Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media releases/2009/022, accessed 14 April 2009.

[2]        www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media releases/2009/022, accessed 14 April 2009.

Chapter 2 - Progressive summary of inquiry issues and findings

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

[2]        Request for Proposals to Roll-out and Operate a National Broadband Network for Australia, p. 6.

[3]        Submission 5, 'Policy and Funding Initiatives to provide Enhanced Broadband to Rural and Remote Areas', p. 6.

[4]        See South Australian Government, Submission to the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC), December 2008, p. 7.

[5]        See Mr Anson Cheng, WA DOIR, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 November 2008, pp 12-14.

[6]        Mr Paul Budde, Paul Budde Communications, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 7 October 2008, p. 84.

[7]        Mr Gregory Hicks, Chairman Adam Internet, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 7 October 2008, p. 42.

[8]        See for example, AAPT, Submission 4, p. 7; Terria, Submission 12, p. 8; iiNet, Submission 3, Regulatory Submission On the Requirements for an Open Access National Broadband Network', June 2008, p. 6.

[9]        Ms Teresa Corbin, Consumers Telecommunications Network, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 7 October 2008, p. 76.

[10]      State of the Regions 2008-09, p. 58.

[11]      Digital Tasmania, Submission 18, p. 3.

[12]      Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Request for Proposals to Roll-out and operate a National Broadband Network for Australia, 11 April 2008, paragraph 1.3.1.5, p. 5.

[13]      AUSTAR United Telecommunications, Submission 16, p. 9.

[14]      Dr Ross Kelso, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 21 November 2008, pp 20-21.

[15]      See National Broadband Network, Interim Report, paragraph 4.55, p. 78.

[16]      Professor Joshua Gans, Submission 15, p. 1.

[17]      Mr Arthur Price, Axia NetMedia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 24 November 2008, p. 13.

[18]      Joint Media Release, www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, p. 2, accessed 14 April 2009.

[19]      DBCDE, answer to Question on Notice, Question thirteen (a), 10 September 2008 (received 25 September 2008).

[20]      Senator the Hon. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy, Estimates Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport, Canberra, 24 February 2009, p. 14.

[21]      Professor Gans, Submission 15, p. 2.

[22]      Senator the Hon. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy, Estimates Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on the Environment, Communications and the Arts, Canberra, 20 October 2008, p. 28.

[23]      DBCDE, Request for Proposals to Roll-out and operate a National Broadband Network for Australia, 11 April 2008, paragraph 1.3.1.10, p. 5.

[24]      See for example Optus, Submission 19, iiNet Submission 3, Regulatory Submission, pp9-10; WA DOIR, Submission 2, pp 1 & 3; Vodaphone, Submission 9, pp 12-19.

[25]      Google, Submission 29, p. 14.

[26]      See for example iiNet Submission 3, Regulatory Submission, pp9-10.

[27]      Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 8(c), 'A Critique of Telstra's Regulatory Model for Broadband Networks Since 2005", p. 14.

[28]      Joint Media Release, www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, p. 2, accessed 14 April 2009.

[29]      Terria, Submission 12, p. 4.

[30]      DBCDE, Request for Proposals to Roll-out and operate a National Broadband Network for Australia, 11 April 2008, paragraph 1.4.1.3, p. 6.

[31]      Mr Kevin Morgan, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 28 October2008, p. 85.

[32]      iiNet, Submission 3, 'Access Seeker Requirements' 30 March 3008, pp 3-4.

[33]      iiNet, Submission 3, 'Access Seeker Requirements' 30 March 3008, p. 4.

[34]      Senator the Hon. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Estimates Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Canberra, 20 October 2008, p. 18.

[35]      Telstra, Public submission on the roll-out and operation of a National Broadband Network for Australia, 25 June 2008, p. 23.

[36]      Optus, Submission 19, p. 22.

[37]      Optus, Submission 19, p. 24.

[38]      Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WA CCI), Submission 17, p. 2.

[39]      Mr Matthew Healy, Chair, Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) Committee Hansard, Canberra, 8 October 2008, p. 2.

[40]      Axia NetMedia, Submission 33, p. 1.

[41]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia, Committee Hansard, 24 November 2008, pp7-8.

[42]      Joint Media Release, www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, p. 2, accessed 14 April 2009.

[43]      DBCDE, Request for Proposals to Roll-Out and Operate a National Broadband Network for Australia, 11 April 2008, paragraphs 10.7.5-6, p. 38.

[44]      Dr Kelso, Submission 24, p 8.

[45]      See Senate Journal No 54, 4 February 2009, p. 1542.

[46]      The Australian, 7 May 2009, p. 23.

[47]      iiNet, Submission 3, Regulatory Submission on the Requirements for an Open Access National Broadband Network', June 2008, p. 6.

[48]      Mr Hicks, Adam Internet, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 7 October 2008, p. 45.

[49]      Mr Hicks, Adam Internet, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 7 October 2008, p. 44.

[50]      Professor Walter Green, Director, Communications Expert Group and ATUG Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 November 20008, p. 58.

[51]      State of the Regions 2008-09, p. (i).

[52]      State of the Regions 2008-09, p. (i).

[53]      http://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/mcu.aspx , accessed 2 May 2009.

[54]      Dr Kelso, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 21 November 2008, pp 18-19.

[55]      National Broadband Network – Interim report, p. 65.

[56]      National Broadband Network – Telstra Proposal, p. 2.

[57]      See National Broadband Network – Telstra Proposal, p. 3., and subsequent discussion.

[58]      National Broadband Network – Telstra Proposal, p.3.

[59]      Mr Donald McGauchie, Telstra Chairman, Media Release, 15 December 2008.

[60]      Mr Maha Krishnapillai, Optus, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 35.

[61]      See Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, pp 35 & 36.

[62]      Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 36.

[63]      www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24942087-15306,00.html, accessed 21 January 2009.

[64]      The Australian, Wednesday 14 January 2009, p. 19.

[65]      Mr Andrew Buay, Optus Managing Director, Communications Day, 18 February 2009, p. 1.

[66]      Mr Quilty, Telstra, Address to the National Press Club (NPC Address), 26 February 2009.

[67]      Mr Quilty, Telstra, NPC Address, 26 February 2009.

[68]      Senator the Hon. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Estimates Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Canberra, 23 February 2009, p. 102.

[69]      Senator the Hon. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Estimates Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Canberra, 23 February 2009, p. 103.

[70]      Mr Krishnapillai, Optus, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 35.

[71]      Mr Krishnapillai, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, pp 38-39.

[72]      Mr Krishnapillai, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 39.

[73]      Mr Krishnapillai, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 47.

[74]      Mr Krishnapillai, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 43.

[75]      Ms Deanne Weir, Group Director, Austar United Communications Limited, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 58.

[76]      Mr David Quilty, Managing Director, Public Policy and Communications, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 85.

[77]      See Critical issues to be addressed in the NBN decision.

[78]      Mr Quilty, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 86.

[79]      Mr Quilty, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 87.

[80]      Mr Quilty, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 90.

[81]      Dr Tony Warren, Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs, Telstra, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 92.

[82]      Mr Paul Budde, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 61.

[83]      Mr Budde, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, pp 65-66.

[84]      Professor Green, Director, CEG and ATUG, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 15.

[85]      Professor Green, Director, CEG and ATUG, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p 18.

[86]      Professor Green, Director, CEG and ATUG, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 20.

[87]      Professor Green, Director, CEG and ATUG, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 21.

[88]      Mr Ed Willett, Commissioner, ACCC, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 3 March 2009, p. 77.

[89]      Mr Peter McCarthy-Ward, BT Director, East of England, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 3.

[90]      Mr McCarthy-Ward, BT, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 3.4.

[91]      Mr McCarthy-Ward, BT, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 5.

[92]      Mr McCarthy-Ward, BT, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 11.

[93]      Mr Arthur Price, Chairman and CEO, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 31.

[94]      Mr Arthur Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 32.

[95]      Mr Arthur Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 38.

[96]      Mr Dermot Cox, Marketing Director, C-Cor broadband Australia Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 63.

[97]      Mr Cox, C-Cor broadband Australia Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, pp 65-66.

[98]      Mr Cox, C-Cor broadband Australia Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 68.

[99]      Mr Cox, C-Cor broadband Australia Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 69.

Chapter 3 - Delivering the National Broadband Network

[1]        New National Broadband Network, Joint Media Release, the Prime Minister, the Treasurer, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Broadband, (NBN Joint Media Release), 7 April 2009.

[2]        NBN Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[3]        NBN Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[4]        NBN Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[5]        NBN Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[6]        NBN Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[7]        NBN Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009. The Minister, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, advised in an address to the National Press Club on 28 April that the implementation study would also examine the appropriate pricing levels on the NBN.

[8]        The company is registered with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission as A.C.N. 136 533 741 LIMITED and is a public company limited by shares, incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory.

[9]        Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Address to the National Press Club (NPC Address), 28 April 2009.

[10]      Constitution of ACN 136 533 741 Limited (Company Constitution), p. 2.

[11]      See Company Constitution, Rules 10.2 and 10.3, p. 6.

[12]      See Company Constitution, Rule 6.3.2, p. 3.

[13]      See Company Constitution, Rule 13.1.1, p. 8.

[14]      See Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Request for Expression of Interest number DCON/09/23 for Provision of Lead Advisory Services relating to the Implementation Study for the National Broadband Network (REOI), p. 27.

[15]      Tasmania first to receive superfast broadband, Joint Media Release, Prime Minister, Premier of Tasmania, Minister for Broadband (Tasmanian Media Release), 8 April 2009.

[16]      Tasmanian Media Release, 8 April 2009.

[17]      Tasmanian Media Release, 8 April 2009.

[18]      Tasmanian Media Release, 8 April 2009.

[19]      NPC Address, 28 April 2009.

[20]      NBN Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[21]      REOI, p. 27.

[22]      Regulatory Reform for 21^st Century Broadband, Joint Media Release, Prime Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for Broadband (Regulations Media Release), undated (released 7 April 2009).

[23]      National Broadband Network: Regulatory reform for 21^st Century Broadband, Discussion Paper (Regulatory Reform Paper), April 2009, pp 12-16.

[24]      Regulatory Reform Paper, pp 16-17.

[25]      Regulatory Reform Paper, pp 25-26.

[26]      Regulatory Reform Paper, pp 17-25.

[27]      Regulatory Reform Paper, pp 23-25.

[28]      Regulatory Reform Paper, April 2009, p. 45.

[29]      Regulatory Reform Paper, April 2009, pp 28-47.

[30]      NPC Address, 28 April 2009.

[31]      Fast-track for National Broadband Network in regional Australia, Media Release, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Backhaul Media Release), 23 April 2009.

[32]      Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Backhaul Blackspots Initiative, Stakeholder Consultation Paper, April 2009, p. 3.

[33]      REOI, p. 27.

[34]      NPC Address, 28 April 2009.

[35]      NBN Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[36]      REOI, p. 7.

[37]      REOI, p. 27.

[38]      REOI, p. 7.

[39]      REOI, pp 26-27.

[40]      REOI, p. 9.

[41]      NPC Address, 28 April 2009.

[42]      Local Government welcomes NBN expansion, Media Release, Australian Local Government Association, (ALGA Media Release), 7 April 2009.

[43]      ALGA Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[44]      ALGA Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[45]      Greens Will Scrutinise Broadband Network in Senate, Media Release, Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown, (Greens Media Release), 7 April 2009.

[46]      Greens Media release, 7 April 2009.

[47]      Broadband for Tasmania: Our ticket to a clean, green, clever jobs boom?, Media Release, Australian Greens Deputy Leader – Senator Christine Milne, 7 April 2009.

[48]      Broadband network 'must accommodate rural needs', ABC News Online, accessed 7 April 2009.

[49]      Broadband network 'must accommodate rural needs', ABC News Online, accessed 7 April 2009.

[50]      Broadband rollout holds productivity potential, Media Release, Business Council of Australia (BCA Media Release), 7 April 2009.

[51]      BCA Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[52]      BCA Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[53]      BCA Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[54]      AMA: Better broadband good for patients, Media Release, Australian Medical Association, (AMA Media Release), 7 April 2009.

[55]      AMA Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[56]      Telstra welcomes opportunity to engage Government on broadband rollout, Media Release, Telstra, 7 April 2009.

[57]      Optus welcomes the end of Telstra's fixed line monopoly, Media Release, Optus, 7 April 2009.

[58]      Optus Networks Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd (No. 2) [2009] FCA 422

[59]      Communications Day, 4 May 2009, p. 2.

[60]      Broadband network: A foundation for productivity, Media Release, Australian Industry Group, 7 April 2009.

[61]      Rudd's broadband gamble, Joint Press Release, Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Leader of the Opposition, Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Opposition Press Release), 7 April 2009.

[62]      Opposition Press Release, 7 April 2009.

[63]      Rudd's broadband plan flawed, Media Release, SF/456, Senator Steve Fielding, Leader of Family First, 7 April 2009.

[64]      Broadband price rise tipped under $43b plan, ABC News Online, 7 April 2009.

[65]      Conroy plays down NBN cost. Australian Financial Review, 29 April 2009.

[66]      See Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim Report, December 2008, p. 47.

[67]      See Regulatory Reform Paper, pp 8-9 and REOI, p. 27.

[68]      Regulatory Reform Paper, pp 28-47.

[69]      See for example, Henry Ergas; Paul Broad, AAPT; stockbroking analysts; Optus.

[70]      See if there is something in the COAG communiqué or use newspaper article to ref.

[71]      Regulatory Reform Paper, p. 48.

[72]      Regulatory Reform Paper, p. 26.

[73]      REOI, p. 5.

[74]      REOI, pp 23-24.

[75]      REOI, p. 10.

[76]      Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[77]      To access the Expert Panel Report extract, go to: http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/funding_programs_and_support/national_broadband_network