Footnotes
[1] Environment, Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Telstra (Transition
to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2003, October 2003.
[2] Telecommunications
Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Issues) Bill 2005, Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 1.
[3] See also the Telecommunications
(Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Bill
2005.
[4] Explanatory
Memorandum, pp 2-3. Section 53 of the Constitution provides that a proposed
law appropriating revenue or moneys shall not originate in the Senate.
[5] See the Hon Peter McGauran MP, Minister for
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, House
of Representatives Hansard, 7 September 2005, p. 3.
[6] Senate Environment, Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Regular
Reviews and Other Measures) Bill 2005, May 2005.
[7] In
particular, Recommendation 1 (that the maximum period of the review cycle be
reduced from five to three years) has been addressed in proposed subsection
158P(4); Recommendation 2 (that the Bill provide that the first review is to be
conducted within two years of the Bill obtaining Royal Assent) has been
addressed by proposed subsection 158P(3), which states that the first review
must start before the end of 2008 or such earlier time as the Minister
determines) and Recommendation 3 (that the membership of the RTIRC be
restricted so that no more than one service provider can be represented) has
been addressed by proposed subsection 158T(5), which excludes carriers or
carriage service providers from the RTIRC.
[8] Department of the Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest No. 41 2005-06, The Telecommunications (Carrier Licence
Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Bill 2005, 8
September 2005, p. 2.
[9] Telecommunications
(Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Bill
2005, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.
[10] Appropriation
(Regional Telecommunications Services) Bill 2005.
[11] Mr Graeme Samuel, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 4.
[12] Telecommunications
Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumers Issues) Bill 2005, Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 2.
[13] Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 6, p. 3.
[14] Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Telecommunications for the Future, 8 September 2005, p. 6.
[15] Telecommunications
Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumers Issues) Bill 2005, Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 3.
[16] Ms Kate McKenzie, Telstra, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 66; p. 72.
[17] Mr Tom Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 24.
[18] Mr Graeme Samuel, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 4.
[19] Mr Paul Fletcher, Optus, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 32.
[20] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 25-26.
[21] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 4.
[22] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 9.
[23] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 6.
[24] Mr Graeme Samuel, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 4.
[25] Consumers' Telecommunications Network, Submission 5, p. 3.
[26] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 90. Note that there are also requirements for public
consultation on any variations of the final operational separation plan (proposed
section 57).
[27] Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 6, p. 6.
[28] Optus, Submission
16, p. 3.
[29] Mr Paul Fletcher, Optus, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 32.
[30] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 9.
[31] Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 6, p. 4.
[32] Optus, Submission
16, pp 4-5.
[33] Optus, Submission
16, pp 4-5.
[34] Mr Simon Bryant, DCITA, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 103.
[35] Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 6, p. 4.
[36] Mr David Havyatt, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 35.
[37] Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 6, p. 4.
[38] Note that under proposed section 69B, Telstra
could apply to the Australian Competition Tribunal for review of remedial
directions issued by the ACCC under proposed section 69A.
[39] Explanatory
Memorandum, pp 78-79 and 91; DCITA, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 85‑86.
[40] Explanatory
Memorandum, pp 93-95; DCITA, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 85-87. Note the rectification plan must be
approved by the Minister: see proposed sections 59-62.
[41] Explanatory
Memorandum, pp 76 and 95; ACCC, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 4.
[42] Mr Havyatt, AAPT, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 27; Mr Forman, CCC, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p.
28; Mr Fletcher, Optus, Committee Hansard,
9 September 2005, pp 33 and 36-41; Mr Karen Lee, Submission 13, pp 5-6;
Optus, Submission 16, pp
2-4.
[43] Submission
13, pp 5-6.
[44] See for example, Mr Thomas Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p.
25; Mr Fletcher, Optus, Committee Hansard,
9 September 2005, p. 41.
[45] Submission
13, pp 5-6; see also Optus, Submission 16, p. 3.
[46] Mr Paul Fletcher, Optus, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 34.
[47] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 27.
[48] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 39.
[49] Mr Fletcher, Optus, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p.
33; see also pp 37-38 and 41; and Optus, Submission
16, pp 3-4, 6.
[50] Submission
6, p. 6.
[51] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 104.
[52] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 86.
[53] Mr Thomas Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 25.
[54] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 28.
[55] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 104.
[56] Mr Thomas Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 25; Mr Forman, CCC, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p.
28; Ms Eason, CEPU, Committee Hansard,
9 September 2005, p. 30.
[57] Proposed section 151CP; see also Explanatory Memorandum, pp 3 and 95; and
DCITA, Committee Hansard, 9 September
2005, pp 86‑87.
[58] ACCC, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 5.
[59] ACCC, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 5-6, 11.
[60] Mr Thomas Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 25.
[61] Mr Thomas Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 26.
[62] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 28.
[63] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 86.
[64] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 87.
[65] Mr David Forman, CCC, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 28.
[66] Mr Tom Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 25
[67] Mr Tom Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 25.
[68] Mr Ed Willett, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 8.
[69] Senator Brandis, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 17.
[70] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 9.
[71] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 11.
[72] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 10.
[73] Telecommunications
for the Future, p. 7.
[74] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 71.
[75] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 71.
[76] Senator the Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Telecommunications for the Future, 8 September 2005, p. 7.
[77] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 5.
[78] Submission
12, p. 1.
[79] Submission
7, p. 5.
[80] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 27; see also Submission 7, p. 5.
[81] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 45.
[82] Submission
6, p. 7.
[83] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 45.
[84] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 84-85.
[85] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 71.
[86] Optus, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 44-45; Vodafone, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 44; see also ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 26;
CEPU, Committee Hansard, 9 September
2005, p. 30.
[87] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 44; see also Optus, Submission 16, p. 6.
[88] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 44.
[89] Explanatory
Memorandum, pp 48-49.
[90] Mr Paul Fletcher, Optus, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 33.
[91] Mr Peter Stiffe, Vodafone, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 34.
[92] Mr Peter Stiffe, Vodafone, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 34; see also Vodafone, Submission 9.
[93] Ms Kate McKenzie, Telstra, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 67.
[94] Mr Tom Amos, ATUG, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 26.
[95] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 10.
[96] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 44.
[97] Mr Graeme Samuel, Chairman, ACCC, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p.
5; see also Mr Amos, ATUG, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 26.
[98] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 67.
[99] Submission
6, p. 3.
[100] Submission
13, p. 4.
[101] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 4.
[102] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 12.
[103] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 12-13.
[104] Telecommunications for the
Future, p. 8.
[105] Explanatory Memorandum to the Competition and Consumer
Issues Bill, p. 73.
[106] Explanatory Memorandum to the Competition and Consumer
Issues Bill, p. 73.
[107] Mr Chris Cheah, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 13.
[108] Mr Chris Cheah, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 14.
[109] Telecommunications for the
Future, p.
10.
[110] Mr Chris Cheah, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 15.
[111] See Senate Environment, Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts References Committee, The performance of the Australian telecommunications regulatory regime,
August 2005, pp 142-151, 214-216.
[112] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 24.
[113] ACA, Consumer
Driven Communications: Strategies for Better Representation, December 2004.
[114] Ms Anne Hurley, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 24.
[115] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 24-25.
[116] Ms Teresa Corbin, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 31.
[117] Mr Tom Amos, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 26.
[118] Ms Ros Eason, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 30.
[119] Ms Ros Eason, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 30; Ms Teresa Corbin, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 31.
[120] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 50.
[121] Ms Teresa Corbin, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 48.
[122] Ms Karen Lee, Submission 13, p. 4.
[123] Ms Karen Lee, Submission 13, pp 3-4.
[124] Ms Anne Hurley, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 49.
[125] Mr Chris Cheah, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 15, 20-21.
[126] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 18-19.
[127] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 21.
[128] Ms Teresa Corbin, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 48.
[129] Ms Teresa Corbin, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 48.
[130] For example, Tedicore (Telecommunications And
Disability Consumer Representation) Submission
11, People with Disability Australia, Submission
21.
[131] National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 18.
[132] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 64.
[133] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.
[134] Telecommunications
for the Future, p. 10.
[135] CTN
Submission 5, p. 8.
[136] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 55.
[137] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 49.
[138] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 95.
[139] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 56.
[140] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 95.
[141] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 49.
[142] CTN Submission
5, p. 7.
[143] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 92.
[144] Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 8.
[145] Mrs Holthuyzen, Committee Hansard, 9 September
2005, p. 92.
[146] Minister Coonan, Telecommunications for the Future, p. 9.
[147] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 67.
[148] DCITA, answers to questions on notice, 9
September 2005 (received 9 September 2005).
[149] Competitive Carriers Coalition Submission 6, p. 5.
[150] Pursuant to the special appropriations in subsection
21(1) of the Financial Management and
Accountability Act 1997; and subsections 158ZO(4), 158ZP(7) and 158ZQ(5) of
the subject Act.
[151] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 27.
[152] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 32.
[153] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 4.
[154] Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp 7-8.
[155] Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 25.
[156] Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 33.
[157] Mr
Havyatt, Committee Hansard, 9
September 2005, p. 26.
[158] Mr
Forman, Committee Hansard, 9
September 2005, p. 28.
[159] Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, pp
41-42.
[160] Ms
Corbin, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 44.
[161] Senate Environment, Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts Committee. Telstra
(Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2003, Minority report by the
Australian Democrats, September 2003.
[162] Liberal & National Parties' Policy on
'Privatisation: In the Public Interest and the Public Benefit' 1996, p. 3.
[163] Senate Environment, Recreation, Communications
and the Arts Legislation Committee. Telstra
(Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 1998, minority report by the
Australian Democrats and Greens (WA), May 1998.
[164] Communications Outlook OECD 2005.
[165] The ACCC have argued that in protecting the
revenue of both the copper wire and the HFC network, investment will not be
made, or will be delayed, in services that would cannibalise the revenue of the
other network.
[166] Ms
McKenzie, Telstra, Committee Hansard,
9 September 2005, p. 66.
[167] Ms
McKenzie, Telstra, Committee Hansard,
9 September 2005, p. 78.
[168] Ms
McKenzie, Telstra, Committee Hansard,
9 September 2005, p. 80.
[169] Liberal
and National Parties Policy 1996, 'Privatisation: In the Public Interest and
for the Public Benefit', p. 4.
[170] ACCC
(2003) ACCC Telecommunications Reports
2001-02, p. 7.
[171] ACCC, Telecommunications
Competitive Safeguards for 2003-04, report to the Minister for Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts, March 2005, p. 1, letter to the Minister.
[172] NSW Farmers Federation
'T3 Survey results', available at http://www.nswfarmers.org.au/
[173] Senate Inquiry into
the Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2003, Submission 155, National Farmers
Federation, p. 6.
[174] Ms McKenzie, Telstra, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 66.
[175] Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 9.
[176] Mr Samuel, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p
4.
[177] Mr Havyatt, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 26.
[178] Mr Amos, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 25.
[179] Mr Forman, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 28.
[180] Mr Forman, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 28.
[181] Mr
Havyatt, Committee Hansard, 9
September 2005, p. 27.
[182] Senate Environment, Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Regular Reviews and Other
Measures) Bill 2005, Democrat Minority Report.
[183] Mr Cooper, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 29.
[184] Mr Malcolm Moore, Submission
2, p. 3.
[185] 'Future-proofing telecommunications in Non-Metropolitan
Australia, A position paper from the Page Research Centre Limited', March 2005.
[186] Ms
McKenzie, Committee Hansard, 9
September 2005, p. 66.
[187] Ms Corbin, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 50.
[188] Ms Corbin, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 54.
[189] Ms Corbin, Committee
Hansard, 9 September 2005, p. 53.
[190] Mr Morgan, Submission
19, pp 5- 8.
[191] Senate
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References
Committee, The Performance of the
Australian Telecommunications Regulatory Regime, p. 206.