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Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 (Amendment No. 2 of 2015)
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Download DOC (49.9 KB) Telecommunications Amendment (Designated Overhead Lines) Regulation 2015
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Download PDF (330.8 KB) Download DOC (226.5 KB) Integrated Public Number Database Review stakeholder workshop summary
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First published on 12 April 2012
Integrated Public Number Database Review report
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Download PDF (2.22 MB) Download DOC (3.12 MB) The Australian Postal Market Policy Background Paper No.4
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This paper explores changes in the cost of delivering letters and the implications for Australia Post. Costs have increased while the amount of mail has declined due to the growth in email and messaging. The Australian Postal Market (June 2014) Policy Background Paper outlines the challenges for Australia Post.
Media Control and ownership Policy Background Paper No.3
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This paper examines the issue of media diversity in today’s digital environment. People can access many views, including news and opinion, without any one media owner or controller exercising too much influence....
Regulating harms in the Australian communications sector Policy Background Paper No.2
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This paper considers current and possible regulatory frameworks, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of a range of interventions used to regulate the communications sector—it covers black letter law as well as co and self-regulation. It challenges the preference for co-regulation as the preferred regulatory model in the context of evolving technologies, business models and consumer expectations.
Deregulation in the Communications Portfolio Policy background Paper No.1
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This paper explores enduring concepts in communications regulation. It draws on current thinking to set out, at a high level, principles and concepts that could be used to assess communications policy and regulation, and guide a deregulatory agenda.
Telecommunications infrastructure in new developments policy
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This document sets out the Australian Government's revised policy on the provision of telecommunications infrastructure in new developments. The policy's fundamental objective is to increase efficiency and broaden choice in the provision of telecommunications in these areas by encouraging fair competition and ensuring some recovery of costs up front. The policy is effective from 1 March 2015.
