 15, p. 3.

[94] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, pp. 20-21.

[95] Capgemini, Submission 15, p. 3; Mrs Shelley Oldham, Vice-President, Head of Public Sector, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, p. 9.

[96] Mrs Oldham, Capgemini Australia Ltd, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, pp. 9, 8; Capgemini, Submission 15.1, p. 1.

[97] Dr Stephen Flecknoe-Brown, Chairman, Far Western Local Health District Board (FWLHDB), Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 41, 40. See JCNBN, p. 46.

[98] Ms Sharyn Cowie, Manager, Tele-health, and Acting Manager, Electronic Medical Record Support Team, FWLHDB, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 41.

[99] Dr Flecknoe-Brown, FWLHDB, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 41.

[100] Dr Flecknoe-Brown, FWLHDB, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011; p. 42; Ms Sharyn Cowie, FWLHDB, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill 27 July 2011, p. 42.

[101] Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Eastern Section (RFDS SE), Submission 17, p. 1. See JCNBN, pp. 46-47, 48.

[102] RFDS SE, Submission 17, p. 1.

[103] RFDS SE, Submission 17, p. 1.

[104] RFDS SE, Submission 17, pp. 4-5.

[105] RFDS SE, Submission 17, p. 4.

[106] RFDS SE, Submission 17, p. 4.

[107] RFDS SE, Submission 17, p. 1.

[108] Mr Gary Oldman, Information Technology Manager, Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Eastern Section (RFDS SE), Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 34.

[109] Mr Oldman, RFDS SE, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 34-35.

[110] Dr Michael Hill, Senior Medical Officer, Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Eastern Section (RFDS SE), Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 35.

[111] Dr Hill, RFDS SE, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 35.

[112] Dr Hill, RFDS SE, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 35.

[113] RFDS SE, Submission 17, p. 2.

[114] Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation (Maari Ma) is an Aboriginal community-controlled, regional health service providing health services for less than 3000 Aboriginal people across almost 200,000 square kilometres of far-western NSW. Maari Ma manages mainstream services funded by NSW Health, under the Lower Western Sector Agreement, in Tibooburra, Wilcannia, Menindee, Ivanhoe, Dareton, Wentworth and Balranald.

Ms Cathy Dyer, Director Corporate Services, Maari Ma, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 25. See JCNBN, pp. 53-54.

[115] Ms Dyer, Maari Ma, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 26.

[116] Mr Michael Hanley, Manager Information Technology, Maari Ma, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 28.

[117] Ms Dyer, Maari Ma, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 26.

[118] Ms Dyer, Maari Ma, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 26.

[119] Ms Dyer, Maari Ma, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 28.

[120] Mr Hanley, Maari Ma, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 27, 28.

[121] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, pp. 20, 21.

[122] The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood Education and Youth, Senator the Hon Chris Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘Improving education and skills development through the NBN, Media Release, 31 May 2011.

[123] The Digital Strategy, p. 36.

[124] The Digital Strategy, p. 36.

[125] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 11.

[126] Capgemini, Submission 15, p. 4.

[127] Capgemini, Submission 15, p. 4.

[128] Mrs Shelley Oldham, Capgemini, Transcript of Evidence, Melbourne, 28 July 2011, p. 9.

[129] M&S Consultants Pty Ltd, Submission 7, p. 1; Mr Wilson, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 10. See JCNBN, p. 48.

[130] M&S Consultants: Submission 7, p. 1; Mr Wilson, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 10, 12.

[131] M&S Consultants: Submission 7, pp. 3-4; Mr Wilson, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 13; 5-6.

[132] M&S Consultants: Submission 7, p. 7; Mr Wilson, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 14;

[133] Mr Quigley, NBN Co, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, pp. 4, 2.

[134] DBCDF, Submission 3.3, p. 10.

[135] NBN Co, Submission 2.4, p. 6.

[136] Regional Development Far West Inc (RDFW), Submission 8, p. 1. See JCNBN, pp. 49-50.

[137] Mrs Linda Nadge, Executive Officer, RDFW, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 17, 22.

[138] Mrs Nadge, RDFW, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 21.

[139] NBN Co, Submission 2.4, pp. 7, 8. The 12-month rollout plan was launched on 18 October 2011.

[140] Mr Lance Duggan, Commercial Services Manager, Perilya Broken Hill Ltd, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 19.

[141] Mr Duggan, Perilya Broken Hill, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 19, 20.

[142] Mr Duggan, Perilya Broken Hill, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 19.

[143] Mr Duggan, Perilya Broken Hill, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 20, 24.

[144] NBN Co, National Broadband Network Information Pack, 15 April 2011, Chapter 13.

[145] NBN Co, National Broadband Network Information Pack, 15 April 2011, Chapter 13.

[146] NBN Co, National Broadband Network Information Pack, 15 April 2011, Chapter 13.

[147] NBN Co: Submission 2.4, p. 9; Mr Quigley, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 3.

[148] NBN Co: Submission 2.4, p. 10; Mr Quigley, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 13 October 2011, p. 1.

[149] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 7.

[150] NBN Co, Submission 2.4, p. 7; Mr Quigley, Transcript of Evidence, Canberra, 20 September 2011, pp. 7, 8.

[151] NBN Co, Submission 2.4, p. 7.

[152] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 13.

[153] NBN Co, Submission 2.4, p. 10.

[154] NBN Co, Submission 2.4, p. 9.

[155] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 6.

[156] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 6.

[157] NBN Co, Submission 2.5, p. 6.

[158] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co releases 12-month national rollout plan’, Media Release, 18 October 2011.

[159] NBN Co, ‘NBN Co releases 12-month national rollout plan’, Media Release, 18 October 2011.

[160] Mrs Nadge, RDFW, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, pp. 20, 21.

[161] Mr Duggan, Perilya Broken Hill, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 22.

[162] Mayor Brown, Central Darling Shire Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 21.

[163] Mr Zaknich, Broken Hill City Council, Transcript of Evidence, Broken Hill, 27 July 2011, p. 31.

[164] Ms Teresa Corbin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 16. ACCAN is the peak body representing consumers on telecommunications, broadband and emerging new communications services.

[165] Asia Pacific Consulting Group (APCG), Submission 22, pp. 1, 3.

[166] APCG: Submission 22, p. 3; Mr Gill, Director, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 32. Households with lower broadband takeup can be characterised as having lower incomes and levels of education, single parents, Aboriginal background and recipients of some types of welfare: APCG, Submission 22, p. 2.

[167] APCG, Submission 22, p. 4.

[168] APCG, Submission 22, p. 4.

[169] APCG, Submission 22.1, p. 2.

[170] APCG: Submission 22, p. 3; Mr Gill, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 24 October 2011, p. 31.

[171] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 15.

[172] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, pp. 15, 16.

[173] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 15.

[174] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 17.

[175] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 18.

[176] Ms Corbin. ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 19; Mr Jonathan Gadir, Senior Policy Adviser, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, p. 19.

[177] Ms Corbin, ACCAN, Transcript of Evidence, Sydney, 25 October 2011, pp. 15-16.