Footnotes

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014 and Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 2013–15, no. 74 (10 February 2015), p. 2120.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 2013–15, no. 75 (9 February 2015), p. 2059.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, 2013–15, no. 74 (10 February 2015), p. 2120.

[4]        This report may be viewed online here: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/‌Senate/Environment_and_Communications/Telecommunications_Deregu/Report 

[5]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 15 of 2014, 19 November 2014, pp 54, 56.

[6]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 42.

[7]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[8]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 42.

[9]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 43.

[10]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[11]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, Statement of Compatibility, pp 8–9.

[12]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 125.

[13]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 2.

[14]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 1.

[15]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 2.

[16]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 2.

[17]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 2.

[18]      The department explained that the inclusion of a compensation regime 'reflects an acknowledgement by the Commonwealth that, in the highly unlikely event the rollout ceases after 75% of premises have been passed by the MTM roll out, the operation of the remaining residual part of the copper network by Telstra is likely to be commercially unprofitable and accordingly it would be unreasonable for the full cost burden of newly imposed separation regulation to be borne by Telstra'. Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 3.

[19]      Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA), Submission 4, p. 1.

[20]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 3. A soft dial tone allows a customer to contact Telstra's customer service and fault centre numbers and to make emergency calls.

[21]      Ms Angela Flannery, General Counsel, Department of Communications, Proof Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, pp 19–20.

[22]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 3.

[23]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 2.

[24]      Ms Angela Flannery, General Counsel, Department of Communications, Proof Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, pp 1–2.

[25]      Ms Angela Flannery, General Counsel, Department of Communications, Proof Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, pp 17, 18.

[26]      Department of Communications, Submission 3, p. 3.

[27]      TUSMA, Submission 4, p. 2; Telstra, Submission 1, p. 1.

[28]      Optus, Submission 2, p. 3.

[29]      Optus, Submission 2, p. 3.

[30]      Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2014 [Provisions]; Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions], February 2015, p. 9.

Labor Senators' Additional Comments

[1]        Ms Angela Flannery, General Counsel, Department of Communications, Proof Committee Hansard, 10 March 2015, pp 17–18.

[2]        TUSMA, 'About Us', at: http://www.tusma.gov.au/about_us