Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2. 

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2. 

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 3-4. 

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 5-6.

Chapter 2 - Issues to do with separation of Telstra

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[2]        Item 22, proposed additions to Schedule 1 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

[3]        Item 21, proposed section 577A of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

[4]        Item 22, proposed section 82 of Schedule 1 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 92.

[7]        Item 22, proposed additions to Schedule 1 of the Telecommunications Act 1997. Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[9]        For example Vodaphone Hutchison Australia, Submission 40. Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 44. Optus, Submission 47. Macquarie Telecom, Submission 69. iiNet, Submission 70. Austar, Submission 71. Internode, Submission 73. Primus Telecom, Submission 76. Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Submission 93. Telecommunications Expert Group, Submission 97.

[10]      Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 44, p. 5. Similarly Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 48, p.2. Optus, Submission 47, p. 5.

[11]      Mr D. Havyatt (Unwired Australia), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p.20.

[12]      Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 48, p. 3. Similarly Unwired Australia, Submission 55,p. 3. The Explanatory Memorandum discusses market concentration and notes that it is increasing (except in retail mobile services): p. 21.

[13]      Optus, Submission 47, p. 7. Similarly Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Submission 93, p. 12.

[14]      Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Submission 93, p. 11.

[15]      Optus¸ Submission 47, p. 4.

[16]      Mr P. Harris, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Proof Committee Hansard, 14 October 2009, p. 27.

[17]      Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 48, p. 5. Similarly Macquarie Telecom, Submission 69, p. 2.

[18]      Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 48, p. 7. Similarly Primus Telecom: 'Separation plans or undertakings should be required to achieve significant pro-competitive milestones along the way.' Submission 76, p. 2.

[19]      Unwired Australia, Submission 55, p. 7. Similarly Austar, Submission 71, p. 5.

[20]      Unwired Australia, Submission 55, p. 10.

[21]      Maple Brown Abbott, Submission 4; Australian Foundation Investment Company, Submission 53; Investors Mutual Ltd, Submission 68; BT Investment Management, Submission 74; Australian Shareholders Association, Submission 77. Barmen, telecommunications consultants, also opposed 'forced separation': Submission 96, p. 5.

[22]      Investors Mutual, Submission 68, p. 5. Similarly Telstra, Submission 88, p. 6.

[23]      Telstra, Submission 88, p. 5.

[24]      Mr D. Havyatt (Unwired Australia), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 20.

[25]      Australian Shareholders Association, Submission 77, p.3. Similarly Maple Brown Abbott, Submission 41, p. 2.

[26]      BT Investment Management, Submission 74, p. 3.

[27]      Telstra, Submission 88, pp. 2,10. Mr D. Havyatt (Unwired Australia), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 20.

[28]      Telstra, Submission 88, p. 8. See discussion at Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 4.

[29]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 28.

[30]      Optus, Submission 47, p. 11. Similarly Mr A. Sheridan (Optus), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 18.

[31]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 33.

[32]      The Committee notes that the two investment managers who gave evidence opposing the bill hold shares in Telstra but not in Telstra's Australian competitors. Mr A. Tagliaferro (Investors Mutual Ltd), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 42. Mr R. Barker (Australian Foundation Investment Company), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 35.

[33]      The 224 form letters which the committee received were mostly about this issue.

[34]      Telstra focussed on economic arguments, and mentioned fairness arguments only passingly; for example: 'Telstra's shareholders have invested significant sums in these assets. To require them to divest their interests in these assets just as they are becoming profitable is unjust and raises questions of sovereign risk.' Submission 88, pp. 3, 8.

[35]      Australian Shareholders Association, Submission 77, p. 1. Similarly Maple Brown Abbott, Submission 41, pp. 1-2. Mr R. Barker (Australian Foundation Investment Company), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 33.

[36]      Australian Foundation Investment Company, Submission 53, p. 2.

[37]      Internode, Submission 73, p. 2.

[38]      Mr P. Harris (Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy), Proof Committee Hansard, 14 October 2009, p. 29. Similarly Unwired Australia, Submission 55, p. 15.

[39]      Telstra 3 Share Offer Prospectus, October 2006, p. 42.

[40]      Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 48, p. 4. Similarly Internode, Submission 73, p. 2.

[41]      Optus, Submission 47, p. 11.

[42]      Primus Telecom, Submission 76,  p. 2. Similarly Mr D. Foreman (Competitive Carriers Coalition), Proof Committee Hansard, 14 October 2009, p. 9.

[43]      Mr D. Forman (Competitive Carriers Coalition), Proof Committee Hansard, 14 October 2009, p. 9.

[44]      Australian Gas Light Company 2005, Toll 2007, Time Warner 2008. Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[45]      Optus, Submission 47, p. 7.

[46]      Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Submission 93, p. 13.

[47]      Austar, Submission 71, p. 4.

[48]      Optus, Submission 47, p. 7. Similarly Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 44, p. 6.

[49]      Australian Foundation Investment Company, Submission 53, p. 2. BT Investment Management, Submission 74, p. 2.

[50]      Item 21, amendments to the Telecommunications Act 1997, proposed section 577A ff.

[51]      Item 22, amendments to the Telecommunications Act 1997, proposed sections 77, 80.

[52]      Item 39, amendments to the Telecommunications Act 1997, proposed section 105B.

[53]      Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 48, p. 7-8. Similarly on consultation Unwired Australia, Submission 55, p. 9; Macquarie Telecom, Submission 69, p. 2.

[54]      Foxtel, Submission 98, p. 6.

Chapter 3 - Access, competition and consumer safeguards

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 53-54.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 53-54.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 53-54.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 53-54.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 54-55.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 54-55.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp 55-56.

[8]        Optus, Submission 47, p. 8. Similarly Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 44¸ p. 7. Austar, Submission 71, p. 5.

[9]        Foxtel, Submission 98, p. 16-17.

[10]      BT Investment Management, Submission 74, p. 7.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[12]      FreeTV, Submission 72, p. 3.

[13]      A Part A competition notice states that the provider has engaged in certain anti-competitive conduct. A Part B competition notice states that the provider has contravened the competition rule (that is, the prohibition on anti-competitive conduct) - sections 151AKA, 151AL. The two types of notice have different effects in any subsequent legal proceedings. There is no requirement for consultation before issuing a Part B competition notice. See Explanatory Memorandum, p. 53ff.

[14]      Item 159, amendments to section 151AKA of the Trade Practices Act.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4; similarly p. 54-55.

[16]      Telstra, Submission 88, p. 4, 11.

[17]      For example Optus, Submission 47, p. 8; Free TV, Submission 72, p. 3.

[18]      ACTU, Submission 52, p. 5.

[19]      Mr D. Clapperton (Pipe Networks), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 25.

[20]      iiNet, Submission 70, attachment, p. 6-8.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 45-6.

[22]      Item 71ff, amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974. Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[23]      Item 116, proposed sections 152AY, 152BE. Explanatory Memorandum, p. 138.

[24]      Item 108 repeals the right of review by the Tribunal of the ACCC's decision in relation to an application for exemption from standard access obligations. Item 128 repeals the right of review by the Tribunal of the ACCC's decision in relation to accepting or varying an access undertaking.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 137.

[26]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 51.

[27]      Optus, Submission 47, p. 8.

[28]      Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 44, p. 7. Other supporters of the changes (some with provisos or suggestions) were Mr J. Horan (Primus Telecom), Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 25; ACTU, Submission 52, p. 2; Macquarie Telecom, Submission 69, p. 3; Austar, Submission 71, p. 5; Primus Telecom, Submission 76, p. 3.

[29]      Telstra, Submission 88, p. 3.

[30]      Foxtel, Submission 98, pp. 2,7, 8.

[31]      BT Investment Management, Submission 74, pp 1, 8.

[32]      Mr R. Buettel (Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy), Proof Committee Hansard, 14 October 2009, p. 28.

[33]      Pipe Networks, Submission 51, p. 2,6 & Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 26. Similarly D. Foreman (Competitive Carriers Coalition), Proof Committee Hansard, 14 October 2009, p. 8.

[34]      Pipe Networks, Submission 51, p. 6.

[35]      Competitive Carriers Coalition, Submission 48, p. 9-10. Similarly Macquarie Telecom, Submission 69, p. 4. iiNet, Submission 70, attachment, p. 3. Internode, Submission 73, p. 2.

[36]      Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answers to questions taken on notice.

[37]      Trade Practices Act 1974, sections 152AR, 152AS.

[38]      Item 94. Item 116, proposed paragraph 152BC(3)(h). Explanatory Memorandum pp. 51, 134. An anticipatory exemption applies to a service that is not yet declared at the time the exemption is made.

[39]      Unwired Australia, Submission 55, p. 13. 

[40]      Unwired Australia, Submission 55, p. 13. 

[41]      Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answers to questions taken on notice.

[42]      Item 154(12).

[43]      iiNet, Submission 70, attachment, p. 4. Macquarie Telecom, Submission 69, p. 4.

[44]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 137.

[45]      Optus, Submission 47, p. 8. Similarly Australian Telecommunications Users Group, Submission 44, p. 7.

[46]      Vodaphone Hutchison Australia, Submission 40, pp. 1-2.

[47]      Telstra, Submission 88, p. 10. Similarly BT Investment Management, Submission 74, p. 8.

[48]      Foxtel, Submission 98, p. 14.

[49]      Pipe Networks, Submission 51, p. 3. 

[50]      Pipe Networks, Submission 51, p. 4. 

[51]      Pipe Networks, Submission 51, p. 4; Mr Matt Healy, National Executive, Regulatory and Government, Macquarie Telecom, Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 26. 

[52]      Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, answers to questions taken on notice.

[53]      iiNet, Submission 70, attachment, p. 4.

[54]      iiNet, Submission 70, attachment, p. 4.

[55]      Unwired Australia, Submission 55, p. 12.

[56]      See Mr Andrew Sheridan, Optus, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 17; Mr John Horan, General Manager, Legal and Regulatory, Primus Telecom, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 26; Mr Matt Healy, National Executive, Government and Regulatory, Macquarie Telecom, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 26; Mr David Havyatt, Manager, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Unwired Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 26.

[57]      Mr Matt Healy, National Executive, Government and Regulatory, Macquarie Telecom, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 25. 

[58]      Mr Allan Asher, Chief Executive Officer, ACCAN, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 53. 

[59]      ACCAN, Submission 91, p. 3. 

[60]      ACCAN, Submission 91, p. 5. 

[61]      Mr Allan Asher, Chief Executive Officer, ACCAN, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 October 2009, p. 54. 

[62]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 74.

[63]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 74.

Coalition Senators Dissenting Report

[1]        Synstrat Management, Submission, p 1

[2]        A. Albanese, House of Representatives Hansard, 15 September 2009

[3]        Hearing, 14 October 2009, ECA 10

[4]        Maple-Brown Abbott, Submission, p 3

[5]        A. Albanese, House of Representatives Hansard, 15 September 2009

[6]        ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2009, ECA 126

[7]        Senate Hansard, 14 May 2009

[8]        ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2009, ECA 143

[9]        ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2009, ECA 116

[10]      Senate Hansard, 14 August 2009

[11]      ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2009, ECA 34-35

[12]      ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2009, ECA 35

[13]      ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2009, ECA 126

[14]      Senate Hansard, 16 June 2009

[15]      ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 26 May 2009, ECA 112

[16]      ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 19 October 2009, ECA 66

[17]      Albanese, House of Representatives Hansard, 15 September 2009

[18]      ECA Committee, Budget Estimates Hansard, 19 October 2009, ECA 68-69

[19]      ECA Budget Estimates, 26 May 2009, ECA 162

[20]      Foxtel Submission, p 6

[21]      ACCC Submission, NBN Regulatory Reform Discussion Paper, p 9

[22]      ACCC telecommunications reports 2007–08 Report 1, 2009,  p 33

[23]      ACCC Submission ‘National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21^st Century Broadband’ June 2009, p 84

[24]      Telstra Submission, p 3

[25]      ‘New Telco ‘Monopoly’ faulted’, The Australian, 17/09/09, p 2

[26]      Explanatory Memorandum, 44

[27]      Synstrat Management, Submission, p 1

[28]      Australian Foundation Investment Company, p 3

[29]      BT Investment Management Ltd Submission, p 2

[30]      Australian Shareholders Association Submission, p 3

[31]      Maple-Brown Abbott, Submission, p 2

[32]      William Packer, Packer & Co Ltd, Submission, p 2

[33]      Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Submission, p 1

[34]      Foxtel Submission, p 1

[35]      Foxtel Submission, p 2

[36]      BT Investment Management Ltd Submission, p 9

[37]      Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Submission, p 1

[38]      Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Submission, p 2

[39]      Foxtel, Submission

[40]      Communications Day, 22 October 2009, p 2

[41]      Explanatory Memorandum, p 66

[42]      Explanatory Memorandum, p 80