Footnotes

Chapter One

[1]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[2]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[3]        https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/broadband_ctte/tor.htm, accessed 11 October 2009.

[4]        https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/broadband_ctte/tor.htm, accessed 11 October 2009.

Chapter Two - The new proposal

[1]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[2]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[3]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[4]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[5]        Communications Day Extra, 7 April 2009, p. 4.

[6]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[7]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[8]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[9]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[10]      National Broadband Network, Interim report, December 2008, p. xx.

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

[12]      Incorporates information from Alcatel Lucent, Submission 51, pp 7-8.

[13]      Incorporates information from Alcatel Lucent, Submission 51, pp 11-16.

[14]      Department of Finance and Deregulation, Answer to Questions on Notice, Budget Estimate Hearing – May 2009, Question F36 ii).

[15]      Alcatel Lucent, Submission 51, pp 34-35.

[16]      Alcatel Lucent, Submission 51, p. 35.

[17]      Alcatel Lucent, Submission 51, pp 17-18.

[18]      Alcatel Lucent, Submission 51, p. 18.

[19]      Alcatel Lucent, Submission 51, p. 20.

[20]      http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

[21]      Ms Loretta Johnson, AIIA, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p. 61.

[22]      Mr David Ball, Intelsat Asia-Pacific, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 8 October 2009, p. 39.

[23]      Mr Richard Murray, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 9.

[24]      Mr Michael Quigley, NBN Co Limited, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 64.

[25]      Mr Quigley, Answer to a Question on Notice, received 26 October 2009.

[26]      Communications Day, 29 October 2009, p. 1.

[27]      http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyReleaseDate/6445F12663006B83 CA256A150079564D?OpenDocument, accessed 6 November 2009.

[28]      Communications Day, 23 September 2009, p. 2.

[29]      Communications Day, 24 September 2009, p. 1

[30]      CSIRO, Submission 80, p. 8.

[31]      CSIRO, Submission 80, p. 8.

[32]      CSIRO, Submission 80, pp 13-14.

[33]      CSIRO, Submission 80, p. 13.

[34]      CSIRO, Submission 80, p. 14.

[35]      Dr Alex Zelinski, CSIRO, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p. 36.

[36]      AUSTAR, Submission 73, p. [4].

[37]      CSIRO, Submission 80, pp 4&5.

[38]      AUSTAR, Submission 73, p. [23].

[39]      AUSTAR, Submission 73, p. [5].

[40]      Intelsat Asia Pty Ltd, Submission 64, p. 6.

[41]      Intelsat Asia Pty Ltd, Submission 64, p. 7.

[42]      Mr David Ball, Intelsat Asia-Pacific, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 8 October 2009, p. 37.

[43]      Mr Greg Wyler, O3b Networks, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 8.

[44]      Mr Wyler, O3b Networks, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 2.

[45]      Mr Wyler, O3b Networks, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 9.

[46]      Mr Wyler, O3b Networks, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 6.

[47]      Mr Ball, Intelsat Asia Pacific, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 8 October 2009, p. 41.

[48]      Mr Wyler, O3b Networks, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 6.

[49]      See discussion Mr Wyler, O3b Networks, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, pp 6-8.

[50]      See discussion in AUSTAR, Submission 73, p. [19].

Chapter Three - Progress since the FTTP announcement

[1]        Dr Ross Kelso, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 21 November 2008, p. 18.

[2]        Discussion paper, National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband, p. 1.

[3]        Discussion paper, National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband, p. 3.

[4]        Discussion paper, National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband, p. 2.

[5]        Discussion paper, National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband, p. iv.

[6]        http://www.dbcde.gov.au/broadband/national_broadband_network/national_broadband_ network_Regional_Backbone_Blackspots_Program, accessed 29 October 2009.

[7]        DBCDE, Backhaul Blackspots Initiative Stakeholder Consultation Paper, 23 April 2009, p. 2.

[8]        http://www.dbcde.gov.au/all_funding_programs_and_support/national_broadband_network/national_broadband_network_Regional_Backbone_Blackspots_Program, accessed 30 October 2009.

[9]        REOI, p. 7.

[10]      REOI, p. 27.

[11]      See for example, Mr Richard Murray, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, pp 4, 5, 6 (for three separate issues), 11, and 14.

[12]      REOI, p. 8.

[13]      Mr Simon Lewis, General Manager DoFD, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 96.

[14]      Mr Lewis, DoFD, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 97.

[15]      Answers to Written Questions on Notice, DBCDE, 9 November 2009, Question 1 a), p. 1.

[16]      Answers to Written Questions on Notice, DBCDE, 9 November 2009, Question 1 b), p. 1

[17]      Fibre-to-the-premises in greenfields estates, p. 6.

[18]      Fibre-to-the-premises in greenfields estates, p 7.

[19]      Fibre-to-the-premises in greenfields estates, p 2.

[20]      See Fibre-to-the-premises in greenfields estates, pp 2, 10, 11, 12, and 13.

[21]      Fibre-to-the-premises in greenfields estates, p 19.

[22]      Address to MAV Local Government Technology Solutions Conference, delivered on behalf of the Minister by the Hon. Richard Marles MP.

[23]      NBN Co Limited Annual Report 2008-09, p. 3.

[24]      ECA Committee Report, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, pp 44-45.

[25]      Draft NBN Reference Architecture – High Level Architecture Options of the NBN, Communications Alliance, October 2009, p. 1.

[26]      Draft NBN Reference Architecture – High Level Architecture Options of the NBN, Communications Alliance, October 2009, p. 2.

[27]      http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/101, accessed 10 November 2009.

Chapter Four - To bury or not to bury...

[1]        Report on the rollout of the tasCOLT Fibre to the premises Commercial Trial October 2008, pp 3-5.

[2]        Report on the rollout of the tasCOLT Fibre to the premises Commercial Trial October 2008, p. 20.

[3]        Report on the rollout of the tasCOLT Fibre to the premises Commercial Trial October 2008, p. 19.

[4]        Report on the rollout of the tasCOLT Fibre to the premises Commercial Trial October 2008, p. 20.

[5]        Kelso and Downey, Submission 94, p. 4.

[6]        Report on the rollout of the tasCOLT Fibre to the premises Commercial Trial October 2008, p. 13.

[7]        Mr Peter Downey, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, pp 29-30.

[8]        Mr Downey, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 30.

[9]        See discussion, Mr Downey, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 31.

[10]      Kelso and Downey, Submission 94, p.9.

[11]      Kelso and Downey, Submission 94, p.8.

[12]      Mr Downey, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 30

[13]      Mr Brad Wynter, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 91.

[14]      Mr Downey, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 37.

[15]      See discussion, Mr Wynter, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, pp 87-88.

[16]      Mr Wynter, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p.89.

[17]      Professor Walter Green, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 November 2008, p. 56.

[18]      Professor Green, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 November 2008, p. 56

[19]      Mr Wynter, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, pp 87-88.

[20]      Mr Wynter, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p.91.

[21]      See discussion Kelso and Downey, Submission 94, p.7.

[22]      Kelso and Downey, Submission 94, p.8.

[23]      Kelso and Downey, Submission 94, p.6.

[24]      Kelso and Downey, Submission 94, p.7.

[25]      Answers to Written Questions on Notice, NBN Tasmania Ltd, Question 3, 10 November 2009.

[26]      Kelso and Downey, Submission 94, p.6.

Chapter Five - Establishment of NBN Co Limited

[1]        Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Terms of Reference, https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/broadband_ctte/tor.htm, accessed 15 November 2009.

[2]        Mr Jonathan Chowns, Bills Digest No 22:2009-10: Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National broadband Network Measures – Network information) Bill 2009, 7 September 2009.

[3]        See for example: James Riley, 'NBN Co authorised to acquire assets now: Conroy', IT Wire, 19 October 2009, at: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28628/127/ (accessed 28 October 2009).

[4]        Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Second Interim Report: Another Fork in the Road to National Broadband, May 2009, p. 39.

[5]        Mr Michael Quigley, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 58.

[6]        Constitution of ACN 136 533 741 Limited, clause 5.5.

[7]        Constitution of ACN 136 533 741 Limited, clause 5.7.

[8]        Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, 'Mike Quigley appointed Executive Chairman of NBN Co', Media Release, 25 July 2009, at http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/067.

[9]        Jennifer Hewatt and Michael Sainsbury, 'Hiring of Mike Quigley brings credibility to broadband', The Australian, 27 July 2009.

[10]      Mr Quigley, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 61.

[11]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p 61.

[12]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 61.

[13]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p 62.

[14]      Mr Quigley, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 64.

[15]      Mr Mark Heazlett, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 65.

[16]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 66.

[17]      Mr Richard Murray, Executive Director, Policy and Governance, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 5.

[18]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 66.

[19]      Department of Treasury, Answers to Questions taken on Notice, 1 October 2009, p. 8.

[20]      Mr Brendan Lyon, Executive Director, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2009, p. 18.

[21]      Department of Treasury, Answers to Questions taken on Notice, 1 October 2009, p. 7.

[22]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 8.

[23]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 8.

[24]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 8.

[25]      Constitution of ACN 136 533 741 Limited, clause 4.1.1.

[26]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p 67.

[27]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Supplementary Estimates Proof Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 67.

[28]      Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, 'Tasmania NBN Co Limited Established', Media Release, 13 August 2009 at http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/075/.

[29]      Constitution of ACN 138 338 271 Limited, clause 4.4, emphasis added.

[30]      Mr Andrew Connor, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 8 October 2009, p. 4.

[31]      Mr Connor, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 8 October 2009, p. 4.

[32]      http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 5 October 2009.

Chapter Six - Commercial viability

[1]        http://www.archive.dbcde.gov.au/2009/april/national_broadband_network, accessed 3 November 2009.

[2]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 3 November 2009.

[3]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 3 November 2009.

[4]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 3 November 2009.

[5]        http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 3 November 2009.

[6]        A Report to the Council of Australian Governments, December 2008, p. 6.

[7]        A Report to the Council of Australian Governments, December 2008, p. 10.

[8]        A Report to the Council of Australian Governments, December 2008, p. 10.

[9]        Explanatory Statement: BAF Evaluation Criteria, accessed 3 November 2009 at: http://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/publications.aspx

[10]      Explanatory Statement: BAF Evaluation Criteria, accessed 3 November 2009 at: http://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/publications.aspx

[11]      Minister Conroy, Senate Estimates, Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts (ECA Committee), Committee Hansard, 20 October 2008, p. 28.

[12]      Minister Conroy, ECA Committee Senate Estimates, Committee Hansard, 20 October 2008, p. 28.

[13]      Mr Sameer Chopra, Deutsche Bank, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 81.

[14]      Mr Daniel Blair, Southern Cross Equities, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 85.

[15]      Mr Brendan Lyon, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 21.

[16]      Mr Bernard Wonder, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, pp 25-26.

[17]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 3.

[18]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 4.

[19]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 4.

[20]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, pp 4-5.

[21]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 5.

[22]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 6.

[23]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 4.

[24]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 6.

[25]      Business Council of Australia (BCA), Submission 52, p. 3.

[26]      BCA, Submission 52, p.3.

[27]      BCA, Submission 52, p.3

[28]      BCA, Submission 52, p.4

[29]      BCA, Submission to DBCDE on Regulatory Reform for 21^st-Century Broadband, p.4.

[30]      This section includes observations made by and through Communications Day, 2-4 September 2009.

[31]      Mr Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 43.

[32]      Australian Financial Review, Wednesday, 2 September 2009, p. 3.

[33]      Mr Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 44.

[34]      Mr Colin Lyons, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2009, p. 99.

[35]      Mr Simon Lewis, DoFD, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 90.

[36]      Mr Richard Murray, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 12.

[37]      Mr Murray, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 12.

[38]      Communications Day, 21 September 2009, p. 6.

[39]      Mr Maha Krishnapillai, Optus, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p. 45.

[40]      Communications Day, 16 October 2009, p. 3.

[41]      Communications Day, 16 October 2009, p. 3.

[42]      Energy Reform Transition Unit, Final Certification Report, Chapter 3, 21 November 2005, accessed on 4 November 2009 at: http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage____5412.aspx.

[43]      Energy Reform Transition Unit, Final Certification Report, Chapter 3, 21 November 2005, accessed on 4 November 2009 at: http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage____5412.aspx.

[44]      Mr Michael Quigley, NBN Co, ECA Committee Senate Estimates, Committee Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 74.

[45]      Minster Conroy, Budget Estimates, Environment, Communications and the Arts, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 26 May 2009, p. 50.

[46]      Mr Arthur Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 15.

[47]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 15.

[48]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 15.

[49]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 16.

[50]      Mr Richard Murray, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 5.

[51]      Minster Conroy, Budget Estimates, Environment, Communications and the Arts, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 26 May 2009, p. 79.

[52]      Department of Treasury, Answers to Questions on Notice, 1 October 2009, https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/broadband_ctte/answers_qon/091001_Treasury.pdf, p. 7.

[53]      Department of Treasury, Answers to Questions on Notice, 1 October 2009, https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/broadband_ctte/answers_qon/091001_Treasury.pdf, p. 10.

[54]      http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyReleaseDate/6445F12663006B83 CA256A150079564D?OpenDocument, accessed 6 November 2009.

[55]      http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyReleaseDate/6445F12663006B83 CA256A150079564D?OpenDocument, accessed 6 November 2009.

[56]      http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyReleaseDate/6445F12663006B83 CA256A150079564D?OpenDocument, accessed 6 November 2009.

[57]      http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyReleaseDate/6445F12663006B83 CA256A150079564D?OpenDocument, accessed 6 November 2009.

[58]      http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyReleaseDate/6445F12663006B83 CA256A150079564D?OpenDocument, accessed 6 November 2009.

[59]      Mr Kevin Morgan, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 53.

[60]      Mr Daniel Blair, Southern Cross Equities, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 89.

[61]      Mr Blair, Southern Cross Equities, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 94.

[62]      Mr Blair, Southern Cross Equities, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 85.

[63]      Mr Blair, Southern Cross Equities, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 88.

[64]      Mr Bob James, Nokia Siemens networks APAC, Communications Day, 3 November 2009, p. 6.

[65]      Mr James, Nokia Siemens networks APAC, Communications Day, 3 November 2009, p. 6.

[66]      Mr James, Nokia Siemens Networks APAC, Communications Day, 3 November 2009, p 6.

[67]      Mr Arthur Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 10.

[68]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 11.

[69]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 17.

[70]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 11.

[71]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 10.

[72]      Mr Price, Axia NetMedia Corporation, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p 11.

[73]      Mr Mark McDonnell, BBY, Communications Day, 9 September 2009, p. 1.

[74]      Mr McDonnell, BBY, Communications Day, 9 September 2009, p. 1.

[75]      Mr McDonnell, BBY, Communications Day, 9 September 2009, p. 1.

[76]      Report on the rollout of the tasCOLT Fibre to the premises Commercial Trial, October 2008, p.5.

[77]      Mr Blair, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 89.

[78]      See discussion, Communications Day, 23 October 2009, p. 1.

[79]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 141.

[80]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 9.

[81]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 9.

[82]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, pp 9-10.

[83]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 10.

[84]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 11.

[85]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 11.

[86]      Mr Simon Hackett, Communications Day, 17 August 2009, p. 6.

[87]      Mr Hackett, Communications Day, 17 August 2009, p. 6.

[88]      Professor Joshua Gans, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 66.

[89]      Professor Gans, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 67.

[90]      See discussion Communications Day, 23 September 2009, p. 2.

[91]      Minster Conroy, Senate Estimates, Environment, Communications and the Arts, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 October 2009, p. 67.

[92]      Minster Conroy, Senate Estimates, Environment, Communications and the Arts, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 19 October 2009, p. 67.

[93]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 9.

[94]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p.12.

[95]      Professor Gans, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, pp 66-67.

[96]      Professor Gans, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 69.

[97]      Mr Price, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p. 17.

[98]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 2.

[99]      BCA, Submission 52, p. 1.

[100]    National Economics/Australian Local Government Association, State of the Regions 2008-09, p. 57.

[101]    National Economics/Australian Local Government Association, State of the Regions 2008-09, p. 70.

[102]    National Economics/Australian Local Government Association, State of the Regions 2008-09, p. 70.

[103]    National Economics/Australian Local Government Association, State of the Regions 2008-09, p. 71.

[104]    National Economics/Australian Local Government Association, State of the Regions 2008-09, p. 71.

[105]    Grimes, Ren and Stevens, The Need for Speed: Impacts of Internet Connectivity on Firm Productivity, p. 35.

[106]    Grimes, Ren and Stevens, The Need for Speed: Impacts of Internet Connectivity on Firm Productivity, p. 6.

[107]    Grimes, Ren and Stevens, The Need for Speed: Impacts of Internet Connectivity on Firm Productivity, p. 37.

[108]    Grimes, Ren and Stevens, The Need for Speed: Impacts of Internet Connectivity on Firm Productivity, p. 37.

[109]    Ballarat ICT Fact Sheet.

[110]    Mr Mal Vallance, Ballarat ICT Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 32.

[111]    Ms Helen Thompson, Ballarat ICT Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 32

[112]    Mr Vallance, Ballarat ICT Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 33.

[113]    Mr David Ryan, Grampians Rural Health Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 77.

[114]    Mr Ryan, Grampians Rural Health Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 77.

[115]    See general discussion, Grampians Rural Health Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, pp 80-83.

[116]    Mr Brad Wynter, City of Whittlesea, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 92.

[117]    Mr Wynter, City of Whittlesea, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 93.

[118]    See discussion, Mr Wynter, City of Whittlesea, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 94.

[119]    http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/022, accessed 16 November 2009.

[120]    tasCOLT, Report on the rollout of the tasCOLT Fibre to the Premises Commercial Trial, October 2008, p. 19.

[121]    Mr Vallance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 26-27.

[122]    Productivity Commission Annual Report 2008-09, p. 21.

[123]    Productivity Commission Annual Report 2008-09, p. 21.

Chapter Seven - Driving demand

[1]        Professor Aruna Seneviratne, Director, ATP Laboratory, NICTA, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 5 August 2009, p. 18.

[2]        Professor Joshua Gans, Submission 42, p. 10.

[3]        Mr Stefan Keller-Tuberg, Chair, Regulation and Policy Committee, Fibre to the Home Council Asia Pacific, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 52.

[4]        Professor Joshua Gans, Submission 42, p. 1.

[5]        Henry Ergas and Alex Robson, Submission 99, p. 15.

[6]        Dr Rowan Gilmore, CEO, Australian Institute for Commercialisation, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 30.

[7]        Dr Gilmore, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 30.

[8]        Dr Gilmore, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 29.

[9]        Dr Gilmore, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 July 2009, p. 32.

[10]      Professor Gans, Submission 42, p. 10.

[11]      Professor Gans, Submission 42, p. 10.

[12]      Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, NEHTA, Committee Hansard , Sydney, 5 August 2009, p. 28.

[13]      National e-Health Transition Authority, Submission 54.

[14]      CSIRO, Submission 80, p. 7.

[15]      Ms Sharon Tonkin, Employee, East Wimmera Health Service and Member, Grampians Rural Health Alliance, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2009, pp. 78-79

[16]      Australian Federation of Deaf Societies, Submission 65, p. [2].

[17]      Australian Federation of Deaf Societies, Submission 65, p. [2].

[18]      Professor Gans, Submission 42, p. 10.

[19]      iSoft Group Ltd, Submission 91,  p. 8.

[20]      Professor Gans, Submission 42, p. 11.

[21]      Optus, Submission 53, p. 8.

[22]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 'High Speed Broadband to Schools Overview', at http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/DigitalEducationRevolution/HighSpeedBroadband/Pages/HighSpeedBroadbandToSchoolsOverview.aspx (accessed 9 November 2009).

[23]      Optus, Submission 53, pp. 8-9.

[24]      Ms Elizabeth Barnett, General Counsel, VERNet Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 11.

[25]      Ms Barnett, VERNet Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 12.

[26]      The SKA program is a collaboration between institutions in 19 countries that will see the completion by 2020 of the world's premier imaging and surveying telescope, which will be 50 times more sensitive and able to survey the sky 10,000 times faster than any imaging radio telescope. It will have an output data rate of 1TByte per minute. Information accessed 15 November 2009 at: http://www.skatelescope.org/PDF/brochure/SKABrochure_2008.pdf

[27]      Mr Anthony Goonan, YLess4U, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 49.

[28]      Ms Barnett, VERNet Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 12.

[29]      Ms Barnett, VERNet Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 17.

[30]      Fibre to the Home Council Asia Pacific, Submission 67, p. 15.

[31]      Optus, Submission 53, p. 10

[32]      Mr Anthony Goonan, YLess4U, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 49.

[33]      Australian Library and Information Association, Submission 71, p. 5.

[34]      Australian Library and Information Association, Submission 71, p. 7.

[35]      Professor Gans, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009. pp 66-69.

[36]      See discussion Mr Wynter, City of Whittlesea, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, pp 92-93.

[37]      Mr Robin Eckermann, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 80.

[38]      Eckermann & Associates, Submission 100, p. 3.

[39]      Eckermann & Associates, Submission 100, p. 4.

[40]      Eckermann & Associates, Submission 100, p. 2.

[41]      Mr Eckermann, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 81.

[42]      Eckermann & Associates, Submission 100, p. 2.

[43]      Australian Information Industry Association, Submission 57, p. 6.

[44]      Mr Eckermann, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 93.

[45]      Ballarat ICT Cluster, 'Frequently Asked Questions', at http://www.ballaratict.com.au/bict_cluster/faqs.php, (accessed 6 November 2009).

[46]      Ms Helen Thompson, Board Member, Ballarat ICT Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, pp. 25-6.

[47]      Ms Thompson, Board Member, Ballarat ICT Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 25.

[48]      Ms Thompson, Board Member, Ballarat ICT Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 28.

[49]      Mr Mal Vallance, Board Member, Ballarat ICT Ltd, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 32

[50]      Fibre to the Home Council Asia Pacific, Submission 67, p. 14.

[51]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 2.

[52]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 10.

[53]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, pp 10-11.

[54]      Productivity Commission, Submission 87, p. 2.

[55]      Fibre to the Home Council Asia Pacific, Submission 67, p. 16.

[56]      Mr Bernard Wonder, Head of Office, Productivity Commission, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, pp. 27-28.

[57]      Southern Cross Equities, Submission 50, p. 4.

[58]      Mr Wynter, City of Whittlesea, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, pp. 92-93.

[59]      Ms Gayle Boschert, Grampians Rural Health Alliance, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 84.

Chapter Eight - Reforming the Regulatory Environment

[1]        O'Leary, G, 'Telstra Sale: Background and Chronology', Parliament House of Australia, Parliamentary Library, 15 September 2003, available at https://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/chron/2003-04/04chr03.htm#appendixc (accessed 13 October 2009).

[2]        For the purposes of simplicity, the name 'Telstra' is used herein to refer to Telstra Corporation and its previous incarnations.

[3]        WA CCI, Submission 17, p. 3.

[4]        Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim Report, 2 December 2008, pp.49-51.

[5]        Mr Peter Harris, Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on the Environment, Communications and the Arts (ECA), Canberra, 14 October 2009, p. 19.

[6]        The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 15 September 2009, p 9643.

[7]        Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, October 2009.

[8]        Optus, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Submission 47, p. 5.

[9]        Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 577A.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 4.

[11]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clauses 577H and 577J.

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 4; Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Part 10.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, pp. 3-4.

[14]      Telstra, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Inquiry into Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Submission 88, p. 3.

[15]      Mr Geoff Booth, Group Managing Director, NBN Engagement, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 3.

[16]      Mr Booth, Group Managing Director, NBN Engagement, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 3.

[17]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 75.

[18]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 76.

[19]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 77.

[20]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 74.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 1.

[22]      The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 15 September 2009, p. 9643.

[23]      Mr Booth, Group Managing Director, NBN Engagement, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 3.

[24]      Dr Tony Warren, Executive  Director, Regulatory Affairs, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 7.

[25]      Telstra, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Inquiry into Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Submission 88, p. 8.

[26]      Mr Booth, Group Managing Director, NBN Engagement, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 3.

[27]      Mr Peter McCarthy-Ward, BT Director East of England, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 5.

[28]      Mr McCarthy-Ward, BT Director East of England, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2009, p. 5.

[29]      Dr Warren, Executive  Director, Regulatory Affairs, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 8.

[30]      Telstra, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Inquiry into Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Submission 88, p. 12.

[31]      Mr Booth, Group Managing Director, NBN Engagement, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 6.

[32]      Telstra, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Inquiry into Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Submission 88, p. 5.

[33]      Mr Rohan Buettel, Assistant Secretary, Networks Regulations Branch, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Canberra, 14 October 2009, p. 23.

[34]      Mr Andrew Sheridan, General Manager, Interconnect and Economic Regulation, Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 13.

[35]      Mr Sheridan, General Manager, Interconnect and Economic Regulation, Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 15.

[36]      Mr Sheridan, General Manager, Interconnect and Economic Regulation, Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 15.

[37]      Mr Kevin Morgan, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 7 October 2009, p. 52.

[38]      Mr Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 1 October 2009, p. 41.

[39]      Dr Warren, Executive  Director, Regulatory Affairs, Telstra Corporation Ltd, Proof Committee Hansard, Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Melbourne, 13 October 2009, p. 10.

[40]      Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Inquiry into Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Submission 48, p. 9.

[41]      Australian Government, 'National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for the 21st Century', Discussion Paper, April 2009, available at http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/110013/NBN_Regulatory_Reform_for_the_21st_Century_Broadband_low_res_web.pdf, p. 12-13.

[42]      Australian Government, 'National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for the 21st Century', Discussion Paper, April 2009, available at http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/110013/NBN_Regulatory_Reform_for_the_21st_Century_Broadband_low_res_web.pdf, p. 13.

[43]      Telstra Corporation Limited, Public Submission on the Roll-out and Operation of a National Broadband Network for Australia, 25 June 2008, p. 23.

[44]      ACCC, Telstra’s Undertakings for the Unconditioned Local Loop Service Discussion Paper (Public Version), March 2005, p. 2

[45]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Clause 152BC

[46]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 152BCH.

[47]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Paragraph 152BCF(5).

[48]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 5; Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 item 84.

[49]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 152BCD.

[50]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 152BD.

[51]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 5; Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, clause 152BEA.

[52]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 6.

[53]      Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim Report, December 2008, p. 51.

[54]      Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim Report, December 2008, p. 58.

[55]      Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, item 166.

[56]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 7.

[57]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 7.

[58]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 7.

[59]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 7.

[60]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, pp 7-8.

[61]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 8.

[62]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 8.

[63]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 8.

[64]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, p. 7.

[65]      Telstra, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Inquiry into Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Submission 88, p. 13.

[66]      Telstra, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and Arts, Inquiry into Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, Submission 88, p. 13.

[67]      ECA Committee Report, Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009, pp 44-45.