Spam Bill 2003 and Spam (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003
The Senate has referred the provisions of these bills to the Committee for inquiry and report
by 27 October 2003.
The proposed measures will see national legislation, to be enforced by
the Australian Communications Authority, banning the sending of commercial
spam without the prior consent of the recipient. The Spam Bill proposes
exemptions for government agencies, political parties, charities, religious
organisations and educational institutions.
The Committee invites written submissions from
interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form sent by email to
ecita.sen@aph.gov.au. The email must include full postal address and
contact details.
Alternatively, submissions may be sent to The
Secretary, Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and
the Arts Legislation Committee, Parliament House, CANBERRA ACT 2600, or
faxed to 02 6277 5818.
Submissions must be received by no later than Monday, 20 October 2003.
The terms of the bills and related explanatory material are available
via the link below and notes on preparing submissions are available on
the Committee's web site at www.aph.gov.au/committee/wit_sub
or by contacting the Committee secretariat as follows: phone: 02
6277 3526, fax: 02 6277 5818 or email:
ecita.sen@aph.gov.au
Submissions become committee documents and are made
public only after a decision by the Committee. Persons making submissions
must not release them without the approval of the Committee. Submissions are
covered by parliamentary privilege but the unauthorised release of them is
not.
Spam Bill 2003 and Spam (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003
Report - Tabled 29 October 2003
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