Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]           Selection of Bills Committee Report, No. 12 of 2001, dated 22 August 2001.

[2]           Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, pp 3 and 7.

[3]           Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regime, Draft Report, p 7.8.

[4]           Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 3.

[5]           Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, p 6.

[6]           Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, p 5.

[7]           While the ACCC has powers which could be used to reduce information asymmetries without recourse to arbitration, those processes, too, are time-consuming and do not necessarily eliminate such incentives.

[8]           Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd, Submission 5, p 3.

[9]           Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Draft Report, March 2001, p xxi.

[10]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 3.

[11]         Productivity Commission, Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Draft Report, March 2001, p 7.20.

[12]         Telecommunications competitive safeguards and Telstra’s compliance with the price control arrangements, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Report 1999-2000, p 5.

[13]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 4.

[14]         House of Representatives Hansard, 30 August 1001, pp 30359-30360 [electronic].

[15]         AAPT Ltd, Submission 4, p 3.

[16]         Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 3.

Chapter 2 - Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001

[1]           Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 9.

[2]           Vodafone Pacific Limited, Submission 3.

[3]           Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 3.

[4]           Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 22.

[5]           AAPT Ltd, Submission 4, p 8.

[6]           AAPT Ltd, Submission 4, p 8.

[7]           Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 44.

[8]           Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 44.

[9]           Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 44.

[10]         Primus Telecommunications Ltd, Submission 5, p 1.

[11]         Primus Telecommunications Ltd, Submission 5, p 1.

[12]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 8, p 10.

[13]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 10.

[14]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 10.

[15]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 8, p 10.

[16]         Vodafone Pacific Ltd, Submission 3.

[17]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 19.

[18]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 22.

[19]         AAPT Limited, Submission 4, pp 1 and 4.

[20]         AAPT Limited, Submission 4, p 5.

[21]         AAPT Limited, Submission 4, p 5.

[22]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 23.

[23]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 34.

[24]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, pp 34-35.

[25]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 44.

[26]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 21.

[27]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 31.

[28]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 33.

[29]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, pp 12-13.

[30]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 8, p 13.

[31]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 8, p 13.

[32]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 13.

[33]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 12.

[34]         Trade Practices Act 1974, subsection 152AB(1).

[35]         Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd, Submission 5, p 2.

[36]         Vodafone Pacific Limited, Submission 3.

[37]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 21.

[38]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 48.

[39]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 48.

[40]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, pp 13-14.

[41]         Trade Practices Act, subsection 152DO(3).

[42]         Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 10 of 2001, pp 14-15.

[43]         Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 10 of 2001, p 15.

[44]         Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd, Submission 5, p 3.

[45]         Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd, Submission 5, pp 3-4.

[46]         AAPT Ltd, Submission 4, p 6.

[47]         AAPT Ltd, Submission 4, p 7.

[48]         AAPT Ltd, Submission 4, p 7.

[49]         Primus Telecommunications Ltd, Submission 5, p 2.

[50]         Primus Telecommunications Ltd, Submission 5, p 2.

[51]         Primus Telecommunications Ltd, Submission 5, p 2.

[52]         Cable & Wireless Optus, Submission 6.

[53]         Cable & Wireless Optus, Submission 6.

[54]         Cable & Wireless Optus, Submission 6.

[55]         Cable & Wireless Optus, Submission 6.

[56]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 45.

[57]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 45. [Lyons, DCITA]

[58]         Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 4.

[59]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 36.

[60]         Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 14.

[61]         Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 10 of 2001, pp 15-16.

[62]         Vodafone Pacific Limited, Submission 3.

[63]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 5.

[64]         Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. of 2001, p 16.

[65]         Vodafone Pacific Limited, Submission 3.

[66]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 21.

[67]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 25.

[68]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 25.

[69]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 37.

[70]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 37. [Fels, ACCC]

[71]         Service providers use PSTN services to supply long distance, fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-fixed calls to end-users in Australia.

[72]         Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, pp 9-10.

[73]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 39.

[74]         Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 11.

[75]         Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 11.

[76]         AAPT Limited, Submission 4, p 3.

[77]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 14. [Havyatt, AAPT]

[78]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, p 7.

[79]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, p 7.

[80]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, p 7.

[81]         Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 17.

[82]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 42.

[83]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 31.

[84]         Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 17.

[85]         Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Correspondence.

[86]         Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 23.

[87]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 42.

[88]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 42.

[89]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, p 7.

[90]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, p 9; and Attachments A and B.

[91]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 30.

[92]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, p 9.

[93]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 2.

[94]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 5.

[95]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 6.

[96]         Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 29.

[97]         Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Productivity Commission, Draft Report, March 2001, p 9.37.

[98]         Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Submission 8, pp 9-10.

[99]         Telstra, Submission 2(a), p 1.

[100]       Explanatory Memorandum, Trade Practices Amendment (Telecommunications) Bill 2001, p 14.

[101]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 46.

[102]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, pp 47-48.

[103]       AAPT Limited, Submission 4, p 2.

[104]       AAPT Limited, Submission 4, p 3.

[105]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 10.

[106]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 8.

[107]       Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 9.

[108]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 33.

[109]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 13.

[110]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 13.

[111]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 17.

[112]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 30.

[113]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 33.

[114]       Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, pp 12-14.

[115]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 30.

[116]       Cable & Wireless Optus, Submission 6; Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 20.

[117]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 8.

[118]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 13.

[119]       Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 20.

[120]       Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Productivity Commission, Draft Report, March 2001, p 9.15.

[121]       Telecommunications Competition Regulation, Productivity Commission, Draft Report, March 2001, p 9.16.

[122]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 38.

[123]       Optus, AAPT, Primus, and Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications, Joint Submission 7, p 20.

[124]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 8.

[125]       Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 8, pp 11-12.

[126]       Subsection 152BV(2) provides for the procedures for considering an Undertaking and the matters to consider in accepting or rejecting an Undertaking.

[127]       Proof Committee Hansard, Sydney, 12 September 2001, p 38.

[128]       Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 8, p 11.

Labor Senators' Minority Report

[1]           Item 19 of Schedule 1 to the Bill inserts new section 152DOA in the Trade Practices Act 1974.

[2]           In Alert Digest No. 10 of 2001.

[3]           Alert Digest No. 10 of 2001 at p.14.

[4]           Explanatory Memorandum, pp.13-14.

[5]           Mr McCulloch (Optus) representing joint carriers, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.8.

[6]           Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.8.

[7]           Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.9.

[8]           Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.8.

[9]           Mr Havyatt (AAPT) representing joint carriers, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.10.

[10]         Ibid. at p.12.

[11]         Ibid.

[12]         See http://www.federalcourt.gov.au/aboutct/aboutct_act.html

[13]         Section 152CZ, Trade Practices Act 1974.

[14]         Section 152CT, Trade Practices Act 1974.

[15]         The ACT is not bound by the rules of evidence: Federal Court of Australia, Annual Report 1999/2000, p.54.

[16]         Section 152DB, Trade Practices Act 1974.

[17]         Section 152CP, Trade Practices Act 1974.

[18]         Joint carriers, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.13.

[19]         Mr Havyatt, AAPT Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.21.

[20]         Mr Francis, Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.15.

[21]         Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.16.

[22]         Prof. Fels, ACCC,  Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.37.

[23]         Mr Nicholls, Primus Telecom, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.25.

[24]         Mr Nicholls, Primus Telecom, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.26.

[25]         Mr Stiffe, Vodafone, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.2.

[26]         Mr Kennedy, Vodafone, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.5.

[27]         Mr Stiffe, Vodafone, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.6.

[28]         Telstra, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.29.

[29]         Telstra, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, p.30.

[30]         AusCID, Submission 10, p.2.

[31]         AusCID, Submission 10, pp.3-4.

[32]         Network Economics Consulting Group Pty Ltd (NECG), Submission 9.

[33]         Network Economics Consulting Group Pty Ltd (NECG), Submission 9, p.4

[34]         DCITA, Proof Committee Hansard, 12/9/01, pp.45-48.