Footnotes

Chapter One - Introduction

[1]        http://www.archive.dbcde.gov.au/2009/april/national_broadband_network_request_for_proposals_process, accessed 17 April 2009.

[2]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 10 August 2009.

[3]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 25 June 2009, p. 4272.

[4]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 25 June 2009, p. 4272.

[5]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[6]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 25 June 2009, p. 4272.

[7]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 23.

[8]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 25.

[9]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 26.

Chapter Two - Inquiry issues

[1]        Optus, Submission 1, p. [1]

[2]        Telstra, Submission 7, p. 1.

[3]        Unwired, Submission 4, pp [1] & [5]

[4]        Mr David Havyatt, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 33.

[5]        See for example, Integral Energy, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, pp 2 & 3; Water Services Association of Australia, Committee Hansard, p. 7; Australasian Railways Association, Committee Hansard, pp 18 & 19; Telstra, Committee Hansard, p. 28.

[6]        See National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband Discussion Paper, 7 April 2009, pp 9-10.

[7]        Mr Philip Mason, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 38.

[8]        Ms Pip Spence, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 39.

[9]        Mr Brett Hughes, ARA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 18.

[10]      Mr Claude Piccinin, WSAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 12.

[11]      Energy Networks Association, Submission 5, p. 2.

[12]      Mr Geoff Booth, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 27.

[13]      Mr William Gallagher, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 28.

[14]      Mr Gallagher, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 28.

[15]      See WSAA, Submission 2, p. 2; ENA, Submission 5, pp 1-2; Integral Energy, Submission 8, p. 2.

[16]      Energy Networks Association, Submission 5, p. 2.

[17]      Mr Piccinin, WSAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 9.

[18]      WSAA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[19]      Integral Energy, Submission 8, p. 2.

[20]      Integral Energy, Submission 8, p. 2; See also Mr Anthony Englund, Integral Energy, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 4.

[21]      ARA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 22.

[22]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 41.

[23]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 41.

[24]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 41.

[25]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 41.

[26]      See for example, WSAA, Submission 2, p. 3; ARA, Submission 3, p. 3; Integral Energy, Submission 8, p. 3; ENA, Submission 5, p. 2.

[27]      ENA, Submission 5, p. 2.

[28]      Integral Energy, Submission 8, p. 3.

[29]      Mr Englund, Integral Energy, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 3.

[30]      Mr Englund, Integral Energy, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 3.

[31]      WSAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 8.

[32]      Mr Hughes, ARA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 22.

[33]      Mr Gallagher, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 25.

[34]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 40.

[35]      DBCDE, Answer to question on notice, dated 7 August 2009.

[36]      Energy Networks Association, Submission 5, p. 2.

[37]      Energy Networks Association, Submission 5, p. 2.

[38]      Integral Energy, Submission 8, p. 3.

[39]      Mr Piccinin, WSAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 12.

[40]      WSAA, Submission 2, p. [2]

[41]      Mr Havyatt, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 30.

[42]      Mr Havyatt, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 31.

[43]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 25 June 2009, p. 4273.

[44]      See for example, Mr Hughes, ARA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 20.

[45]      Mr Piccinin, WSAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 13.

[46]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 38.

[47]      BCA, Submission 9, p. 7.

[48]      Telstra, Submission 7, p. 2

[49]      Mr Havyatt, Unwired, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 30.

[50]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 43.

[51]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 39.

[52]      Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 6, p. 1.

[53]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 42.

[54]      Mr Booth, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 29.

[55]      Mr Piccinin, WSAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 15.

[56]      Mr Hughes, ARA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 23.

[57]      Mr Mason, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, 42.

Additional Remarks – Coalition Senators

[1]        See Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Second Reading Speech, Senate Hansard, 25 June 2009, p. 4274.

[2]        Mr Claude Piccinin, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 7.

[3]        Mr Brett Hughes, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 18.

[4]        See for example, Integral Energy, Submission 8; Water Services Association of Australia, Submission 2; and Energy Networks Association, Submission 5.

[5]        Mr Anthony Englund, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 4.

[6]        Mr Piccinin, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 9.

[7]        Mr Philip Mason, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 41.

[8]        Mr Philip Mason, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 42.

[9]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 16.

[10]      Mr Hughes, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 18.

[11]      Integral Energy, Submission 8, p. 3.

[12]      Energy Networks Association, Submission 5, p. 2.

[13]      Mr Englund, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 4.

[14]      Mr Mason, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 42.

[15]      Mr Geoff Booth, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 August 2009, p. 27.

[16]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 12.

[17]      Business Council of Australia, Submission 9, p. 7.

[18]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 16.

[19]      Business Council of Australia, Submission 9, pp 10-11.