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• Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2017, the bill establishes an ongoing funding arrangement for fixed wireless and satellite infrastructure (the Regional Broadband Scheme) by imposing a monthly charge on carriers, including NBN Co Ltd, in relation to each premises connected to their network that has an active fixed-line superfast broadband service during the month. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2017, the bill amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: remove regulation of networks servicing small business customers; enable new superfast networks to operate on a functionally separated basis with the approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC); enable the ACCC to exempt small start-up networks from separation regulation; provide that all services supplied on networks that are wholesale-only or functionally separated will be subject to clear non-discrimination obligations; amend the enforcement regime, including conferring additional powers on the ACCC; and introduce a statutory infrastructure provider regime; Carrier Licence Conditions (Networks supplying Superfast Carriage Services to Residential Customers) Declaration 2014 and Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 in relation to sunsetting arrangements;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to implement the administrative arrangements for the Regional Broadband Scheme; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to extend the ‘designated day’ for the purposes of Telstra’s structural separation to 1 January 2020. Also repeals four declarations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (Infrastructure in New Developments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: extend the existing prohibition on developers who are constitutional corporations from selling or leasing a building lot or building unit in a new development unless fibre-ready facilities are installed in proximity to the lot or unit to all types of developers, whether incorporated or unincorporated; clarify that a fibre-ready facility must be technically capable of being used in connection with an optical fibre line; and make a technical correction. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019, the bill establishes an ongoing funding arrangement for fixed wireless and satellite infrastructure (the Regional Broadband Scheme) by imposing a monthly charge on carriers, including NBN Co Ltd, in relation to each premises connected to their network that has an active fixed-line superfast broadband service during the month. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019, the bill amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  in relation to: Layer 2 bitstream services; and statutory infrastructure providers;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and two legislative instruments in relation to local access lines;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  in relation to funding of fixed wireless broadband and satellite broadband; and

  National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011

  to require NBN Co to provide certain data about premises connected, or due to be connected, to the NBN. Also repeals four declarations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Protecting Services for Rural and Regional Australia into the Future) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to ensure the principal amount in the Communications Fund is maintained as a perpetual fund, with only earnings on investment being used to fund future telecommunication improvements in regional, rural and remote Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number Database) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to strengthen privacy protections for telephone subscribers in relation to the use of personal information contained on the integrated public number database (IPND) for the publication and maintenance of public number directories, while permitting the disclosure and use of IPND information for limited public interest research purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 

  Summary

  Consequential on the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2006, the bill amends the

  Television Licence Fees Act 1964

  to ensure that all revenue derived by a commercial television broadcasting licensee from the provision of multiple digital services will be included for the purposes of the calculating the television licence fee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• 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

• Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) 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:

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to: repeal provisions which require the Commonwealth to retain 50.1 per cent equity in Telstra; cease application of provisions relating to Ministerial directions and reporting obligations once the Commonwealth’s equity falls below 15 per cent; specify sale provisions; reaffirm the universal service and digital data service obligations and the customer service guarantee; and temporarily cease appropriations in connection with a Telstra sale scheme;

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to exempt decisions of Telstra from the application of the Act after the sale;

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  , Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations and Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Regulations to preserve employee entitlements;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  ,

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  , Archives Regulations, Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations and Ombudsman Regulations to make transitional provisions in relation to ongoing matters and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum