As a result of the Administrative Arrangement Order introduced on 5 December 2019, the functions that were previously the responsibility of the Department of Communications and the Arts have been transferred to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications as of 1 February 2020.

Fixed v Wireless subscriptions

In June 2010 there were approximately 4 million fixed subscriptions and 3.5 million wireless subscriptions. By June 2015, the number of fixed subscriptions increased by over 50 per cent to approximately 6.5 million, and the number of wireless subscription increased by almost 70 per cent to approximately 6 million.

Source: Visualisation produced by the Bureau of Communications Research. Information sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015, Internet Activity Survey, by access connection, cat. no. 8153.01.