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• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill amends: six Acts and the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency; and the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  NRS Levy Imposition Act 1998

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to provide for the phasing out of the Universal Service Obligation and National Relay Service levies after 30 June 2012. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Unsolicited Communications) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GRIFF, Sen Stirling 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to require that voice calls communicating an electoral matter to a person must identify the use of any actors at the beginning of the call;

  Do Not Call Register Act 2006

  to enable consumers who register on the Do Not Call Register to opt out of receiving phone calls from charities;

  Spam Act 2003

  to require political parties to provide an unsubscribe function for all unsolicited electronic communications containing political content; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 1997

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 1997 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio 

  Bill

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Nov 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Aug 2000 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011

  to require national broadband network corporations to provide emergency service organisations with access in certain circumstances to towers and associated sites and facilities; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to enable the Minister for Communications to specify temporary towers as low-impact facilities in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill: establishes the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA) as a statutory agency to implement and administer the service agreements or grants that deliver universal service and other public policy telecommunications outcomes; sets out the agency’s corporate governance structure and reporting and accountability requirements; provides for the minister, by legislative instrument, to make standards, rules or benchmarks for TUSMA contracts and grants; and provides for the Universal Service Obligation and National Relay Service industry levy regimes to be consolidated into a single regime to provide TUSMA funding. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telemarketing (Protection of Privacy Rights of Residential Telephone Subscribers) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Oct 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BURKE, Anna, MP 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes a national register of residential telephone subscribers who request not to receive telephone solicitations; prohibits certain telephone solicitations; and provides for a civil penalty regime. 

  Bill

• Television Broadcasting Services (Digital Conversion) Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Apr 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts Portfolio 

  Bill

• Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio 

  Bill