Footnotes

Report

[1]           Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Submission 4, p 3.

[2]           Telecommunications Act 1997, p 129.

[3]           Telecommunications Act 1997, p 129.

[4]           Senator Richard Alston, Ministerial Media Release, 6 April 1999.

[5]           Telecommunications Act 1997, pp 144-149. A copy of Telstra’s 1998 Universal Service Plan can be obtained from the ACA website at http://www.aca.gov.au/consumer/usp.htm

[6]           Australian Communications Authority, Universal Service Plan Review Discussion Paper, p 1.

[7]           Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Submission 4, pp 3-4.

[8]           Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Submission 4, pp 3-4.

[9]           Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Submission 4, pp 4-5.

[10]         Australian Communications Authority, Submission 9, p 4.

[11]         Australian Communications Authority, Submission 9, p 6.

[12]         Australian Communications Authority, Submission 9, pp 6-7.

[13]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, pp 4-5.

[14]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, pp 2-3.

[15]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 2.

[16]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 7.

[17]         Network Vodafone, Submission 3, pp 2-3.

[18]         Cable and Wireless Optus, Submission 7, pp1-2.

[19]         AAPT Limited, Submission 11, p 2.

[20]         AAPT Limited, Submission 11, p 2.

[21]         AAPT Limited, Submission 11, p 3.

[22]         Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 5, p 2.

[23]         Australian Communications Authority, Submission 9, pp 6-7.

[24]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, pp 4-5.

[25]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 5.

[26]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 7.

[27]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 7.

[28]         Telstra Corporation Ltd., Submission 10, p 1.

[29]         Telstra Corporation Ltd., Submission 10, pp 1-2.

[30]         Telstra Corporation Ltd., Submission 10, p 2.

[31]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 11.

[32]         Telstra Corporation Ltd., Submission 10, p 2.

[33]         Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, Submission 6, p 3.

[34]         Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, Submission 6, pp 3-4.

[35]         Consumers’ Telecommunications Network, Submission 1, p 1.

[36]         Consumers’ Telecommunications Network, Submission 1, p 1.

[37]         Department of Commerce and Trade (Government of Western Australia), Submission 8, p 2.

[38]         Department of Commerce and Trade (Government of Western Australia), Submission 8, p 3; Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 10.

[39]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 2.

[40]         The Allen Consulting Reports are The “Year 1” Cost Problem: Application to the USO and Proposed Solution and Telstra’s Weighted Average Cost of Capital: Application to the USO; the Gibson Quai and Ovum study is ACA USO Forward Looking Technologies Study Final Position Paper.

[41]         Australian Communications Authority, Media Release: Release of Net Universal Service Cost Reports, 20 April 1999.

[42]         Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 10, p 2.

[43]         Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999 Explanatory Memorandum, p 2.