Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
Journals of the Senate, No. 3, 14 November 2013, p. 133.
[2]
Journals of the Senate, No.28, 14 May 2014, pp 795-796.
[3]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp 2–11.
[4]
'Extract From The Evaluation Report For The Request For Proposals To
Roll-Out And Operate A National Broadband Network For Australia', 20 January
2009, at: http://www.archive.dbcde.gov.au/2013/september/national_broadband_network/extract_from_evaluation_report/extract_from_the_evaluation_report2.pdf
[5]
'Extract From The Evaluation Report For The Request For Proposals To
Roll-Out And Operate A National Broadband Network For Australia', 20 January
2009, at: http://www.archive.dbcde.gov.au/2013/september/national_broadband_network/extract_from_evaluation_report/extract_from_the_evaluation_report2.pdf
[6]
Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy,
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 'New Broadband
Network', Media Release, 7 April 2009.
[7]
'The coalition's plan for fast broadband and an affordable NBN', April
2013, at http://lpaweb-static.s3.amazonaws.com/Policies/NBN.pdf
[8]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications and Senator the
Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, 'Government Expectations' letter to
NBN Co, 8 April 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/SOE-Shareholder-Minister-letter.pdf,
p. 2.
[9]
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Former_Committees/broad
band/index
[10]
https://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_
committees?url=ic/nbn/report.htm
[11]
https://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_
committees?url=jcnbn/reports.htm
[12]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp viii, 96.
[13]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp 20–21.
[14]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
p. 72.
[15]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
p. 96
[16]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
p. 97.
[17]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
p. 108.
[18]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
p. 116.
[19]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
p. 132.
[20]
At http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn
[21]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for
Communications, Response to the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, 30
April 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn,
p. 2.
[22]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, Response to
the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, 30 April 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn,
p. 1.
[23]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, Response to
the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, 30 April 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn,
p. 12.
[24]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, Response to
the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, 30 April 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn,
p. 14.
[25]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, Response to
the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, 30 April 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn,
p. 29.
[26]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, Response to
the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, 30 April 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn,
p. 23.
[27]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, Response to
the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, 30 April 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn,
p. 24.
[28]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, Response to
the Senate Select Committee on the NBN, 30 April 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/response-to-the-senate-select-committee-on-the-nbn,
pp 25–26.
Chapter 2 - Key developments since the committee's first interim report
[1]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications and Senator the
Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, 'Government Expectations' letter to
NBN Co, 8 April 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/SOE-Shareholder-Minister-letter.pdf,
p. 2.
[2]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Multi-Technology Deployment
Principles', 13 November 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/nbn_multi_technology_deployment_principles.pdf.
[3]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Multi-Technology Deployment Principles', 13
November 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/nbn_multi_technology_deployment_principles.pdf.
[4]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Co outlines principles for Multi-Technology
rollout', Media Release, 13 November 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn_co_outlines_principles_for_multi_technology_rollout.html.
[5]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Co rolls out new national construction plan', Media
Release, 1 December 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbnco-rolls-out-new-national-construction-plan.htm.
[6]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, 'NBN Rollout
Will Reach One in Three Australians by June 2016', Media Release, 1 December
2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/nbn-rollout-will-reach-one-in-three-australians-by-june-2016.
[7]
Josh Taylor, 'How NBN Co will determine what connection you get', ZDNet,
14 January 2015, at http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-nbn-co-will-determine-what-connection-you-get/.
[8]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, pp 48–49.
[9]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Co outlines principles for Multi-Technology
rollout', Media Release, 13 November 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn_co_outlines_principles_for_multi_technology_rollout.html
[10]
Mr John Simon, Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, p. 53.
[11]
Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, pp 49–50.
[12]
http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/Integrated-Product-Roadmap.pdf
[13] http://www2.nbnco.com.au/connect-home-or-business/technology-choice-program.html
[14] NBN Co
Limited, Technology Choice Policy, 12 March 2015, at: http://www2.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/Technology%20Choice%20Policy.pdf
, p. 4.
[15]
NBN Co Limited, Strategic Review, December 2013, p. 97.
[16]
NBN Co Limited, Strategic Review, December 2013, p. 109.
[17]
NBN Co Limited, Annual Report 2013-14, 30 June 2014, pp 12–13.
[18] See page 37
of the Committee’s First Interim Report, available here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/National_Broadband_Network/NBN/Interim_Report/~/media/Committees/Senate/committee/broadband_ctte/interim_report/report.pdf
[19] See: http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/150000-more-fibre-connections-approved-for-nbn-20131031-hv2bn.html
[20] Answer to
Question on Notice No. 45, Public Hearing 17 December 2013.
[21]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, 'NBN Rollout
Will Reach One in Three Australians by June 2016', Media Release, 1 December
2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/nbn-rollout-will-reach-one-in-three-australians-by-june-2016.
[22] Malcolm
Turnbull, 'Turnbull disputes NBN connection figures', ABC Radio National PM
with Mark Colvin, 21 November 2012, at: http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3638019.htm
[23]
'NBN's Tasmanian rollout problems continue', ABC News online, 13 May 2014,
at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-13/nbn27s-tasmanian-rollout-problems-continue/5450418.
[24]
Mr John Simon, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 36.
[25]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 11 July
2014, p. 41.
[26]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 47.
[27]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 42.
[28]
NBN Co Limited, Corporate Plan 2014-17, 11 November 2014, p. 48.
[29]
'Premises serviceable' indicates those premises or lots which have been
passed and are ready for a service to be connected. It excludes those
brownfields premises previously passed but rated 'Service Class 0' because
service is not yet able to be connected to them without further work.
[30]
NBN Co, answer to question on notice (question 213) following Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Supplementary Budget Estimates
hearings, November 2014.
[31]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Co tracks towards full year targets as network
transitions to new rollout model', Media Release, 26 February 2015, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn-co-tracks-towards-full-year-targets-as-network-transitions-to-new-rollout-model.html.
[32]
Answer to question on notice (Question 184) from Senate Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee, Supplementary Budget Estimates hearings,
November 2014.
[33]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Co and Telstra expand construction of Fibre to the
Node', Media Release, 26 June 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn-co-and-telstraexpandconstructionoffibretothenode.html
[34]
http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/fttn-construction-fact-sheet.pdf
[35]
http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco2/documents/fttn-construction-fact-sheet.pdf.
[36]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 33; Senate Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, Budget
Estimates hearings 29 May 2014, p. 153.
[37]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 39.
[38]
Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 55.
[39]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 46.
[40]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, 'NBN speeds soar
in Umina Beach', Media Release, 22 August 2014, at http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/malcolm_turnbull/news/nbn_speeds_soar_in_umina_beach.
[41]
Josh Taylor, 'Turnbull, NBN Co ignored Telstra real-world FttN speed
warnings', ZDNet, 25 November 2014, at http://www.zdnet.com/article/turnbull-nbn-co-ignored-telstra-real-world-fttn-speed-warnings/.
[42]
Mr John Simon, Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, p. 54.
[43]
NBN Co Limited, answer to question on notice (Question 187) following
Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Supplementary
Budget Estimates hearings, November 2014.
[44]
NBN Co Limited, Integrated Product Roadmap, January 2015, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/Integrated-Product-Roadmap.pdf
[45]
NBN Co Limited, 'Telcos and consumers sign up for FTTB pilot', Media
Release, 12 March 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/telcos-and-consumers-sign-up-for-fttb-pilot.html.
[46]
Mr Gary McLaren, Chief Technology Officer, NBN Co Limited, Committee
Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 26.
[47]
Mr Greg Adcock, Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Committee
Hansard, Budget Estimates hearings, 29 May 2014, pp 154–155.
[48]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 62.
[49]
http://blog.iinet.net.au/nbn-case-study-denises-nbn-fibretothebuilding-trial/
[50]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Co announces location of first 6,000 homes to receive
Fibre to the Building', Media Release, 19 January 2015, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/blog/nbn-co-announces-location-of-first-6000-homes-to-receive-fibre-to-the-building.html.
[51]
NBN Co Limited, Integrated Product Roadmap, January 2015, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/Integrated-Product-Roadmap.pdf
[52]
Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Committee
Hansard, Supplementary Budget Estimates, 20 November 2014, pp 21–22.
[53]
Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, pp 4–5.
[54]
Mr Dennis Steiger, Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, pp 7–8.
[55]
Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, pp 9–11.
[56]
Mr Stephen Rue, Committee Hansard, 4 December 2014, pp 8–9.
[57]
NBN Co Limited, Integrated Product Roadmap, January 2015, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/Integrated-Product-Roadmap.pdf
[58]
NBN Co Limited, 'NBN Co's HFC Network: Start the engines!', Media Release,
23 February 2015, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/blog/nbncos-hfc-network-start-the-engines.html.
[59]
David Ramli, 'NBN deal promises higher speeds on cable TV networks', Australian
Financial Review, 23 February 2015.
[60]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 29.
[61]
Committee Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 30.
[62]
Mr Greg Adcock, Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Committee
Hansard, Budget Estimates hearings, 29 May 2014, p. 155.
[63]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 39.
[64]
Mr John Simon, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 62.
[65]
Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, pp 55-56.
[66]
NBN Co Limited, Half Year Results Presentation, 26 February 2015,
at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn-co-tracks-towards-full-year-targets-as-network-transitions-to-new-rollout-model.html
[67]
Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, pp 55-56.
[68]
NBN Co Limited, Integrated Product Roadmap, January 2015, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/Integrated-Product-Roadmap.pdf
[69]
NBN Co Limited, Half Year Results Presentation, 26 February 2015,
at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn-co-tracks-towards-full-year-targets-as-network-transitions-to-new-rollout-model.html
[70]
NBN Co Limited, Integrated Product Roadmap, January 2015, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/Integrated-Product-Roadmap.pdf
[71]
Available at: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/National_Broadband_Network/NBN/Additional_Documents.
[72]
David Braue, 'NBN fibre rollout was going to be cheaper, sooner, pilot
results show', The Age, 8 September 2014.
[73]
NBN Co Limited (letterhead), '3MLT-10 deployment trial post-implementation
results and recommendations – industry pack', as published by the media and
tabled by Senator Conroy at the committee's public hearing on 26 September
2014, at: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/National_Broadband_Network/NBN/Additional_Documents,
document no. 17.
[74]
See Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, pp 24-25.
[75]
NBN Co Limited, 'Two sides to every story', Media Release, 8 September
2014.
[76]
NBN Co Limited, 'Two sides to every story', Media Release, 8 September
2014.
[77]
NBN Co Limited, 'Two sides to every story', Media Release, 8 September
2014.
[78]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 2. The
document,
[79]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, pp 9-10.
[80]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 4.
[81]
Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 12.
[82]
NBN Co Limited, response to question on notice (question 13) following the
26 September 2014 public hearing.
[83]
Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 12.
[84]
NBN Co later advised that by the time of the Melton trial small-diameter
cable had been used in 64 FSAM designs, and small-form multiports in 85 FSAMs.
Mr Greg Adcock, Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Committee
Hansard, Supplementary Budget Estimates, 20 November 2014, p. 32.
[85]
Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, pp 23-25, 26, 63.
[86]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 25.
[87]
Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Committee
Hansard, Supplementary Budget Estimates, 20 November 2014, p. 29.
[88]
Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Committee
Hansard, Supplementary Budget Estimates, 20 November 2014, p. 29.
[89] See Senate
Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim Report, March
2014, pp 29-34.
[90]
Letter from Mr Greg Adcock, Chief Operating Officer NBN Co Limited, to the
Secretary of the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications,
'Post-Implementation Review – Melton Deployment Trial', 12 December 2014, at: https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/ec_ctte/estimates/supp_1415/communications/NBNCo_Melton_PIR_October_2014.pdf
[91]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 2.
[92]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp 25-29.
[93]
NBN Co Limited, Strategic Review, December 2013, p. 9.
[94]
Dr Ziggy Switkowski, Executive Chairman, NBN Co Half-Yearly Results
Briefing, 21 February 2014, at http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/images/media-images/Transcript-Half-Year-Results.pdf,
p. 3.
[95]
Department of Communications, answer to question on notice No. 557 from
Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications Budget Estimates, May
2014.
[96]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2015, p. 4.
[97]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 46.
[98]
Journals of the Senate No.62, 29 October 2014, p. 1675.
[99]
Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 80.
[100] NBN Co
Limited, Corporate Plan 2014-17, 11 November 2014, pp 5-6.
[101] NBN Co Limited, Corporate
Plan 2014-17, 11 November 2014, p. 44.
[102] NBN Co Limited, Corporate
Plan 2014-17, 11 November 2014, p. 4.
[103] NBN Co Limited, Corporate
Plan 2014-17, 11 November 2014, p. 6.
[104] Mr Bill Morrow, Committee
Hansard, 2 December 2014, p. 24.
[105] Mr Bill Morrow, Committee
Hansard, 2 December 2014, p. 2.
[106] Committee Hansard, 4
December 2014, p. 2.
[107] Committee Hansard, 4
December 2014, p. 3.
[108] Senate Standing Committee on
Environment and Communications, Committee Hansard, Supplementary Budget
Estimates, 25 November 2014, p. 23.
[109] Mr Drew Clarke, Committee
Hansard, 3 October 2014, pp 28–29.
[110] Committee Hansard, 3
October 2014, pp 31, 34–35.
[111] 'Tony Abbott
and Malcolm Turnbull – Coalition NBN Policy Launch', 9 April 2013, video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKbANwmJyWc
[112] Ben Grubb,
'Malcolm Turnbull expects new Telstra NBN deal in a "few months"', The
Age, 21 February 2014, at: http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/malcolm-turnbull-expects-new-telstra-nbn-deal-in-a-few-months-20140220-hvdaw.html
[113] The Hon
Malcolm Turnbull MP and Senator The Hon Mathias Cormann Minister for Finance, 'NBN
Co and Telstra sign revised Definitive Agreements', Media Release, 14 December
2014.
[114] NBN Co
Limited, 'Landmark deal paves way for faster NBN rollout', Media Release, 14
December 2014, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/landmark-deal-paves-way-for-faster-nbn-rollout.html
[115] Telstra,
Analyst Briefing, 14 December 2014, p. 5, at: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20141216/pdf/42vhl1zlqb7l1z.pdf
[116] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP,
Minister for Communications & Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for
Finance, 'NBN Co and Telstra sign revised Definitive Agreements' Joint Media
Release, 14 December 2014, at http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/malcolm_turnbull/news/nbn_co_and_telstra_sign_revised_definitive_agreements.
[117] Telstra,
Analyst Briefing, 14 December 2014, p. 13, at: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20141216/pdf/42vhl1zlqb7l1z.pdf
[118] NBN Co
Limited, 'Landmark deal paves way for faster NBN rollout', Media Release, 14
December 2014, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/landmark-deal-paves-way-for-faster-nbn-rollout.html
[119] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 45.
[120] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 46.
[121] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, pp 46–7.
[122] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 46.
[123] Petroc
Wilton, 'NBN Co and gov’t sign off new Telstra, Optus deals', CommsDay,
15 December 2014.
[124] Telstra,
Overview of changes to Telstra’s NBN Definitive Agreements, 14 December 2014.
[125] Telstra,
Analyst briefing presentation, 14 December 2014, at: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20141215/pdf/42vgkf12mxbyvb.pdf
[126] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 52.
[127] Environment and Communications
Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, pp 130–131.
[128] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 55.
[129] Mr Andy Penn,
Telstra Analyst Briefing, 14 December 2014, p. 3, at: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20141216/pdf/42vhl1zlqb7l1z.pdf
[130] Mr Andy Penn,
Telstra Analyst Briefing, 14 December 2014, p.12, at: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20141216/pdf/42vhl1zlqb7l1z.pdf
[131] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 8.
[132] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 56.
[133] Telstra Corporation Limited,
'Overview of the changes to Telstra's NBN Definitive Agreements', 14 December
2014, p. 12, at: http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/download/document/asx-announcement.pdf?ssSourceSiteId=aboutus
[134] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 60.
[135] NBN Co
Limited, Corporate Plan 2014-17, 11 November 2014, p. 24.
[136] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 61.
[137] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, pp 59–60.
[138] Telstra Corporation Limited,
'Overview of the changes to Telstra's NBN Definitive Agreements', 14 December
2014, p. 15, at: http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/download/document/asx-announcement.pdf?ssSourceSiteId=aboutus.
[139] Josh Taylor, 'NBN Co to take
over Telstra, Optus networks in new deals', ZDNet, 14 December 2014, at http://www.zdnet.com/article/nbn-co-and-telstra-sign-amended-11-billion-deal/
[140] Telstra,
Overview of Changes to Telstra’s NBN Definitive Agreements.
[141] Committee
Hansard , 17 December 2013, p. 64.
[142] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 63.
[143] Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Proof Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 104.
[144] NBN Co
Limited, Report to Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Broadband
Network, 19 April 2013, p. 4, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/media-releases/2013/report-to-parliamentary-joint-committee.pdf
[145] NBN Co Limited, Report to
Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network, 19 April
2013, p. 12, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/media-releases/2013/report-to-parliamentary-joint-committee.pdf
[146] Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 106.
[147] Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 115.
[148] Committee
Hansard , 12 March 2015, p. 41.
[149] Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 113.
[150] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, pp 18–19.
[151] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 18.
[152] NBN Co,
Strategic Review, p. 63.
[153] Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 110.
[154] Committee Hansard, 12
March 2015, p. 38.
[155] Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 112.
[156] Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 105.
[157] NBN Co, Corporate
Plan 2012-15, p. 71.
[158] Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 112.
[159] The Coalition's Plan for
fast broadband and an affordable NBN: Background papers, April 2013, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/assets/Coalition_NBN_policy_-_Background_Paper.pdf.
[160] The
Coalition's Plan for fast broadband and an affordable NBN, 9 April 2013.
[161] Senate Select Committee on
the National Broadband Network, Interim Report, March 2014,
pp 44-51.
[162] Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard,
24 February 2015, p. 104.
[163] See in
particular answer to question on notice (Question 6) from the committee's
public hearings, 2 and 4 December 2014.
Chapter 3 - Fixed wireless and satellite
[1]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final
Report, May 2014, p. 1.
[2]
NBN Co Limited, answer to question on notice (Question 7) following the 11
July 2014 public hearing.
[3]
For example, NBN Co Limited, Corporate Plan 2013-16 (Version 13),
p. 100.
[4]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite
Review, Final Report, May 2014, p. 9.
[5]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final
Report, May 2014, p. 9
[6]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final
Report, May 2014, pp 34, 43. In particular, the FWS Review noted that the
capacity and coverage of each of the satellites' 101 beams had been fixed
during the design process, and could not later be altered or redirected between
beams. This meant that if usage patterns varied significantly from those
anticipated once the service was live, some beams may experience congestion
while others would have spare capacity. In addition, where take-up on the satellite
service was high, it would not be not possible to upgrade the service or the
throughput per user on this technology: p.39.
[7]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final
Report, May 2014, pp 39–40. The timeline recommendations included that the
second satellite be launched 12, rather than six, months after the first.
[8]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final
Report, May 2014, p. 11. The Review noted that in relation to Scenario 4, there
was very limited capacity on existing satellites operating over Australia to
support a residential broadband service, so this would likely require the
construction and launch of a new satellite in partnership with a commercial
entity.
[9]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final
Report, May 2014, pp 14–15.
[10]
NBN Co Limited, 'Broadband connections in the bush to triple, says NBN
report', Media Release, 7 May 2014, p. 2.
[11]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, p. 90.
[12]
'NBN Co rules out third rural satellite', news.com.au, 7 May 2014, at http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/nbn-co-rules-out-third-rural-satellite/story-e6frfku9-1226909264082
[13]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, Chapter 5. The Review also recommended analogous product changes for
fixed wireless, as it is also a capacity contrained technology: see Chapter 10.
[14]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, pp 45–46.
[15]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, p. 93.
[16]
See NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final
Report, May 2014,
Chapter 12.
[17]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, p. 84.
[18]
NBN Co Limited, Corporate Plan 2012-15, 6 August 2012, p. 75.
[19]
NBN Co Limited, Corporate Plan 2013-16 - Working Draft, at http://www.docdroid.net/lfy9/nbn-co-corporate-plan-2013-2016-v13.pdf.html,
pp 100, 108.
[20]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, p. 25.
[21]
NBN Co Limited, answer to question on notice (Question 61) following the
committee's public hearing on 11 July 2014.
[22]
NBN Co Limited, Corporate Plan 2013-16 - Working Draft, p. 100
[23]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, p. 91.
[24]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 2.
[25]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, pp 9, 27–28.
[26]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 19.
[27]
Mr Nick Maxfield, Submission 72, Ms Carolyn Armstrong, Submission
73, Mr Dagmar Dixon, Submission 74, Mr Michael Lansley, Submission
75, Ms Jacqueline Brody, Submission 76, Ms Virginia Bidwell, Submission
85.
[28]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, pp 19–20.
[29]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 18.
[30]
Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 20.
[31]
NBN Co Limited, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Review, Final Report,
May 2014, p. 75.
[32]
Mr Greg Adcock, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 18.
[33]
http://www.communications.gov.au/radio/radiofrequency_spectrum/national_broadband_-network_spectrum
[34]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, 'NBN spectrum
gap – Consultation on draft Direction', Media Release, 21 August 2014.
[35]
NBN Co Limited, answer to question on notice (Question 9) following the
committee's public hearing on 11 July 2014, p. 2.
[36]
Mr Matt Dawson, Program Director NBN Co Limited, 'Enabling the digital
economy and closing the digital divide', presentation to The NBN Re-Booted conference,
Sydney, 18 November 2014, at http://www.slideshare.net/CommsDay/nbn-rebooted-nbn-cos-matt-dawson
[37]
NBN Co Limited, Integrated Product Roadmap, January 2015, at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/Integrated-Product-Roadmap.pdf
[38]
Mitchell Bingemann, 'A case of watch this space as NBN satellite launch
hit by delay', The Australian Business Review, 2 February 2015, at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/a-case-of-watch-this-spaceas-nbn-satellite-launch-hit-by-delay/story-e6frgakx-1227204294279
[39]
NBN Co Limited, Half Year Results Presentation, 26 February 2015,
at http://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-releases/nbn-co-tracks-towards-full-year-targets-as-network-transitions-to-new-rollout-model.html
[40]
Mr Bill Morrow, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation
Committee, Committee Hansard, Additional Budget Estimates hearings, 24
February 2015, p. 104.
[41]
See for example Mr Bill Morrow, Senate Environment and Communications Committee
Committee Hansard, 20 November 2014, p. 8.
[42]
Mr Matt Dawson, Program Director NBN Co Limited, 'Enabling the digital
economy and closing the digital divide', presentation to The NBN Re-Booted conference,
Sydney, 18 November 2014, at http://www.slideshare.net/CommsDay/nbn-rebooted-nbn-cos-matt-dawson
[43]
Rohan Pearce, 'NBN Co clamps down on satellite usage', Computerworld, 9
February 2015, http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/565806/nbn-co-clamps-down-satellite-usage/;
Josh Taylor, 'NBN Co clamps down on interim satellite service usage', ZDNet,
9 February 2015, http://www.zdnet.com/article/nbn-co-clamps-down-on-interim-satellite-service/.
[44]
http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/homepage-issues/satellite-deal-%E2%80%93-more-wasteful-nbn-spending
[45]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp 51–53.
Chapter 4 - The Cost-Benefit Analysis and Review of Regulation
[1]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, 'Panel of
Experts to conduct cost-benefit analysis of broadband & review NBN
regulation', Media Release, 12 December 2013.
[2]
Letter from Mr Drew Clarke, Secretary, Department of Communications to the
Committee Chair dated 16 October 2014, document no. 21, at https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/National_Broadband_Network/NBN/Additional_Documents
[3]
The Volume I Regulatory Review drew in particular on a third paper, Statutory
review under section 152EOA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, issued
by the Panel of Experts in July 2014. All of the Panel of Experts' reports and
related papers are at: http://www.communications.gov.au/broadband/national_broadband_network/cost-benefit_analysis_and_review_of_regulation
[4]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 9.
[5]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit
analysis of broadband and review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and
benefits of high-speed broadband, August 2014, p. 10.
[6]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume I – National Broadband Network Market and
Regulatory Report, August 2014, p. 13.
[7]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 11.
[8]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume I – National Broadband Network Market and
Regulatory Report, August 2014, p. 59.
[9]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 11.
[10]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume I – National Broadband Network Market and
Regulatory Report, August 2014,
pp 13–14.
[11]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 13.
[12]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume I – National Broadband Network Market and
Regulatory Report, August 2014,
pp 59–60.
[13]
'Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull – Coalition NBN
Policy Launch', 9 April 2013, video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKbANwmJyWc,
at 31.03.
[14]
Allie Coyne, 'Turnbull's NBN policy 'detailed enough' to escape costing', IT
News, 16 August 2013, at http://www.itnews.com.au/News/353616,turnbulls-nbn-policy-detailed-enough-to-escape-costing.aspx#ixzz3QkAqeWw9
[15]
Henry Ergas and Alex RW Robson, 'The Social Losses from Inefficient
Infrastructure Projects: Recent Australian Experience', in Productivity
Commission Roundtable, Strengthening Evidence-Based Policy in the Australian
Federation, 17-18 August 2009, at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1465226
[16]
Professor Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard , Senate Select Committee
on the National Broadband Network (42nd parliament), 4 June 2010, p.
4.
[17]
'Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull – Coalition NBN Policy Launch', 9 April
2013, video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKbANwmJyWc,
at 23.05.
[18]
Committee Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 77; 3 October 2014, p. 55.
[19]
Australian Competition Tribunal, Re Qantas Airways Limited [2004]
ACompT 9, 12 October 2004, pp 59–60.
[20]
See, for example, Kevin Morgan: 'Consultants, lawyers, contractors: All
aboard the NBN gravy train', The Australian, 13 October 2011; Interview
with Alan Jones, 2GB radio, 8 November 2012, at http://www.2gb.com/article/kevin-morgan-nbn;
'Labor's NBN technology is superior, but at what cost?', ABC Online The
Drum, 12 April 2013.
[21]
Jonathan Pincus, 'NBN largesse pushes nation building off the rails', The
Australian,
20 August 2010.
[22]
Henry Ergas, 'PM in another fine gold-plated mess', The Australian blog,
13 August 2012, at http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/henryergas/index.php/theaustralian/comments/pm_in_another_fine_gold_plated_mess/.
[23]
Department of Communications, answers to questions on notice (Questions
543 & 544) following Senate Environment and Communications Legislation
Committee, Budget Estimates hearings, May 2014.
[24]
Chris Coughlan, 'Analysing the NBN: Ethics and broadband politics', Business
Spectator,
10 September 2014.
[25]
Rohan Pearce, 'NBN: Labor condemns 'flawed' Vertigan panel report', Computerworld,
27 August 2014.
[26]
Professor Fiona Haines, 'Cost benefit analysis can help or hinder good
policy', The Conversation, 6 August 2014, at: http://theconversation.com/cost-benefit-analysis-can-help-or-hinder-good-policy-30147
[27]
Professor Graeme Samuel AC, 'The National Broadband Network – the
prognosis for competition in telecommunications', TelSoc Charles Todd Oration, 5
November 2014, Melbourne, p. 1. Transcript at
http://telsoc.org/sites/default/files/events/pdf/telsoc_graeme_samuel_speech_01.pdf
[28]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume I – National Broadband Network Market and
Regulatory Report, August 2014, p. 12.
[29]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 139.
[30]
Professor Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 39.
[31]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 138.
[32]
Mr Anthony Shaw, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 41.
[33]
Professor Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 47.
[34]
Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, pp 50–51.
[35]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, Appendix F,
pp 137–154.
[36]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, pp 56–57.
[37]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, pp 142–143.
[38]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp 76–86.
[39]
Professor Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 51.
[40]
BIS Shrapnel, Maintenance in Australia 2012-2027, as cited in
Stephanie McDonald, 'FTTP could save $700m a year in maintenance', Computerworld,
20 August 2012, at http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/433877/fttp_could_save_700m_year_maintenance/;
and Spandas Lui, 'NBN to save up to AU$700m in copper maintenance costs', ZDNet,
20 August 2012, at http://www.zdnet.com/article/nbn-to-save-up-to-au700m-in-copper-maintenance-costs/.
[41]
Phillip Dampier, 'Verizon Declares Copper Dead: Quietly Moving Copper
Customers to FiOS Network', Stop the Cap, 20 August 2012, at http://stopthecap.com/2012/08/20/verizon-declares-copper-dead-quietly-moving-copper-customers-to-fios-network/
[42]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, pp 58, 112.
[43]
Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 52.
[44]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp 91–93.
[45]
Mr Tony Shaw, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 52.
[46]
NBN Co Limited, Corporate Plan 2014-17, 11 November 2014, p. 24.
[47]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, pp
50–51.
[48]
Committee Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 68.
[49]
Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, pp 40–41.
[50]
See Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 42.
[51]
Professor Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 41
[52]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 9.
[53]
Professor Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 46.
[54]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, pp 44–45.
[55]
Panel of Experts, answer to question on notice (Question 8) following the
committee's public hearing on 3 October 2014.
[56]
Department of Communications answer to question on notice (Question 214)
from Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Supplementary
Budget Estimates, November 2014.
[57]
Professor Henry Ergas, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 44.
[58]
Mr Tony Shaw, Committee Hansard, 3 October 2014, p. 45.
[59]
Mr Paul Fletcher MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 October
2010, p. 1565.
[60]
Committee Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 76.
[61]
Committee Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 78.
[62]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 78.
[63]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 80.
[64]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 121.
[65]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 122.
[66]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, pp 80–81.
[67]
iiNet, Submission 11, p. 1.
[68]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Netowrk, Interim
Report, March 2014, pp 63–65.
[69]
See Committee Hansard, 11 March 2014.
[70]
Northern Melbourne Regional Development Australia, Submission 90.
[71]
Wagga Wagga City Council, Submission 83.
[72]
ACT Government, Submission 93.
[73]
The Warren Blackwood Alliance of Councils Inc, Submission 77.
[74]
Alcatel-Lucent, 'Building the benefits of high-speed broadband for New
Zealanders', Media release, 21 February 2012, at http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/press/2012/002592
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Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 78.
[76]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 108
[77]
See answer to question on notice (Question 222) from Senate Environment
and Communications Legislation Committee, Supplementary Budget Estimates
hearing,
20 November 2014.
[78]
David Ramli & Paul Smith, 'NBN: the never-ending story', The
Australian Financial Review, 28 August 2014.
[79]
NBN Co Limited, Corporate Plan 2014-17, 11 November 2014, p. 10.
[80]
Mr John Simon, Committee Hansard, 2 December 2014, p. 53.
[81]
Dr Michael Vertigan, Committee Hansard, 5 May 2014, p. 71.
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Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed broadband,
August 2014, p. 172.
[83]
Department of Communications, answer to question on notice (Question 223)
following Senate Committee on Environment and Communications, Estimates
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[84]
Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
review of regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed
broadband, August 2014, p. 166.
[85] Panel of
Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and review of
regulation: Volume II – The costs and benefits of high-speed broadband, August
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Robert Kenny & Tom Broughton, Domestic bandwidth requirements in
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Mark Gregory, 'What the NBN cost-benefit review doesn’t tell you', Business
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Mark Gregory, 'What the NBN cost-benefit review doesn’t tell you', Business
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Panel of Experts, Independent cost-benefit analysis of broadband and
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Emeritus Professor Rod Tucker, 'Broadband projections fail reality test', The
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[92]
Paul Smith & Joanna Heath, 'NBN cost-benefit analysis slammed', Australian
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[93]
See, for example, Robert Kenny and Charles Kenny, 'Superfast Broadband: Is
it really worth a subsidy?' November 2010, at http://charleskenny.blogs.com/files/overselling_fibre_1127.pdf;
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Department of Communications, answer to question on notice (Question 221),
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Adam Bender, 'Vertigan broadband demand forecast leaves NBN co CEO
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cost-benefit analysis of broadband and review of regulation: Volume II – The
costs and benefits of high-speed broadband, August 2014, p. 60.
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National Broadband Network Market and Regulatory Report, August 2014,
pp 10, 14.
[116] Committee Hansard, 5
May 2014, p. 69.
[117] Committee Hansard, 3
October 2014, p. 53.
[118] Panel of Experts, Independent
cost-benefit analysis of broadband and review of regulation: Volume II – The
costs and benefits of high-speed broadband, August 2014, p. 13.
[119] Panel of Experts, Independent
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National Broadband Network Market and Regulatory Report, August 2014, p.
15.
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cost-benefit analysis of broadband and review of regulation: Volume I –
National Broadband Network Market and Regulatory Report, August 2014, p.
16.
[121] Statutory review under
section 152EOA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, July 2014. at: http://www.communications.gov.au/broadband/national_broadband_network/cost-benefit_analysis_and_review_of_regulation/panel_reports_to_government,
p. 6.
[122] Panel of Experts, Independent
cost-benefit analysis of broadband and review of regulation: Volume I –
National Broadband Network Market and Regulatory Report, August 2014,
pp 17–18.
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cost-benefit analysis of broadband and review of regulation: Volume I –
National Broadband Network Market and Regulatory Report, August 2014, p.
23.
[124] Panel of Experts, Independent
cost-benefit analysis of broadband and review of regulation: Volume I –
National Broadband Network Market and Regulatory Report, August 2014, p.
20. The Panel noted that a gradual transition to such a model would require
working out how NBN Co and its wholesale price caps would function within a
more competitive market. The Panel also stated (at p. 22) that if NBN Co were
not disaggregated, such a mechanism should not be immediately pursued, but that
cross-subsidies within NBN Co should be quantified and made transparent in
annual reporting.
[125] Panel of Experts, Independent
cost-benefit analysis of broadband and review of regulation: Volume I –
National Broadband Network Market and Regulatory Report, August 2014,
pp 23–24..
[126] Mr Drew
Clarke, Secretary, Department of Communications, Committee Hansard,
3 October 2014, p. 32.
[127] Competitive Carriers'
Coalition Inc, 'Vertigan Recommendations Should Be Binned', Media Release, 2
October 2014, at http://www.ccc.asn.au/vertigan-recommendations-should-be-binned/w1/i1001527/.
[128] Mr Drew Clarke, Secretary,
Department of Communications, Committee Hansard,
3 October 2014, p. 32.
[129] Mr David Epstein,
Vice-President Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, Optus, speech to CommsDay
Melbourne Congress, 7 October 2014, at https://media.optus.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Speech-Notes-CommsDay-Melbourne-07-October-2014-2.pdf,
p. 3.
[130] Mr Bill Morrow, Committee
Hansard, 26 September 2015, p. 52.
[131] Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission, 'ACCC not to take action to block TPG's Fibre to the
Basement network rollout', Media Release, 11 September 2014, at https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/accc-not-to-take-action-to-block-tpgs-fibre-to-the-basement-network-rollout.
[132] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP,
Minister for Communications, 'Cost-Benefit Analysis: Multi-technology NBN
delivers $16 billion more', Media Release, 27 August 2014, at http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/malcolm_turnbull/news/cost-benefit_analysis_multi-technology_nbn_delivers_$16_billion_more.
[133] Joanna Heath and David
Ramli, 'Dump rural NBN for extra $6b benefits, analysis says', Australian
Financial Review, 27 August 2014.
[134] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP,
'Vertigan panel lays out path to less telecommunications regulation', 1 October
2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/vertigan-panel-lays-out-path-to-less-telecommunications-regulation
[135] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP,
'Vertigan panel lays out path to less telecommunications regulation', 1 October
2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/vertigan-panel-lays-out-path-to-less-telecommunications-regulation
[136] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP,
'Vertigan panel lays out path to less telecommunications regulation', 1 October
2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/vertigan-panel-lays-out-path-to-less-telecommunications-regulation
[137] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP,
'Vertigan panel lays out path to less telecommunications regulation', 1 October
2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/vertigan-panel-lays-out-path-to-less-telecommunications-regulation
[138] Australian Government, Telecommunications
Regulatory and Structural Reform,
December 2014, at http://www.communications.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/243902/-Telecommunications_Regulatory_and_Structural_Reform_Paper_-_11_December_....pdf
[139] The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP,
Minister for Communications, 'Reform of telecommunications regulation', Joint
media release with Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, 11
December 2014.
[140] Australian Government, Telecommunications
Regulatory and Structural Reform, December 2014, pp 5–7, at http://www.communications.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/243902/-Telecommunications_Regulatory_and_Structural_Reform_Paper_-_11_December_....pdf
[141] Australian Government, Telecommunications
Regulatory and Structural Reform, December 2014, p. 7, at http://www.communications.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/243902/-Telecommunications_Regulatory_and_Structural_Reform_Paper_-_11_December_....pdf
[142] Australian Government, Telecommunications
Regulatory and Structural Reform, December 2014, pp 5–6, at http://www.communications.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/243902/-Telecommunications_Regulatory_and_Structural_Reform_Paper_-_11_December_....pdf
[143] http://www.communications.gov.au/broadband/telecommunications_regulatory_reform
[144] Australian Government, Telecommunications
infrastructure in new developments: Policy update for comment, December
2014, p. 5.
[145] Mark Gregory, 'TPG back on
its fibre horse', Business Spectator, 20 February 2015.
[146] Joanna Heath and David
Ramli, 'Competing telcos must pay levy to bring broadband to the bush, says
Malcolm Turnbull', Australian Financial Review, 21 January 2015.
[147] Allie Coyne,
'Turnbull's NBN policy "detailed enough" to escape costing', IT
news, 16 August 2013, at http://www.itnews.com.au/News/353616,turnbulls-nbn-policy-detailed-enough-to-escape-costing.aspx
[148] Competitive Carriers'
Coalition Inc, 'Vertigan Recommendations Should Be Binned', Media Release, 2
October 2014, at http://www.ccc.asn.au/vertigan-recommendations-should-be-binned/w1/i1001527/.
Chapter 5 - Broadband Quality and Availability
[1]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability and Quality: Summary
Report,
23 December 2013
[2]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability
and Quality Report, December 2013
[3]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 32.
[4]
Department of Communications, Answer to Question on Notice No. 5, Public
Hearing 3 October 2014
[5]
The Coalition's plan for fast broadband and an affordable NBN,
April 2013, at http://lpaweb-static.s3.amazonaws.com/Policies/NBN.pdf,
p. 9.
[6]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability and Quality Report,
December 2013, p. 6.
[7]
Committee Hansard, additional estimates, Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee, 25 February 2014, p. 33.
[8]
Committee Hansard, additional estimates, Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee, 25 February 2014, p. 33.
[9]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability and Quality Report,
December 2013, p. 36.
[10]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability and Quality Report,
December 2013, p. 3.
[11]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability and Quality Report,
December 2013, p. 3.
[12]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability and Quality Report,
December 2013, p. 4.
[13]
Committee Hansard, 19 May 2014, p. 1.
[14]
#MyBroadbandvReality, Submission 52, p. 1.
[15]
#MyBroadbandvReality, Submission 52, p. 1.
[16]
#MyBroadbandvReality, Submission 52, p. 4.
[17]
Committee Hansard, 19 May 2014, p. 5.
[18]
Committee Hansard, 19 May 2014, p. 2.
[19]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, 'Rebooting the NBN Project', Speech to CommsDay
Conference, 18 November 2013, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/rebooting-the-nbn-project-speech-to-commsday-conference,
p. 7.
[20]
Committee Hansard, 17 December 2013, p. 48.
[21]
Committee Hansard, 11 December 2013, p. 49.
[22]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability and Quality Report,
December 2013, p. 6.
[23]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP and Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann,
Government Expectations, 8 April 2014. In response to written Question on
Notice No. 77 from the Committee's 11 July 2014 public hearing, NBN Co
confirmed that the term 'poorly served', which does not appear in the
Department's Availability and Quality report but which does appear in the Statement
of Expectations, is understood to mean 'under-served'.
[24]
Additional estimates, Environment and Communications Legislation
Committee, Question on Notice No. 284, May 2014
[25]
NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2014–17, 11 November 2014, p. 18.
[26]
Committee Hansard, 11 December 2013, p. 75.
[27]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 60.
[28]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 63.
[29]
Committee Hansard, 19 May 2014, p. 5.
[30]
Committee Hansard, 11 March 2014, pp 25–26.
[31]
Committee Hansard, 11 March 2014, p. 26.
[32]
Committee Hansard, 11 March 2014, p. 42.
[33]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 61.
[34]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 64.
[35]
Committee Hansard, additional estimates, Environment and
Communications Legislation Committee, 25 February 2014, pp. 38–39.
[36]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 65.
[37]
Answer to Question on Notice No. 13, 12 March 2014.
[38]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 65.
[39]
#MyBroadbandvReality, Submission 52, p. 5.
[40]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 60.
[41]
Department of Communications, Broadband Availability and Quality Report,
December 2013, p. 5.
[42]
Committee Hansard, 12 March 2014, p. 66.
[43]
Committee Hansard, 19 May 2014, p. 4.
[44]
The Coalition's plan for fast broadband and an affordable NBN,
April 2013, at http://lpaweb-static.s3.amazonaws.com/Policies/NBN.pdf,
p. 2.
[45]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, 'Rebooting the NBN Project', Speech to CommsDay
Conference, 18 November 2013, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/rebooting-the-nbn-project-speech-to-commsday-conference,
p. 7.
Chapter 6 - Governance issues
[1]
'Independent audit of the NBN public policy process: Terms of
Reference', in Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process
April 2008-May 2010, 25 July 2014,
Appendix 1.
[2]
Department of Communications, answer to question on notice (Question 6)
following the committee's public hearing on 3 October 2014.
[3]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. ix.
[4]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, pp 36–37.
[5]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, pp 73–76.
[6]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. xxviii.
[7]
Australian National Audit Office, The National Broadband Network
Request for Proposal Process: Department of Broadband, Communications and the
Digital Economy, Audit Report No.20 2009-10, p. 21.
[8]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public
Policy Process April 2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. xxxiii.
[9]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public
Policy Process April 2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. x.
[10]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. xi.
[11]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. xx. The members of the SPBC were the Prime Minister,
Deputy Prime Minister, Treasurer and Minister for Finance and Deregulation.
[12]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. xxi.
[13]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. 83.
[14]
See, for example, The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, House of Representatives
Hansard, 18 November 2013, p. 440; The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, House
of Representatives Hansard, Questions without notice, 4 June 2014, p. 5543;
'Turnbull stays mum on NBN alternative', BRW, 28 February 2012, http://www.brw.com.au/p/technology/turnbull_stays_mum_on_nbn_alternative_7hRMo3xvd1iciGHoEP1qoN;
'Turnbull accuses Labor of "pork barrelling"', Computerworld, 6
June 2012; http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/426798/turnbull_accuses_labor_pork_barrelling_/
(accessed 19 March 2015); The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, House of Representatives
Hansard, Questions without notice, 16 June 2014, p. 5944; 'Govt set to
unveil NBN report', Lateline (transcript), 4 May 2010, http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2010/s2890371.htm;
The Hon Mr Hartsuyker, House of Representatives Hansard, 19 September
2012, p. 11265;
The Hon Mr Fletcher, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 October 2010,
p. 1564
[15]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. 83.
[16]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. 35.
[17]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp 2–6.
[18]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
p. 4.
[19]
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answer to
question on notice (Question 4) following Senate Standing Committee on
Environment, Communications and the Arts Budget Estimates hearings, May 2009.
[20]
Professor Graeme Samuel AC, 'The National Broadband Network – the
prognosis for competition in telecommunications', TelSoc Charles Todd Oration,
5 November 2014, Melbourne, p. 1, at http://telsoc.org/sites/default/files/events/pdf/telsoc_graeme_samuel_speech_01.pdf
[21]
Professor Rod Tucker, 'In support of a fibre to the premises NBN', The
Conversation, 20 August 2014, at http://theconversation.com/in-support-of-a-fibre-to-the-premises-nbn-30618
[22]
Professor Reg Coutts, letter to the editor, Communications Day, 22
August 2014, pp 5–6, at http://www.couttscommunications.com/Published-Articles/cd140822.pdf
[23]
Professor Reg Coutts, letter to the editor, Communications Day, 22
August 2014, p. 6.
[24]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. xxi.
[25]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010,
25 July 2014, p. xxiii.
[26]
Professor Rod Tucker, 'In support of a fibre to the premises NBN', The
Conversation, 20 August 2014, at http://theconversation.com/in-support-of-a-fibre-to-the-premises-nbn-30618
[27]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010, 25 July 2014, p. 22.
[28]
Professor Graeme Samuel AC, 'The National Broadband Network – the
prognosis for competition in telecommunications', TelSoc Charles Todd Oration,
5 November 2014, Melbourne, p. 2, at http://telsoc.org/sites/default/files/events/pdf/telsoc_graeme_samuel_speech_01.pdf
[29]
Senator the Hon Conroy, Senate Hansard, 26 August 2014, p. 5653.
[30]
Bill Scales AO, Independent Audit: NBN Public Policy Process April
2008-May 2010, 25 July 2014, p. 43.
[31]
Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications, transcript of interview
with David Lipson, Sky News AM Agenda, 5 August 2014, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/-media/transcript-am-agenda-on-the-nbn-policy-audit-and-data-retention
[32]
The Coalition's Policy to Deliver the Infrastructure for the 21st
Century, September 2013, at http://lpaweb-static.s3.amazonaws.com/13-09-05%20Coalition%202013%20Election%20Policy%20%E2%80%93%20Better%20Infrastructure%20Planning%20%E2%80%93%20policy%20document.pdf,
p. 2.
[33]
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Minister for Communications and Senator the
Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, Letter to Dr Ziggy
Switkowski, Executive Chairman, NBN Co Ltd, 8 April 2014, http://www.communications.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/221162/SOE-_Shareholder_Minister_letter.pdf.
[34]
See The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, 'Rebooting the NBN Project', Speech to CommsDay
Conference, 18 November 2013, at http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/rebooting-the-nbn-project-speech-to-commsday-conference
[35]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
p. 96.
[36]
See 'Promise check: All $100m-plus infrastructure projects to have
cost-benefit analysis', ABC Online Fact Check, 7 November 2014, at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-07/cost-benefit-analysis-promise-check/5850038
[37] See, for
example, Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network, Committee
Hansard, May 2011. See also Renai LeMay, 'The Earl of Wentworth is debasing
himself', ITNews, 29 April 2011, at: http://www.itwire.com/virtualisation/46833-theearl-of-wentworth-is-debasing-himself/46833-the-earl-of-wentworth-is-debasinghimself?start=2
[38] See, for
example, James Hutchison, 'Turnbull attacks Quigley over NBN management', ITNews,
24 September 2012, at: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/316706,turnbull-attacks-quigleyover-nbn-management.aspx
[39] For example,
ABC Lateline, 'Turnbull Critical of NBN Co Board', 18 July 2013, at: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2013/s3806353.htm
See also http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/transcript-arguments-in-favour-of-electronic-voting
[40] Renai LeMay,
'Poison words: Turnbull + NBN board go to war', Delimiter, 18 July 2013,
at: http://delimiter.com.au/2013/07/18/poison-words-turnbull-nbn-board-go-to-war/
[41] The
Coalition's plan for fast broadband and an affordable NBN, April 2013, at http://lpaweb-static.s3.amazonaws.com/Policies/NBN.pdf,
p. 13.
[42]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance
Review, 8 August 2014, p. 4.
[43]
NBN Co Limited, answer to question on notice (question 8) following the
committee's public hearing on 11 July 2014.
[44]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance Review, 8 August
2014, p. 6.
[45]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance Review, 8 August
2014, p. 8.
[46]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance Review, 8 August
2014, p. 9.
[47]
Anne Hyland, 'KordaMentha review of NBN Co slams top directors', 13 August
2014, at http://www.afr.com/p/technology/kordamentha_review_of_nbn_co_slams_3FoV57UN95eQ2r6Q6qqqNP.
[48]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance Review, 8 August
2014, p. 76.
[49]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance Review, 8 August
2014, p. 74.
[50]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance Review, 8 August
2014, pp 78–79.
[51]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance Review, 8 August
2014, p. 79.
[52]
KordaMentha, NBN Co Limited Corporate Governance
Review, 8 August 2014, p. 74.
[53]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband
Network, Interim Report, March 2014,
pp 108–115.
[54]
Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Interim
Report, March 2014,
pp 117–133.
[55]
Australian Government, Australian Government response to the Senate
Select Committee on the National Broadband Network Interim Report, July
2014, p. 4.
[56]
Mr Bill Morrow, Committee Hansard, 11 July 2014, p. 21.
[57]
NBN Co Limited, Annual Report 2013-14, 30 June 2014, p. 15.
[58]
Proof Committee Hansard , 12 March 2015, p. 67.
[59]
Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Committee
Hansard, Budget Estimates hearings, 29 May 2014, pp 113–114.
[60]
Mr Bill Morrow, opening statement tabled at Environment and Communications
Legislation Committee, Additional Budget Estimates hearing, 25 February 2014,
p. 3.
[61] NBN Co
Limited, Annual Report 2013–14, 30 June 2014, p. 58.
[62] Answer to
Question on Notice No. 603, Supplementary Budget Estimates November 2013, at:https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/ec_ctte/estimates/bud_1415/Communications/answers/q603.pdf
[63] On 12 June
2013, Crikey reported that Mr Milne and Mr Rousselot would be appointed
at NBN Co if the Coalition won the election. At the time, Mr Turnbull rang Crikey
and said this was 'untrue': 'Tips and Rumours', Crikey, 12 June 2013,
at: http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/12/tips-and-rumours-898/?wpmp_switcher=mobile.
See also David Ramli and Nabila Ahmed, 'Coalition wants ex-Telstra players for NBN
Co board', Australian Financial Review, 13 May 2013, at: http://www.afr.com/p/technology/coalition_wants_ex_telstra_players_eTMq13dFgQnq0s5kQ6OFbL