Footnotes

[1] Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 3 of 2005, 16 March 2005.

[2] Connecting Regional Australia: The Report of the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry, Chairman Dick Estens, 2002, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

[3] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[4] Mr Chris Pearce MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Regular Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2004: Second Reading Speech, 10 March 2005.

[5] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[6] Estens Report, pp. xxvi-xxvii.

[7] Government response to the Estens Report, 25 June 2003, available at http://www.dcita.gov.au/tel.

[8] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[9] Estens Report, pp. xxvii-xxviii.

[10] Government response to the Estens Report, 25 June 2003.

[11] Estens Report, p. xxviii.

[12] Government response to the Estens Report, 25 June 2003.

[13] Estens Report, p. xxviii.

[14] Government response to the Estens Report, 25 June 2003.

[15] Optus Submission 8, p. 1.

[16] The Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee is currently inquiring into the performance of the Australian telecommunications regulatory regime: see https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ecita_ctte/trr/index.htm. On 15 April 2005, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts released an issues paper on Telecommunications Competition Regulation.

[17] Telstra Submission 7, p. 3.

[18] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty. Ltd., Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 29.

[19] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty. Ltd., Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 30.

[20] Optus Submission 8, p. 2.

[21] Telstra 'Rural broadband access improvements highlight Estens' Inquiry response', Media Release, 079/2005, 2 March 2005.

[22] SETEL Submission 6, p. 4.

[23] Mr Ewan Brown, Executive Director, SETEL, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 34.

[24] Mr Ewan Brown, SETEL, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 35.

[25] Mr Mark Needham, NFF, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 7.

[26] CCC Submission 4, p. 2.

[27] AAPT Submission 5, p. 11.

[28] AAPT Submission 5, p. 8.

[29] AAPT Submission 5, p. 9.

[30] AAPT Submission 5, p 3.

[31] SETEL Submission 6, p. 3.

[32] Mr Ewan Brown, SETEL, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 33.

[33] CEG Submission 9, p. 2.

[34] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 29.

[35] Telstra, Submission 7, p. 8.

[36] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 29.

[37] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 29.

[38] SETEL Submission 6, p. 3.

[39] Mr Mark Needham, NFF, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 2.

[40] AAPT Submission 5, p. 10.

[41] CCC Submission 4, p. 3.

[42] Mr David Forman, CCC, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 14.

[43] Telstra Submission 7, p. 8.

[44] CEG Submission 9, p. 2.

[45] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty. Ltd., Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 30.

[46] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty. Ltd., Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 30.

[47] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty. Ltd., Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 30.

[48] SETEL Submission 6, p. 3.

[49] Mr Ewan Brown, SETEL, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 35.

[50] AAPT Submission 5, p. 10.

[51] AAPT Submission 5, p. 11.

[52] Government of Western Australia, Department of Industry and Resources, Submission 3, p. 4.

[53] Proposed subsections 158P(1) and 158P(2).

[54] Mr David Forman, CCC, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 10.

[55] Mr David Forman, CCC, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 13.

[56] Mr Bill Scales, Telstra, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 18.

[57] Mr David Forman, CCC, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 10.

[58] Mr David Havyatt, AAPT, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 24.

[59] Mr David Havyatt, AAPT, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 24

[60] City of Casey Submission 1, p. 1

[61] Dr Walter Green, Communications Experts Group Pty. Ltd., Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 31.

[62] Mr Ewan Brown, SETEL, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 35.

[63] Mr Mark Needham, NFF, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 7.

[64] Optus Submission 8, p. 2.

[65] Mr Bill Scales, Telstra, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 20.

[66] Explanatory Memorandum to Bill, p. 2.

[67] Telstra Submission 7, p. 6.

[68] Telstra Submission 7, p. 6.

[69] Mr Chris Cheah, DCITA, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 45.

[70] Telstra, Submission 8, p. 7.

[71] Mr Mark Needham, NFF, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 5.

[72] Mr Mark Needham, NFF, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 5.

[73] Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Address to the Australian Telecommunications Group Conference, 9 March 2005, Sydney.

[74] Ms Carolyn McNally, DCITA, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p 40

[75] Government of Western Australia, Department of Industry and Resources Submission, p. 4

[76] Ms Carolyn McNally, DCITA, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p 40

[77] Mr Mark Needham, NFF, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 3

[78] Mr Mark Needham, NFF, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 3.

[79] Mr Mark Needham, NFF, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 3.

[80] Mr Chris Cheah, DCITA, Committee Hansard, 11 April 2005, p. 41.

[81] Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Address to the Australian Telecommunications Group Conference, 9 March 2005, Sydney.

[82] SETEL Submission 6, p. 4

[83] CCC Submission 4, p. 2.

[84] City of Casey Submission 1, p. 1.

[85] SETEL Submission 6, p. 4.

[86] NFF Submission 10, p.2.