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• Telecommunications Competition Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Sep 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfoli 

  Summary

  Facilitates increased competition and investment in the telecommunications industry by amending the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: enable the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies in relation to telecommunications interception warrants; require carriers and certain carriage service providers to inform the Communications Access Co-ordinator of proposed changes to telecommunications services, networks, systems or devices that could adversely affect the ability to conduct interception; enable authorised police officers to disclose telecommunications data when trying to locate missing persons; enable enforcement agencies to apply for a stored communications warrant to access stored communications of a victim of a serious contravention, without the person’s consent; permit notification of an interception warrant to be made to a representative of a carrier; and make minor and technical amendments; and

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  ,

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to enable ASIO, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the Defence Signals Directorate and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation to work cooperatively. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception and Other Legislation Amendment (State Bodies) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Supports the newly established Victorian Independent Board-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) and South Australian Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC), the Victorian Inspectorate (VI) and the Victorian Public Interest Monitor (PIM) by amending the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to provide the IBAC with access to items and documents seized by a constable or Commonwealth officer for specific purposes;

  Privacy Act 1988

  to include the IBAC as an enforcement body which is used in the National Privacy Principles in relation to the law enforcement exemptions to the use and disclosure, and access and correction obligations;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the Australian Taxation Office to disclose taxpayer protected information to the IBAC for certain law enforcement purposes; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: enable the IBAC, the ICAC, and the VI to use and communicate existing intercepted information; and enable the PIM to access relevant information and appear at applications for warrants under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  to provide the proposed Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission (WACCC) and the proposed Parliamentary Inspector with access to relevant intercepted information; and to permit telecommunications interception warrants to be sought for slavery, sexual servitude, deceptive recruiting and aggravated people smuggling offences;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to provide the WACCC with access to financial transaction reports information; and

  Crimes Act 1914

  to include the WACCC in the assumed identities scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to introduce the Queensland Public Interest Monitor (PIM) into the telecommunications interception regime to enable Queensland to legislate for the PIM to be given specific oversight functions for the Queensland Police Service and the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission. Also makes minor and technical amendments to the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  in relation to: application of the Act to telecommunications services such as e-mail, SMS messaging and voicemail; interception in relation to terrorism, serious arson and child pornography offences; use of lawfully intercepted information in connection with dismissal of an officer; the Anti-Corruption Commission of Western Australia, and the Western Australian Royal Commission into Police Corruption; operation of certain warrants authorising entry onto premises; merger of the Queensland Crime Commission and Criminal Justice Commission into the Crime and Misconduct Commission; and technical corrections; and

  Customs Act 1901

  to enable Federal Magistrates to be nominated to be judges for the purposes of issuing listening device warrants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Responds to the Full Federal Court decision in

  Hong Kong Bank of Australia Ltd v Australian Securities Commission

  (1992) by amending the

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to ensure officeholders can validly authorise others to act on their behalf in performing legislative functions. Also makes minor technical amendments to the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Laws Amendment (Universal Service Cap) Bill 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts Portfolio 

  Bill

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Issues) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills relating to the sale of the government’s equity in Telstra Corporation Limited, the bill amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to provide for the operational and organisational separation of Telstra;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: repeal the requirement for carriers to have an industry development plan (IDP); clarify the enforcement powers of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) in relation to industry codes; amend the requirements for consultation on variations to the carriage service provider numbering plan; facilitate any-to-any connectivity; enable ACMA to accept enforceable undertakings; and provide that remedial directions issued by ACMA are not legislative instruments; and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in relation to: the operation of the telecommunications-specific competition regime; and interim determinations about access. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to prevent Telstra from acquiring specified bands of spectrum which could be used for advanced wireless broadband services unless it structurally separates and divests its interests in cable networks and subscription broadcasting licences;

  National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to: set up-front prices and non-price terms for declared services; make binding rules of conduct for the supply of declared services; issue access determinations for declared services; receive access agreements between providers and access seekers; remove the option to apply for exemptions from access obligations or undertakings; and remove merits review of regulatory decisions made by the ACCC;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: remove the requirement for the ACCC to undertake consultation before issuing a Part A competition notice; and clarify that content services supplied by carriers and carriage service providers are subject to the competition notice regime;

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to: require the universal service provider to supply standard telephone services and payphones as determined by the minister; and provide for the minister to establish minimum Customer Service Guarantee performance benchmarks; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to obtain regular reports about carriers’ and service providers’ compliance with their obligations; require service providers to offer a priority assistance service; establish an infringement notice regime to deal with breaches of civil penalty provisions; and enable the minister to direct ACMA to determine industry standards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum