Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 106—13 August 2018, p. 3430.

[2]        Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Progress Report, 28 August 2018.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 2–3.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 2–3.

[5]        Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 8 of 2018, p. 36; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report no. 7 of 2018, p. 90.

[6]        Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 7.

[7]        ESTA, Submission 1, p.1.

[8]        AMTA and the Communications Alliance, Submission 2, p. 3.

[9]        Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Submission 6, p. 1.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4; see also p. 11.

[11]      Second reading speech, Senate Proof Hansard, 25 June 2018, p. 61. See also Explanatory Memorandum, p. 17.

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 9 –10.

[14]      Western Australia Local Government Association (WALGA), Submission 4, p. 1.

[15]      ESTA, Submission 1, p. 1.

[16]      Queensland Law Society, Submission 7, p. 2.

[17]      Queensland Law Society, Submission 7, p. 2.

[18]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[19]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 17.

[20]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 6.

[21]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 3.

[22]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[23]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3. See also Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 3.

[24]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[26]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[27]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and Communications Alliance Ltd, Submission 2, p. 1.

[28]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and Communications Alliance Ltd, Supplementary Submission 2, pp. 2–3.

[29]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and Communications Alliance Ltd, Supplementary Submission 2, pp. 3.

[30]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and Communications Alliance Ltd, Supplementary Submission 2, p. 2.

[31]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and Communications Alliance Ltd, Supplementary Submission 2, p. 4.

[32]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and Communications Alliance Ltd, Supplementary Submission 2, p. 2.

[33]      ALGA, Submission 8, p. 1.

[34]      WALGA, Submission 4, p. 1.

[35]      WALGA, Submission 4, p. 2.

[36]      WALGA, Submission 4, p. 2; ALGA, Submission 8, p. 2.

[37]      ALGA, Submission 8, p. 2.

[38]      ALGA, Submission 8, p. 3.

[39]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 3.

[40]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 3. The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) noted that the national regime would override the NSW and Victorian regimes and go much further than those state regimes. TIO, Submission 3, p. 1.

[41]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, pp. 3–5.

[42]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 5.

[43]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, pp. 3–4.

[44]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 4.

[45]      ALGA, Submission 8, p. 1.

[46]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 2.

[47]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 2.

[48]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 2.

[49]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 4.

[50]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 4.

[51]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[52]      WALGA, Submission 4, p. 1.

[53]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 4.

[54]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 4.

[55]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 4.

[56]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and Communications Alliance Ltd, Submission 2, p. 3.

[57]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 3 (references omitted).

[58]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 4.

[59]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 3.

[60]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 4.

[61]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 5.

[62]      Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and Communications Alliance Ltd, Submission 2, p. 3.

[63]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 1.

[64]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, pp. 4–5.

[65]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 5.

[66]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Submission 5, p. 5.

Australian Greens – Dissenting Report

[1]        WALGA, Submission 4, p. 1.

[2]        ALGA, Submission 8, p. 1.

[3]        WALGA, Submission 4, pp. 1–2.

[4]        ALGA, Submission 8, p. 2.

[5]        ALGA, Submission 8, p. 2.

[6]        Majority committee report, p. 9.

[7]        Majority committee report, p. 9.

[8]        Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 1.

[9]        Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, pp. 4–5.

[10]      Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 4.