| House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1]       McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. i.

[2]       McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. i.

Chapter 2 Government services

[1]       DOFD, Submission 166, p. [cover page].

[2]       AGIMO, Interacting with Government: Australian’s use and satisfaction with e-government services, December 2009, p. 5.

[3]       United Nations, e-Government Survey 2010, p. 3.

[4]       Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 34.

[5]       DOFD, Submission 166, p. [1].

[6]       AIIA, Submission 184, p. 4.

[7]       DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 8.

[8]       NICTA, Submission 198, p. 8.

[9]       DOFD, Submission 166, p. 2.

[10]     Adult Learning Australia, Submission 163, p. [1].

[11]     Australian Government, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 24.

[12]     United Nations, e-Government Survey 2010, p. 45.

[13]     DHS, Submission 186, p. 7.

[14]     DOFD, Submission 166, p. 2.

[15]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 5.

[16]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p. 7.

[17]     DOFD, Submission 166, pp. 1–2.

[18]     DHS, Submission 186, p. 9.

[19]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 6.

[20]     RDA Townsville and North West Queensland, Submission 202, p. 2.

[21]     DIAC, Submission 214, p. 2.

[22]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 8.

[23]     See, for example, Department of Regional Australia, Submission 169, p. 11.

[24]     CSIRO, Submission 171, pp. 5–6.

[25]     DOFD, Submission 166, p. 4.

[26]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 9.

[27]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 9.

[28]     ALGA, Submission 139, pp. 5–6.

[29]     ALGA, Submission 139, p. 5–6.

[30]     The Hon. Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy, ‘Local Government to Benefit from the NBN’, Media Release, 22 June 2011.

[31]     Infrastructure Australia, Submission 10, p. 4

[32]     Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DIT), Submission 213, p. [6].

[33]     Access Economics, Impacts of Teleworking under the NBN, July 2010, p. i.

[34]     Australian Government, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 24.

[35]     DBCDE, ‘Telework’ <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/digital_economy/programs_and_initiatives/telework> viewed 8 August 2011.

[36]     CPSU, Submission 115, p. 2.

[37]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 8.

[38]     Department of Defence, Submission 230, p. 6.

[39]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 6.

[40]     Government 2.0 Taskforce, Engage: Getting on with Government, December 2009, p. xi.

[41]     Government 2.0 Taskforce, Engage: Getting on with Government, December 2009, p. iii.

[42]     DOFD, Submission 166, p. 3.

[43]     Computerworld, Federal Government Embracing Gov 2.0, 9 June 2011, <http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389642/federal_government_embracing_gov_2_0/> viewed 28 June 2011.

[44]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 8.

[45]     DIAC, Submission 214, p. 2.

[46]     City of Geraldton-Greenough, Submission 147, pp. 9–10.

[47]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 6.

Chapter 3 Health - Improved service in regional areas

[1]       Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 100.

[2]       Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p. 4.

[3]       DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 9.

[4]       NSW Health, Submission 117, p. 1.

[5]       IBES, Submission 84, p. 6.

[6]       Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 98.

[7]       Access Economics, Financial and externality impacts of high-speed broadband for tele-health, July 2010, p. i.

[8]       AIIA, Submission 184, p. 12.

[9]       Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p. 14.

[10]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p. 6.

[11]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 9.

[12]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 12.

[13]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 30.

[14]    The Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister, and the Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, Minister of Health and Ageing, ‘Tele-health Transforming Health Care’, Media Release, 29 June 2011.

[15]     RACP, Submission 58, p. 4.

[16]     RACP, Submission 58, p. 4.

[17]     IBES, Submission 84, p. 7.

[18]     IBES, Submission 84, p. 8.

[19]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 31

[20]     CSIRO, Submission 171, pp. 7–8.

[21]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 55.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 55.

[23]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 12.

[24]     AMA, Submission 75, p. [1].

[25]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 11.

[26]     MTAA, Submission 76, p. 4.

[27]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p. 8

[28]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 32.

[29]     National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 143.2, p. 2.

[30]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 29.

[31]     MTAA, Submission 76, p. 5.

[32]     MTAA, Submission 76, p. 5.

[33]     IBES, Submission 84, p. 8.

[34]     Neuroscience Research Australia, Submission 74, p. [2].

[35]     ACT Government, Submission 227, p. 6.

[36]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 6.

[37]     IBES, Submission 84, p. 8.

[38]     Neuroscience Research Australia, Submission 74, p. [2].

[39]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 10.

[40]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 46.

[41]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 16.

[42]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 25.

[43]     Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 101.

[44]     Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 101.

[45]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 44.

[46]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p. 5.

[47]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, pp. 44–45.

[48]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, pp. 45.

[49]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 60.

[50]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 35

[51]     Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 212, p. 6.

[52]     Inspire Foundation, Submission 194, p. 3.

[53]     National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 143.1, p. 5.

[54]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, pp. 10–11.

[55]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, pp. 14–15.

[56]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, pp. 11–12.

[57]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 29 March 2011, p. 2.

[58]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p. 5.

[59]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 29 March 2011, p. 3.

[60]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 30.

[61]     McKinlay Shire Council, Submission 31, pp. 1-2

[62]     RDA Townsville and Northwest Queensland, Submission 202, p. 2.

[63]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, pp. 6.

[64]     National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 143.1, p. 9.

[65]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, pp. 5–6.

[66]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 23.

[67]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 19.

[68]     Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 100.

[69]     Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 212, p. 1.

[70]     IBES, Submission 84, p. 7.

[71]     Department of Health and Ageing, Personally Controlled Health Records for All Australians, Media Release, 11 May 2010.

[72]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 36.

[73]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 37.

[74]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 32.

[75]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, pp. 3–4.

[76]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 3.

[77]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, pp. 10–11.

[78]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 19.

[79]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p. 12.

[80]     Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 106.

[81]     Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 106.

[82]     Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 106.

[83]     Australian Government, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 14.

[84]     Australian Government, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, pp. 34–35.

[85]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 42

[86]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p. 14.

[87]     RACP, Submission 58, p. 5.

[88]     RACP, Submission 58, p. 7.

Chapter 4 Education

[1]       AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 4.

[2]       DBCDE, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 36.

[3]       DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 39.

[4]       DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 43.

[5]       Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 38.

[6]       AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 14.

[7]       AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 6.

[8]       AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 10.

[9]       The Hon Verity Firth, Minister for Education and Training, ‘Schools Benefit From New Broadband Network’, Media Release, 9 September 2010 <https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/detresources/Broadband_network_zQlzTHKMPO.pdf> viewed 2 July 2011

[10]     AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 10.

[11]     AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 11.

[12]     AICTEC, Submission 124, pp. 14–15.

[13]     AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 11.

[14]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 61.

[15]     AICTEC, Submission 124, pp. 12, 16.

[16]     AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 14.

[17]     NLA, Submission 106, pp. 6, 7.

[18]     Museums Australia, Submission 162, p. 4.

[19]     Screenrights, Submission 65, p. [2].

[20]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 49.

[21]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, pp. 19–20.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 3.

[23]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 8.

[24]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 48.

[25]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 12.

[26]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 13.

[27]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p. 7.

[28]     Council of Australasian Museum Directors, Submission 168, p. 8.

[29]     Museums Australia, Submission 162, p. 4.

[30]     Music Council of Australia, Submission 148, pp. 4–5.

[31]     NICTA, Submission 198, pp. 16–17.

[32]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, pp. 6–7.

[33]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 45.

[34]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 48.

[35]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, pp. 18–19.

[36]     RDA Far West NSW, Submission 127, pp. 3–4.

[37]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, pp. 65–66.

[38]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 4.

[39]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 19.

[40]     For example: Bass Coast Shire Council, Submission 130, p. 2; RDA South West, Submission 149, p. 3; Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Submission 188, p. [4]; Port Stephens Council, Submission 223, p. 3; Mr Daniel Brinkworth, ICT Manager, City of Victor Harbor, Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 6.

[41]     Ms Melinda King, Research Officer, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 44; Mr Robert Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 16; Dr Abell, The Hutchins School, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 49.

[42]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 44.

[43]     AgForce Queensland, Submission 24, p. 8.

[44]     Northern Territory Government, Submission 209, pp. 3–4.

[45]     Mr Hamilton, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 4.

[46]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, pp. 26–27.

[47]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, pp. 3–4.

[48]     Adult Learning Australia, Submission 163, p. [1].

[49]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 4.

[50]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, pp. 2, 6.

[51]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 4.

[52]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 33.

[53]     IBES, Submission 84, p. 5; University of Melbourne, Submission 120, p. 5.

[54]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 7.

[55]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 10.

[56]     OUA, Submission 183, p. 6.

[57]     DIISR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p. 10; See also The Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Defence Material, ‘Avatars train on Navy’s future ship’, Media Release (MIN56/11), 11 June 2011.

[58]     TAFE NSW North Coast Institute, Submission 59, p. [2]; Communications Alliance, Submission 185, p. 15; Professor Atkinson, JCU, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 4.

[59]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 32.

[60]     SAIC Pty Ltd, Submission 35, p. 8.

[61]     ACT Government, Submission 227, p. 7.

[62]     Ms Aisha Trueman, Submission 88, p. 2.

[63]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 49.

[64]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 58.

[65]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 47.

[66]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 41.

[67]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 13.

[68]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, pp. 3, 6.

[69]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 14.

[70]     Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee, Framework for the Future, September 2008, p. 32.

[71]     See Mr Daniel Bryar, Submission 96, p. [3]; Optus, Submission 179, p. 8; DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 47.

[72]     AgForce Queensland, Submission 24, p. 8.

[73]     McKinlay Shire Council, Submission 31, p. [2].

[74]     Physical Disability Australia, Submission 164, p. 4.

[75]     Music Council of Australia, Supplementary Submission 148.1, p. 8.

[76]     AFDS, Submission 119, p. [6].

[77]     NCVER, Submission 131, pp. 2–3.

[78]     NCVER, Submission 131, p. 3.

[79]     AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 5.

[80]     Townsville City Council, Submission 199, p. 3.

[81]     TAFE NSW—North Coast Institute, Submission 59, p. [1].

[82]     TAFE NSW—North Coast Institute, Submission 59, p. [2].

[83]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 10.

[84]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, pp. 53–54.

[85]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, pp. 2–3.

[86]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 37.

[87]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, pp. 39–40.

[88]     Rural Health Education Foundation, Submission 87; OUA, Submission 183, p. 3.

[89]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, pp. 19, 23–24.

[90]     Broadband Commission for International Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 112.

[91]     For example: Huawei, Submission 105, p. 8;  RDA Townsville and North West Queensland, Submission 202, p. 2; AICTEC, Submission 124, p. 24; DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 42; Music Council of Australia, Supplementary Submission 148.1, pp. 9–10.

[92]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 13.

[93]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 17.

[94]     Huawei, Submission 105, p. 8.

[95]     See SchoolsWorld.tv <www.schoolsworld.tv/videos/> viewed 5 July 2011.

[96]     ALA, Submission 163, p. [1].

[97]     See U3A Online <http://www3.griffith.edu.au/03/u3a/> viewed 4 July 2011.

[98]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 32.

[99]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 10.

[100]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 51.

[101]   ALA, Submission 163,  p. [2].

[102]   Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 19.

[103]   NICTA, Submission 198, p. 15.

[104]   TAFE NSW—North Coast Institute, Submission 59, p. [2].

[105]   DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 44.

[106]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, pp. 38–39.

[107]   Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 7.

[108]   Copyright Agency Limited, Submission 92, p. 3.

[109]   Mr Tom Worthington, Submission 17, p. 6.

[110]   Mr Tom Worthington, Submission 17, p. 5.

[111]   Mr Tom Worthington, Submission 17, p. 1.

Chapter 5 Infrastructure and the environment

[1]       Mr Tom Worthington, Submission 17, p. 4.

[2]       Dr Dean Economou, Technology Strategist, National ICT Australia (NICTA), Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 60.

[3]       SAIC Pty Ltd, Submission 35, pp. 4–5.

[4]       Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DIT), Submission 213, p. [2].

[5]       Infrastructure Australia, Getting the Fundamentals Right for Australia’s Infrastructure Priorities, June 2010, p. 40.

[6]       NICTA, Submission 198, p. 19; Professor Doan Hoang, Submission 177, p. 3.

[7]       Access Economics, The Economic Benefits of Intelligent Technologies, May 2009, p. ii.

[8]       AIIA, Submission 184, p. 14

[9]       Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 29.

[10]     Huawei, Submission 105, p. 9.

[11]     IBES, Supplementary Submission 84.1, p. [1].

[12]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 36.

[13]     Tom Worthington, Submission 17, p. 4.

[14]     Tom Worthington, Submission 17, p. 4.

[15]     Communications Alliance, Submission 185, p. 16.

[16]     SA Government, Submission 195, p. 8.

[17]     Monash University, Submission 205, p. 15.

[18]     Monash University, Submission 205, p. 16.

[19]     Monash University, Submission 205, p. 15.

[20]     Monash University, Submission 205, pp. 15–16.

[21]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, pp. 3–4.

[22]     DBCDE, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 40.

[23]     Access Economic, Impacts of Teleworking under the NBN, August 2010.

[24]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 55.

[25]     RDA Illawarra, Submission 90, pp. 2–3.

[26]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 56.

[27]     Infrastructure Australia, Submission 10, p. 3

[28]     Monash University, Submission 205, p. 15.

[29]     Monash University, Submission 205, p. 15.

[30]     Monash University, Submission 205, p. 15.

[31]     DIT, Submission 213, p. [6].

[32]     RDA Northern Rivers NSW, Submission 55, p. 11.

[33]     Thales, Submission 109, p. A-4; CSIRO, Submission 171, pp. 14–15; SA Government, Submission 195, p. 8.

[34]     SA Government, Submission 195, p. 8.

[35]     RET, Submission 190, p. [5].

[36]     RET, Submission 190, pp. [3–4].

[37]     Infrastructure Australia, Submission 10, p. 3.

[38]     WHaMBROC, Submission 62, p. [4].

[39]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 61.

[40]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 20.

[41]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 53.

[42]     IBES Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 37.

[43]     RDA Hunter and RDA Central Coast, Submission 57, p. 10.

[44]     CSIRO, Submission 171, pp. 12–13.

[45]     RET, Submission 190, pp. [3–4].

[46]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 52.

[47]     Infrastructure Australia, Submission 10, pp. 2–3.

[48]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 20.

[49]     Infrastructure Australia, Submission 10, p. 3.

[50]     Infrastructure Australia, Submission 10, p. 3.

[51]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 20.

[52]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 20.

[53]     DIT, Submission 213, p. [5].

[54]     DIT, Submission 213, p. [5].

[55]     Infrastructure Australia, Submission 10, p. 3.

[56]     Townsville City Council, Submission 199, p. 4.

[57]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 20.

[58]     SAIC, Submission 35, pp. 4–5.

[59]     Mr Mike Lawson, Head of Manufacturing Division, DIISR, Submission 219, pp. 15–16.

[60]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p. 2–3.

[61]     ACT Government, Submission 227, p. 9.

[62]     ACT Government, Submission 227, p. 9.

[63]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, pp. 27–28.

[64]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 32.

[65]     Ipswich City Council, Submission 83, p. 14.

[66]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 11.

[67]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 43.

[68]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 21.

[69]     UNE, Submission 191, pp. 4–5.

[70]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 29.

[71]     Goondiwindi Regional Council, Submission 69, p. [2].

[72]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 12.

[73]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 11.

[74]     UNE, Submission 191, p. 5.

[75]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 12.

[76]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 12

[77]     SAIC, Submission 35, p. 5.

[78]     AIMS, Submission 60, p. [1].

[79]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 11.

[80]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, pp. 7–8.

[81]     PSMA Australia, Submission 64, p. [3].

[82]     RET, Submission 190, p. [7].

[83]     RET, Submission 190, p. [7].

[84]     1Spatial, Submission 229, p. [1].

[85]     1Spatial, Submission 229, p. [1].

[86]     Committee Hansard, 28 April 2011, p. 47.

[87]     Mr Adrian Young, Director of Sales, Nearmap Pty Ltd, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 29.

[88]     Mr Shenal Basnayake, Economic Development Officer, Cassowary Coast Regional Council, Committee Hansard, Townsville, p. 49.

[89]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 33.

[90]     Space Industry Innovation Council, Submission 73, p. 4.

[91]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 6.

[92]     RET, Submission 190, p. [7].

[93]     RET, Submission 190, p. [6].

[94]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 6.

[95]     Space Industry Innovation Council, Submission 73, p. 1.

[96]     DBCDE, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 41.

Chapter 6 Economic development and diversification

[1]       Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 14.

[2]       Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 17.

[3]       Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 53.

[4]       Ms Philippa Forrester, Chair, McLaren Vale Grape, Wine and Tourism Association, Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 31.

[5]       Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 29.

[6]       DIISR, Submission 219, p. 19.

[7]       CSIRO, Submission 171, pp. 5-6.

[8]       Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 6.

[9]       Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 6.

[10]     Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Submission 219, p. 17.

[11]     Mr Mike Quigley, Chief Executive Officer, NBN Co, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, pp. 6–7.

[12]     Mr Paul Nicholls, Director, Strategic Projects, Office of Research and Development, Curtin University, Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 19.

[13]     ACT Government, Submission 227, p. 10.

[14]     Mr Tony Clark, Director and Co-founder, Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 17.

[15]     Mr Brian Arnold, Chief Executive Officer, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 31.

[16]     Mr Peter O’Rourke, Director, Community Planning and Strategies, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 45.

[17]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 31.

[18]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 18.

[19]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 18.

[20]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 19.

[21]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 27.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 7.

[23]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 8.

[24]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 19.

[25]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 13.

[26]     Richard Hayes, Valuing Broadband Benefits: A selective report on issues and options, Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, 7 December 2010, p. 27.

[27]     Computer Associates, Submission 189, p. 2.

[28]     Computer Associates, Submission 189, p. 3.

[29]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 38.

[30]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 38.

[31]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 54.

[32]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 35.

[33]     Smartnet, Submission 134, pp. 5–6.

[34]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 40.

[35]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 54.

[36]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, pp. 34–35.

[37]     ITIIC, Submission 111, p. 6.

[38]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 29.

[39]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 14.

[40]     ITIIC, Submission 111, p. 7.

[42]     ITIIC, Submission 111, p. 8.

[43]     Mr Brian Hales, Economic Development Advisor, Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 37.

[44]     Mr Geoff McQueen, Board Member, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 32.

[45]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 51.

[46]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, pp. 63–64.

[47]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 24.

[48]     Committee Hansard, 5 May 2011,  Perth, p. 38.

[49]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 42.

[50]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 29.

[51]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 53.

[52]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 22.

[53]     ABS, Characteristics of Small Business (8217.0), 2004, p. 70.

[54]     Mr Robert Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 18; Mayor David O’Loughlin, City of Prospect, Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 66; Ms Rhonda Hardy, Director, Regional Services, Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 25.

[55]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 25.

[56]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 15.

[57]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, pp. 65–66.

[58]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 18 April 2011, p. 28.

[59]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 18 April 2011, p. 66.

[60]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 18 April 2011, p. 66.

[61]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 30.

[62]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 37.

[63]     Mr Arnold, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 32.

[64]     Ms Natalie Burroughs, Chief Executive Officer, RDA Illawarra, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 27.

[65]     Mr Geoff McQueen, Board Member, RDA Illawarra, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 28.

[66]     Ms Burroughs, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 27.

[67]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, pp. 28–29.

[68]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 23.

[69]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 22.

[70]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p. 33.

[71]     Mr Stephen O’Halloran, Wheatbelt East Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 20.

[72]     Mr Shenal Basnayake, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 50.

[73]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 24.

[74]     Ms Hardy, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 25.

[75]     Indigenous Remote Communications Association (IRCA), Submission 82, p. 7; Ms Mel King, Research Officer, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 42.

[76]     AgForce Queensland, Submission 24, pp. 3–4.

[77]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 39.

[78]     Mr Jeff Pulford, Director of Destinations and Connections, City of Ballarat, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 12.

[79]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 50.

[80]     Mr Anthony Schinck, Chief Executive Officer, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 2.

[81]     Mr Schinck, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 6.

[82]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 5.

[83]     Mr Tony Brun, Chief Executive Officer, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 4.

[84]     Eastern Regional Corridor, Submission 141, p. 23.

[85]     AgForce Queensland, Submission 24, p. 10.

[86]     Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 47.

[87]     Mr Basnayake, Cassowary Coast Regional Council, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 48.

[88]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 41.

[89]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, pp. 14, 16.

[90]     Ms Ally Mercer, Sustainable Development Manager, Dorset Council, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 6.

[91]     Mrs Karen Hall, President, North East Tasmania Chamber of Commerce, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 13.

[92]     Mr Bolaffi, Southern Adelaide Economic Development Board, Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 27.

[93]     Mr Gregory Powell, Member and Council Representative, Wheatbelt East Regional Organisation of Councils, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 24.

[94]     NFF, Submission 197, p. 3.

[95]     New South Wales Farmers’ Association, Submission 182, p. [3].

[96]     Mr Quigley, Kiama Municipal Council, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 49.

[97]     Mr Peter O’Rourke, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 1.

[98]     Mr Farmer, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 42.

[99]     Mr Basanyake, Cassowary Coast Regional Council, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 46.

[100]   Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 51.

[101]   Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 52.

[102]   Mr Ron McCullough, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 41.

[103]   Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 24.

[104]   Ms Forrester, McLaren Vale Grape, Wine and Tourism Association, Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 6 April 2011, p. 31; ‘High speed broadband a barrel of success’, Southern Times Messenger, 25 January 2011.

[105]   Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 53.

[106]   RET, Supplementary Submission 190.1, p. 1.

[107]   RET, Supplementary Submission 190.1, pp. 1–2; NTA, Submission 235, p. 2.

[108]   RET, Supplementary Submission 190.1, p. 3.

[109]   NTA, Submission 235, pp. 1–2.

[110]   Mr Basnayake, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011. p. 47.

[111]   Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 29.

[112]   Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 48.

[113]   Ms Forrester, Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, pp. 44–45.

[114]   Ms Hardy, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 May 2011, p. 26.

[115]   Mr Pulford, Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, p. 6.

[116]   AIIA, Submission 184, p. 17.

[117]   NSW Farmer’s Association, Submission 182, p. 7.

[118]   Mr Robert Walker, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 39.

[119]   AgForce Queensland, Submission 24, p. 9.

[120]   Mr Robert Walker, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 44.

[121]   National Farmers’ Federation, Submission 197, p. 4.

[122]   Mr Shenal Basnayake, Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 52.

Chapter 7 Research and innovation -  

[1]       Commonwealth of Australia, Powering Ideas: An Innovation Agenda for the 21^st Century, 2009, p. 1.

[2]       Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 26.

[3]       Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 27.

[4]       Soumitra Dutta, INSEAD, The Global innovation Index 2011: Accelerating Growth and Development, 2011, p. xviii.

[5]       Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 27.

[6]       AIIA, Submission 184, p. 21.

[7]       Optus, Submission 179, p. 11.

[8]       Report to the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) by the Innovation Review Steering Group, Innovation: New Thinking New Directions, October 2010.

[9]       Report to the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) by the Innovation Review Steering Group, Innovation: New Thinking New Directions, October 2010, pp. 6–8.

[10]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 69.

[11]     Australian Computer Society (ACS), Submission 146, p. 6.

[12]     ITIIC, Submission 111, p. 1.

[13]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 21.

[14]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 75.

[15]     DBCDE, Submission 215, pp. 75–76.

[16]     Optus, Submission 179, p. 11.

[17]     AIIA, Submission 184, pp. 21–22; ITIIC, Submission 111, p. 10; Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR), Submission 219, pp. 41–42.

[18]     IBM, ‘New IBM R&D Lab to Open in Australia’, Press Release, 14 October 2010.

[19]     Huawei Australia, Submission 105, p. 12.

[20]     DIISR, Submission 219, pp. 37–38; Professor Steven Tingay, Deputy Director, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, pp. 11–17; Mr Paul Nicholls, Director, Strategic Projects, Office of Research and Development, Curtin University, Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, pp. 18–27.

[21]     La Trobe University, Submission 48, p. [3]; Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Submission 60, p. 2; University of Newcastle, Submission 93, p. 13; University of Sydney, Submission 114, p. [1]; University of Queensland, Submission 153, p. 4; CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 17; Monash University, Submission 205, pp. 204-05;  Dr Jill Abell, Director of IT, The Hutchins School, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 42; Professor Ian Atkinson, Director, eResearch Centre, James Cook University, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 2; Professor Gerard Sutton, Vice-Chancellor, University of Wollongong, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 7.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 56.

[23]     AARNet, ‘AARNet terabit ready with Cisco’, Media Release, 28 June 2011.

[24]     AARNet, Submission 46, p. 1.

[25]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p. 29.

[26]     Intersect Australia, Submission 89, p. 2.

[27]     Ms Anne-Marie Lansdown, Head of Science and Infrastructure Division, DIISR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 97.

[28]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 29.

[29]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 29.

[30]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 17.

[31]     AIMS, Submission 60, p. [i].

[32]     Thales Group, Submission 109, p. A-4.

[33]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 9.

[34]     Space Industry Innovation Council, Submission 73, p. 3.

[35]     SIAA, Submission 94, p. [1].

[36]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 26.

[37]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 26.

[38]     Monash University, Submission 205, pp. 18–19.

[39]     La Trobe University, Submission 48, p. [3]; Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Submission 60, p. [i]; University of Newcastle, Submission 93, p. 13; University of Sydney, Submission 114, p. [1]; University of Technology Sydney, Submission 200, p. 1; Monash University, Submission 205, pp. 16–19;  Professor Nicholas Glasgow, Dean, Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian National University (ANU), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, pp. 83–84; Professor Ian Atkinson, Director, eResearch Centre, James Cook University, Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 2.

[40]     University of Sydney, Submission 114, p. [1].

[41]     AIMS, Submission 60, p. [i].

[42]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 22.

[43]     Prof. Doan B. Hoang, Submission 177, p. 4.

[44]     Prof. Doan B. Hoang, Submission 177, p. 4.

[45]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 26.

[46]     Monash University, Submission 205, pp. 16–17.

[47]     Monash University, Submission 205, p. 17.

[48]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 29.

[49]     Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Committee, Submission 196, p. 2.

[50]     RMIT University, Submission 180, p. 4.

[51]     Government of South Australia, Submission 195, p. 12.

[52]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 95.

[53]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 38.

[54]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 22.

[55]     Monash University, Submission 205, p. 17.

[56]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 76.

[57]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 76.

[58]     National Farmers’ Federation, Submission 197, p. [4].

[59]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 20.

[60]     Curtin University, Submission 91, p. [2].

[61]     Business Council of Australia (BCA), Submission 207, p. 5.

[62]     BCA, Submission 207, pp. 8–9.

[63]     BCA, Submission 207, p. 9.

[64]     Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Submission 35, p. 2.

[65]     Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Submission 35, p. 6.

[66]     Optus, Submission 179, p. 11.

[67]     ITIIC, Submission 111, p. 6.

[68]     Australia’s ‘share of ICT goods in total merchandise exports’ in 2008 was second lowest in the OECD, and decreased from 3.6 per cent in 1996 to 1.5 per cent in 2008. See OECD Information Technology Outlook 2010, pp. 90, 116.

Chapter 8 Community and social - Enabling new methods of community interaction

[1]       DHS, Submission 186, p. 9.

[2]       ABS, Household Use of Information Technology Australia 2008‑09, 16 December 2009, pp. 35–36.

[3]       AIIA, Submission 184, p. 23.

[4]       ACCAN, Submission 128, p. 3.

[5]       Optus, Submission 179, p. 12.

[6]       DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 81.

[7]       ALA, Submission 163, p. [1].

[8]       Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 31.

[9]       Hobart City Council, Submission 98, p. [2].

[10]     Dr Tim Williams (Huawei), Connecting Communities: The impact of broadband on communities in the UK and its implications for Australia, February 2011, p. 18.

[11]     DHS, Submission 186, p. 11.

[12]     DHS, Submission 186, p. 11.

[13]     University of Newcastle, Submission 93, p. 15.

[14]     ABS, Household Use of Information Technology Australia 2008–09, 16 December 2009, p. 36.

[15]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 23.

[16]     RDA Yorke and Mid North, Submission 121, p. 13.

[17]     NFF, Submission 197, p. [4].

[18]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 51.

[19]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 41.

[20]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 19.

[21]     NICTA, Submission 198, pp. 30–31.

[22]     McKinlay Shire Council, Submission 31, p. [3].

[23]     For example, Gloucester Shire Council, Submission 6; Wheatbelt East Regional Organisation of Councils, Submission 40; Get Connected, Submission 43; RDA Yorke and Mid-North, Submission 121, pp. 13–14; NFF, Submission 197; RDA Townsville and North West Queensland, Submission 202; NT Government, Submission 209; Mr Needham, RTIRC, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, pp. 14–25.

[24]     ABS, Household Use of Information Technology Australia 2008–09, 16 December 2009, p. 35.

[25]     ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, the Centre for Appropriate Technology and the Central Land Council, Home Internet for Remote Indigenous Communities, 2011, p. 11.

[26]     IRCA, Submission 82, p. 5.

[27]     IRCA, Submission 82, p. 13.

[28]     Eastern Regional Digital Corridor, Submission 141, pp. 14, 18.

[29]     Kiama City Council, Submission 39, p. [2].

[30]     RDA Far West NSW, Submission 127, pp. 6–7.

[31]     Dr Tim Williams (Huawei), Connecting Communities: The impact of broadband on communities in the UK and its implications for Australia, February 2011, p. 18.

[32]     National ICT Australia (NICTA), Submission 198, p. 31.

[33]     ABS, Household Use of Information Technology Australia 2008 09, 16 December 2009, p. 35.

[34]     ALGA, Submission 139, pp. 12–13.

[35]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 31.

[36]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 4.

[37]     RDA Yorke and Mid North, Submission 121, p. 13.

[38]     Peel SeniorNet Association, Submission 175, p. [2].

[39]     ALGA, Submission 139, p. 13.

[40]     ‘Delivering for Senior Australians’, Joint Media Release, 10 May 2011 <http://www.jennymacklin.fahcsia.gov.au/mediareleases/2011/Pages/b08_10052011.aspx>, viewed 25 July 2011.

[41]     ALA, Submission 163, p. [2].

[42]     ALA, Submission 163, p. [2].

[43]     ABS, Patterns of Internet Access in Australia, 29 November 2007, p. 9.

[44]     PDA, Submission 164, pp. 2–3.

[45]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, pp. 78, 79, 82.

[46]     AFDS, Submission 119, pp. [7–8].

[47]     AFDS, Submission 119, p. [3].

[48]     PDA, Submission 164, p. 4.

[49]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 79.

[50]     ACCAN, Submission 128, pp. 4–5.

[51]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 81.

[52]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, pp. 82–83.

[53]     ABS, Household Use of Information Technology Australia 2008–09, 16 December 2009, p. 35. ‘The other main English-speaking countries’ are not specified.

[54]     Canterbury City Council, Submission 7, p. [1]; Penrith City Council, Submission 81, p. [1].

[55]     SBS, Submission 170, p. 2.

[56]     SBS, Submission 170, p. 2.

[57]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 33.

[58]     SA Government, Submission 195, p. 13.

[59]     Mr Mark Freeman, Submission 28, p. 1.

[60]     Robert Cook, Alternative Technology Association, Submission 161, p. [1].

[61]     RDA Illawarra, Submission 90, p. 4.

[62]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 23.

[63]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 24.

[64]     Huawei, Submission 105, p. 13.

[65]     Access Economics, Impacts of Teleworking under the NBN, July 2010; as summarised by DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 83.

[66]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, pp. 33–34.

[67]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 83.

[68]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 43.

[69]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 69.

[70]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011–13, pp. 155, 159.

[71]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 7.

[72]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011–13, p. 39.

[73]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 35.

[74]     ITIIC, Submission 111, p. 8.

[75]     Mrs Judith Zielke, Head, Enterprise Connect Division, DIISR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p. 10.

[76]     Ms Veronica Maxville, Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 33.

[77]     Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 232, pp. 5, 7.

[78]     Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 232, p. 8.

[79]     Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 232, p. 8.

[80]     SA Government, Submission 195, p. 13.

[81]     Music Council of Australia, Supplementary Submission 148.1, p. 11.

[82]     Susie Hazelhurst, ‘Arts vital to bush health’, West Australian, 13 July 2011, p. 2 Supplement.

[83]     Council of Australasian Museum Directors, Submission 168, p. 3.

[84]     Museums Australia, Submission 162, p. 8.

[85]     RDA Northern Rivers, Submission 55, p. 14.

[86]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 82.

[87]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 82.

[88]     Gold Coast City Council, Submission 71, p. 7.

[89]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 33.

[90]     ERLC, Submission 221, p. [2].

[91]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 27.

[92]     NSLA, Submission 53, p. 1.

[93]     NSLA, Submission 53, p. 1.

[94]     NSLA, Submission 53, p. 2. The NSLA submission refers to a 2008 Access Economics report.

[95]     NSLA, Submission 53, p. 1.

[96]     NSLA, Submission 53, p. 2.

[97]     NSLA, Submission 53, p. 2, and NLA, Submission 106, p. 2.

[98]     NLA, Submission 106, p. 2.

[99]     NLA, Submission 106, p. 5.

[100]   Museums Australia, Submission 162, p. 7.

[101]   NICTA Submission 198, p. 32.

[102]   NICTA Submission 198, p. 32.

[103]   NICTA Submission 198, p. 32.

[104]   Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 23.

[105]   Senetas, Submission 1, p. [1].

[106]   The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, Submission 206, p. 7.

[107]   Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 70.

[108]   Copyright Agency Limited, Submission 92; The Australian Content Industry Group, Submission 108; Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 112; Australian Publishers Association, Submission 136.

[109]   ACIG, Submission 108, p. [2].

Chapter 9 Network capacity and technology

[1]       DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 7.

[2]       AIIA, Submission 184, p. 2.

[3]       Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 11.

[4]       NICTA, Submission 198, p. 5.

[5]       See Cisco, Visual Networking Index (VNI): Forecast and Methodology 2009-2014, pp. 1–2.

[6]       Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 58.

[7]       IBES, Submission 84, p. 11.

[8]       Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 58.

[9]       Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, pp. 26–27.

[10]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p. 27.

[11]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 3.

[12]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 58.

[13]     Google, Submission 233, p. [2].

[14]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 8.

[15]     NICTA, Submission 198, p. 35.

[16]     IBES, Submission 84, p. 11.

[17]     Communications Alliance, Submission 185, p. 20.

[18]     DBCDE, Submission 215, pp. 86–87.

[19]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, pp 10–11.

[20]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p 89.

[21]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 18.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 25.

[23]     Communications Alliance, Submission 185, p. 20.

[24]     IBES, Submission 84, p. 11.

[25]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 11.

[26]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 73.

[27]     Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society, Where Wireless Makes Sense, June 2011, p. 32.

[28]     Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society, Where Wireless Makes Sense, June 2011, p. 35.

[29]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 73.

[30]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 4.

[31]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 5.

[32]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 8.

[33]     IT Industry Innovation Council, Submission 111, p. 12.

[34]     AIIA, Submission 184, p. 26.

[35]     Northern Territory Government, Submission 209, p. 7.

[36]     See, for example, Ms Ally Mercer, Dorset Council, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 6; Get Connected, Submission 43; McKinlay Shire Council, Submission 31; and Regional Development Australia Townsville and North West Queensland, Submission 202.

[37]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 4.

[38]     University of Newcastle, Submission 93, p. 17.

[39]     Smartnet, Submission 134, p. 7.

[40]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 3.

[41]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 22.

[42]     NICTA, Submission 198, pp. 37–38.

[43]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 3.

[44]     CSIRO, Submission 171.1, p. 1.

[45]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 85.

[46]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 56.

[47]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p. 5.

[48]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 2.

[49]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 14.

[50]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 7.

[51]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 45.

[52]     Mr Alun Davies, Submission 226, p. [3].

[53]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 23.

[54]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 53.

[55]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 72.

[56]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, pp 10–11.

[57]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 5.

[58]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, pp. 43, 45.

[59]     Optus, Submission 179, p. 3.

[60]     Gold Coast City Council, Submission 71, p. 2.

[61]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 7.

[62]     Victorian Government, Submission 234, p. 13.

[63]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 4.

[64]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April, p. 39.

[65]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 7.

[66]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 7.

[67]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 24.

[68]     Victorian Government, Submission 234, p. 10, 13.

Chapter 10 Government coordination

[1]       Broadband Commission for Digital Development, Broadband: A Platform for Progress, June 2011, p. 2.

[2]       Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 39.

[3]       DHS, Submission 186, p. 10.

[4]       Communications Alliance, Submission 185, p. 11.

[5]       Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 30.

[6]       Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 2.

[7]       Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 42.

[8]       Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, ‘Australia to become a leading digital economy by 2020’, Media Release, 31 May 2011.

[9]       Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 2.

[10]     DBCDE, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, pp. 15–18.

[11]     Mr Abul Rizvi, Acting Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p. 57.

[12]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 13.

[13]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 59.

[14]     Communications Alliance, Submission 185, p. 12.

[15]     Communications Alliance, Submission 185, p. 13.

[16]     Communications Alliance, Submission 185, p. 13.

[17]     Victorian Government, Submission 234, p. 14.

[18]     RACP, Submission 58, p. 1.

[19]     DBCDE, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011.

[20]     Ballarat ICT Limited, Submission 63, p. [3].

[21]     Ballarat ICT Limited, Submission 63, p. [3].

[22]     City of Prospect, Submission 50, p. [2].

[23]     City of Prospect, Submission 50, p. [1].

Chapter 11 Encouraging uptake and developing skills

[1]       ALA, Submission 163, p. [3].

[2]       ACCAN, Submission 128, p. 4.

[3]       NICTA, Submission 198, p. 32.

[4]       Committee Hansard, Sydney, 19 April 2011, p. 59.

[5]       ALA, Submission 163, p. [1].

[6]       For example, see ACCAN, Submission 128, p. 4; Eastern Regional Libraries Corporation (ERLC), Submission 221, p. [2]; Mrs Sue Farnell, Secretary, North East Tasmania Chamber of Commerce, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 11–12; Mr Tom Laing, Secretary, Willunga Business and Tourism Association, Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 55; Mr John Stanton, Chief Executive Officer, Communications Alliance, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 32.

[7]       Ms Ally Mercer, Sustainable Development Manager, Dorset Council, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 2.

[8]       Mr Robert Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Committee Hansard, 11 March 2011, p. 16.

[9]       Mr Wallace, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 16.

[10]     Mr Chris Quigley, Director, Strategic and Commercial Services, Kiama Municipal Council, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 46.

[11]     Ms Natalie Burroughs, Chief Executive Officer, Regional Development Australia (RDA) Illawarra, Committee Hansard, Wollongong, 28 April 2011, p. 26.

[12]     Mrs Sue Farnell, Secretary, North East Tasmania Chamber of Commerce, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 11–12, 13–14.

[13]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 55.

[14]     John Stanton, Communications Alliance, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 32.

[15]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 27.

[16]     Ms Pip Spence, First Assistant Secretary, NBN Implementation Division, DBCDE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p. 53.

[17]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 8.

[18]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, pp. 1–3.

[19]     For example, Mr John Grant, Chair, IT Industry Innovation Council (ITIIC), Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 34; Mr Adam Redman, Manager, Government Relations and Policy, Australian Computer Society (ACS), Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 79; Mr Paul Nicholls, Director, Strategic Projects, Office of Research and Development, Curtin University, Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 26.

[20]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 33; Submission 185, p. 19.

[21]     Mr Wallace, Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, pp. 19–23; Ms Melinda King, Research Officer, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 42.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, pp. 56–57, 60.

[23]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 26.

[24]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 31.

[25]     RAPAD, Submission 145, p. 14.

[26]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 12.

[27]     CeHA, Supplementary Submission 201.2, p. 3.

[28]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 27.

[29]     DBCDE, National Digital Economy Strategy, p. 22.

[30]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p. 69.

[31]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 42.

[32]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, p. 47.

[33]     NFF, Submission 197, pp. 4–5.

[34]     DBCDE, ‘Broadband Champions’ <http://www.nbn.gov.au/media-centre/broadband-champions/> viewed 27 July 2011.

[35]     Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 232, p. 13.

[36]     ALIA, Submission 216, p. 2.

[37]     ALIA, Submission 216, p. 2

[38]     ALIA, Submission 216, p. 3

[39]     East Gippsland Shire Council, Submission 14, pp. [2–3].

[40]    Eurobodalla Shire Council, Submission 52, p. [1].

[41]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p. 19.

[42]     Dr Deb Foskey, Submission 23, p. [2]; ALA, Submission 163; Government of South Australia, Submission 195, p. 3.

[43]     ALIA, Submission 216, p. 7.

[44]     Committee Hansard, Canberra 27 May, p. 19.

[45]     Ms Sue Hutley, Executive Director, ALIA, Committee Hansard, Canberra 27 May, p. 22.

[46]     Ms Sally Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, ALA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p. 52.

[47]     McKinlay Shire Council, Submission 31; Gloucester Shire Council, Submission 6; Wheatbelt East Regional Organisation of Councils, Submission 40; Get Connected, Submission 43; RDA Yorke and Mid-North, Submission 121, pp. 13–14; NFF, Submission 197; RDA Townsville and North West Queensland, Submission 202; NT Government, Submission 209.

[48]     McKinlay Shire Council, Supplementary Submission 31.1, p. [1].

[49]     RAPAD, Submission 145, p. 4.

[50]     IRCA, Submission 82, p. 7.

[51]     IRCA, Submission 82, p. 5.

[52]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 4.

[53]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, pp. 75–77.

[54]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p. 42.

[55]     IRCA, Submission 82, p. 7.

[56]     IRCA, Submission 82, p. 5.

[57]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 24.

[58]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 1.

[59]     NEC Australia, ‘NEC upgrades regional networks to better connect nationwide broadband delivery’, Media Release, 28 July 2011 <http://www.nec.com.au/media/docs/110728-NEC-Nextep-Network-Upgrade-press-release-FINAL-2-7c97f0f9-aa-4aae-8799-eff9262ad948-0.pdf> viewed 29 July 2011.

[60]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 18. For information about the Regional Telecommunications Fund, refer to Peter Costello, Treasurer, ‘Budget Treatment: Regional Communications Fund’, Media Release No.081, 13 September 2005 <http://www.treasurer.gov.au/DisplayDocs.aspx?pageID=&doc=pressreleases/2005/081.htm&min=phc> viewed 29 July 2011.

[61]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 18.

[62]     Contract IT, Submission 225, p. [2].

[63]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 34.

[64]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 38.

[65]     Dr Dean Economou, Technology Strategist, NICTA, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 58.

[66]     Mr Darren Merritt, Submission 18, p. [1].

[67]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 38.

[68]     National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA), Submission 53; National Library of Australia (NLA), Submission 106; Museums Australia, Submission 162; Council of Australasian Museum Directors, Submission 168; Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Submission 216.

[69]     Copyright Agency Limited, Submission 92; The Australian Content Industry Group, Submission 108; Australian Recording Industry Association, Submission 112; Australian Publishers Association, Submission 136.

[70]     Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 232, p. 13.

[71]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 36.

[72]     RAPAD, Submission 145, p. 13; The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, Submission 206, pp. 4–5; JCU, Submission 85, p. [2]; Council of Australasian Museum Directors, Submission 168, p. 8.

[73]     DBCDE, Australia’s Digital Economy: Future Directions, 2009, p. 40.

[74]     OECD, PISA 2009 Results: Students On Line: Digital Technologies and Performance (Volume VI), p. 78.

[75]     ABS, Household Use of Information Technology Australia 2008–09, 16 December 2009, p. 35.

[76]     ALA, Submission 163, pp. [3–4].

[77]     ALA, Submission 163, pp. [3–4].

[78]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 37.

[79]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 37.

[80]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 15.

[81]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 37.

[82]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p. 17.

[83]     ALIA, Submission 216, pp. 8–9.

[84]     ALIA, Submission 216, p. 3.

[85]     DBCDE, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 22.

[86]     DIISR, Submission 219, p. 27.

[87]     Southern Adelaide Economic Development Board, Submission 104, p. 8.

[88]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor, 5 April 2011, pp. 28, 34.

[89]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 70.

[90]     Committee Hansard, Ballarat, 17 March 2011, pp. 37–38.

[91]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p. 8.

[92]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p. 8.

[93]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p. 8.

[94]     DBCDE, National Digital Economy Strategy, May 2011, p. 28.

[95]     DBCDE, Submission 215, p. 68.

[96]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 75.

[97]     ACS, Submission 146, p. 3.

[98]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 18.

[99]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 18.

[100]   Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p. 33.

[101]   CEPU, Submission 187, p. [2].

[102]   CEPU, Submission 187, p. [9].

[103]   CEPU, Submission 187, p. [11].

[104]   Mr Jim Metcher, Secretary, NSW Postal and Telecommunications Branch, Communications Division, CEPU, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p. 49.

[105]   CEPU, Submission 187, p. [14].

[106]   CEPU, Submission 187, p. [5].

[107]   ACS, Submission 146, p. 2.

[108]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 78.

[109]   CEPU, Submission 187, p. [2].

[110]   Mr Burt Blackburne, Divisional Assistant Secretary, Communications Division, CEPU, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, pp. 44–45.

[111]   CEPU, Submission 187, pp. 4–5.

[112]   CEPU, Submission 187, pp. 5–8.

[113]   ACS, Submission 146, p. 3.

[114]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 18 April 2011, p. 76.

Dissenting report—Mr Paul Neville MP, Mr Paul Fletcher MP, Mrs Jane Prentice MP - 1. Summary

[1]       <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ic/NBN/subs.htm> accessed 13/8/11.

[2]       Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.37.

[3]       RDA Tasmania, Submission 113, pp 4-5.

[4]       Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.35.

[5]       Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.36.

[6]       Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 43.

[7]       Infrastructure Australia, Submission 10, p 2.

[8]       Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, pp.9.

[9]       Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, pp.9.

[10]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 16.

[11]     Business Council of Australia, Submission 207, p 3.

[12]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p.45.

[13]     Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, p.43.

[14]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 57.

[15]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 29.

[16]     Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 212.1, p.1.

[17]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p.70.

[18]     Australasian Telehealth Society, Submission 101, p 1.

[19]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p.22.

[20]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p.16

[21]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.5.

[22]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p. 14.

[23]     Committee Hansard, Townsville,19 April 2011, p.23.

[24]     Committee Hansard, Townsville,19 April 2011, p.23.

[25]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p.25.

[26]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p 8.

[27]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 39.

[28]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 55.

[29]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 55.

[30]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 45.

[31]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 46.

[32]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 47.

[33]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 47.

[34]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 47.

[35]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p 27.

[36]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, pp.21-22.

[37]     Australian Medical Association, Submission 75, p 2.

[38]     Australasian Telehealth Association, Submission 101, p 12.

[39]     National ICT Australia, Submission 198, pp 10-11.

[40]     Consumers e-Health Alliance, Submission 201.1, p 4.

[41]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p 93.

[42]     Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Submission 219, p 36.

[43]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 25.

[44]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 29.

[45]     Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Submission 219, p 37.

[46]     Committee Hansard, Canberra,4 March 2011, p.93.

[47]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 27.

[48]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p 3.

[49]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p 3.

[50]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, pp 14-15.

[51]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 215, p 23.

[52]     OECD Broadband Portal, http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3746,en_2649_34225_38690102_1_1_1_1,00.html, accessed 19/8/11.

[53]     Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Submission 219, p 18.

[54]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 34.

[55]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p.13.

[56]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 57.

[57]     Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee, Submission 124, p 2.

[58]     Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee, Submission 124, p 10.

[59]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 215, p 91.

[60]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Submission 215, p 93.

[61]     Telstra’s and Optus’ networks pass respectively 2.5 million and 1.4 million homes, and are capable of delivering speeds of 100 Mbps.  Telstra already delivers these speeds over its cable network in Melbourne; in other locations these speeds could be delivered with relatively minor upgrades.

[62]     Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p 23.

[63]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p 4.

[64]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p 4.

[65]     Committee Hansard, Perth, 5 May 2011, p 8.

[66]     http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ic/NBN/subs.htm, accessed 22/8/11.

[67]     http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ecita_ctte/completed_inquiries/1996-99/telstra/report/e01.htm, accessed 13/8/11.

[68]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor,5 April 2011, p.39.

[69]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor,5 April 2011, p.39.

[70]     Committee Hansard, Victor Harbor,5 April 2011, p.50.

[71]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.20.

[72]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.36.

[73]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.37.

[74]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.31.

[75]     Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism, Submission 190.1, p 2.

[76]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p.24.

[77]     Committee Hansard, Townsville, 19 April 2011, p.30.

[78]     Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p.51.

[79]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p.17.

[80]     CSIRO, Submission 171, p 3.

[81]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p.45.

[82]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p.48.

[83]     http://www.nbnco.com.au/assets/case-studies/case-study-healthcare-intel-hunter-apr-11.pdf, accessed 15/8/11.

[84]     Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Submission 219, p 10.

[85]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, pp.29-30.

[86]     Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 212.1, p.2.

[87]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p 5.

[88]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p.44.

[89]     Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 18 March 2011, p.12.

[90]     DIISR, Submission 219 , p 25.

[91]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p 4.

[92]     Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p 10.

[93]     Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 166, p 3.

[94]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 34.

[95]     Committee Hansard, Canberra, 6 July 2011, p 7.

[96]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 13.

[97]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 15.

[98]     Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 16.

[99]     Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Submission 219, p 14.

[100]   http://www.labshare.edu.au/corporate/institute, accessed 15/8/11.

[101]   University of Melbourne, Submission 120, p 5.

[102]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 13.

[103]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 19.

[104]   Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p 47.

[105]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p 21.

[106]   National Rural Health Alliance, Submission 143.2, p 1.

[107]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p.41

[108]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p.9.

[109]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 4 March 2011, p.52.

[110]   Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p.47.

[111]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p.57.

[112]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p.57.

[113]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, p.43.

[114]   Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p.72.

[115]   Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p.61

[116]   SAIC, Submission 35, p 3.

[117]   Art When You Need It, Submission 37, p 1.

[118]   Committee Hansard, Hobart, 11 March 2011, p.47.

[119]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 19.

[120]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 22.

[121]   NSW Health, Submission 117, p 2.

[122]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 61.

[123]   Committee Hansard, Canberra, 27 May 2011, p 28.

[124]   Smartnet,Submission 134, p 7.

[125]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 23.

[126]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, pp21-22.

[127]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, pp4-5.

[128]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, p.59.

[129]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, p.59.

[130]   Internode, Submission 224, p 3.

[131]   Internode, Submission 224, p 3.

[132]   Dr Marcus Bowles, Submission 42, p 5.

[133]   http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2011/157, accessed 19/8/11.

[134]   OECD (2011) - OECD Communications Outlook 2011, OECD Publishing, Table 7.17 page 293, showing Telstra BigPond pricing.

[135]   ABS Catalogue No. 8146.0 (2010), Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2008-09, page 9.

[136]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p 41.

[137]   Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p.61.

[138]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, pp8.

[139]   Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p 11.

[140]   Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p 14.

[141]   ADD REFERENCE – INTERNODE WEBSITE.

[142]   Committee Hansard, Launceston, 10 March 2011, p 25.

[143]   http://www.internode.on.net/news/2011/07/236.php, accessed 15/8/11.

[144]   Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, pp 41-42.

[145]   Committee Hansard, Brisbane , 18 March 2011, pp.68-69.

Appendix A – Background

[1]       Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), ‘Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Innovation Statistics Glossary’ <http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/c311215.nsf/205643f3183fdaca25672100813ef1/c49f5ed58f2ec4ca25702f001eeaaa!OpenDocument> viewed 28 January 2011.

[2]       OECD Broadband Subscriber Criteria, 2010 <http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,3746,en_2649_34225_39575598_1_1_1_1,00.html> viewed 28 January 2011.

[3]       FCC, Sixth Broadband Deployment Report, 16 July 2010 <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-129A1_Rcd.pdf> viewed 28 January 2011.

[4]       McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 275.

[5]       ABS, ‘Table 1 Internet subscribers by type of access connection, for ISPs with more than 1,000 active subscribers’, 8153.0 – Internet Activity Australia, December 2010. <http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/8153.0Main+Features1Dec%202010?OpenDocument> viewed 18 July 2011.

[6]       Alcatel-Lucent, The National Broadband Network: a glossary of terms’, 2010.

[7]       Ayre et al, ‘A Guide to Broadband Technologies’, The Australian Economic Review, vol. 43, no. 2, June 2010, p. 201.

[8]       Ayre et al, ‘A Guide to Broadband Technologies’, The Australian Economic Review, vol. 43, no. 2, June 2010, p. 201.

[9]       Ayre et al, ‘A Guide to Broadband Technologies’, The Australian Economic Review, vol. 43, no. 2, June 2010, p. 201.

[10]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 12.

[11]     See Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (RTIRC), Framework for the Future, September 2008, pp. 217–221.

[12]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 60.

[13]     For example, see Mr Steven Harrison, Director, Business and Economic Development, City of Prospect, Committee Hansard, Adelaide, 4 April 2011, p. 65.

[14]     Alcatel-Lucent, The National Broadband Network: a glossary of terms, 2010.

[15]     ABS data indicates there were around 33 000 subscribers to fixed wireless broadband services in Australia in June 2010. See ABS, ‘Table 2 Internet subscribers by type of access connection, for all ISPs’, 8153.0 – Internet Activity Australia, December 2010.

[16]     ABS, ‘Table 1 Internet subscribers by type of access connection, for ISPs with more than 1,000 active subscribers’, 8153.0 – Internet Activity Australia, December 2010.

[17]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, pp. 232–234.

[18]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 233.

[19]     ABS, ‘Volume of data downloaded by access connection, for ISPs with more than 1,000 active subscribers’, 8153.0 – Internet Activity Australia, December 2010.

[20]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, pp. 12, 274–276.

[21]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 280.

[22]     Availability is estimated at 20 per cent of the population; see McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, pp. 21, 135.

[23]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 21.

[24]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 135.

[25]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, pp. 105–108, provides a discussion of the issues around HFC and its potential use as an ‘interim’ solution in some areas.

[26]     ABS, ‘Table 1 Internet subscribers by type of access connection, for ISPs with more than 1,000 active subscribers’, 8153.0 – Internet Activity Australia, December 2010.

[27]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 277.

[28]     For details refer to Australian Government, ‘Australian Broadband Guarantee: Program Guidelines 2010-11’, July 2010 <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/128204/Australian-Broadband-Guarantee-2010-11-Guidelines-July-2010.pdf> viewed 18 July 2011.

[29]     Alcatel-Lucent, The National Broadband Network: a glossary of terms’, 2010, p. 5.

[30]     New Scientist, ‘Ultrafast fibre optics set new speed record’, 29 April 2011 <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028095.500-ultrafast-fibre-optics-set-new-speed-record.html> viewed 18 July 2011.

[31]     See Ayre et al, ‘A Guide to Broadband Technologies’, The Australian Economic Review, vol. 43, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 203–204.

[32]     Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd, Australia – National Broadband Network – Critical Considerations, 29 April 2009, p. 3.

[33]     The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) estimates that 63.4 per cent of schools and 80 per cent of TAFEs have fibre connections, but download speeds often remain slow due to pricing and contract issues. See Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC), Submission 124, pp. 10–11.

[34]     Prime Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Finance and Minister for Broadband, ‘New National Broadband Network’, Joint Media Release, 7 April 2009.

[35]     NBN Co, ‘History’<http://www.nbnco.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/main/site-base/resources/about-nbn-co/history-of-nbnco/> viewed 18 July 2011.

[36]     Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, ‘McKinsey-KPMG appointed Lead Advisor for National Broadband Network’, Media Release, 6 August 2009.

[37]     See DBCDE, ‘National Broadband Network Implementation Study’ <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/funding_and_programs/national_broadband_network/national_broadband_network_implementation_study> viewed 18 July 2011.

[38]     Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation and Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘Statement of Expectations’, Joint Ministerial Direction, 17 December 2010.

[39]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011–2013, pp. 12, 49.

[40]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011–2013, p. 79.

[41]     See Penny Wong and Stephen Conroy, Statement of Expectations, 17 December 2010 and Australian Competition and Consumer Commissions, ACCC Advice to Government: National Broadband Network Points of Interconnect, November 2010.

[42]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 49; Paul Budde Communication, Australia – National Broadband Network – NBN Co and Infrastructure, 15 November 2010, p. 6.

[43]     Ayre et al, ‘A Guide to Broadband Technologies’, The Australian Economic Review, vol. 43, no. 2, June 2010, p. 204. See also NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 75 for a discussion of the potential upgrade path for the fibre network, potentially delivery speeds of 100 Gbit/s by 2030–35.

[44]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 135.

[45]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 52.

[46]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 49.

[47]     NBN Co, ‘NBN Co selects fixed wireless network partner for mid-2012 service start’, Media Release, 1 June 2011.

[48]     NBN Co, ‘NBN Co acquires AUSTAR spectrum for rural and regional network’, Media Release, 17 February 2011.

[49]     NBN Co, ‘Spectrum win brings wireless broadband to rural areas’, Media Release, 13 July 2011.

[50]     NBN Co, ‘First communities for National Broadband Network fixed wireless service unveiled’, Media Release, 3 August 2011.

[51]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 294.

[52]     McKinsey–KPMG, National Broadband Network Implementation Study, 2010, p. 293.

[53]     NBN Co, ‘NBN Co launches Interim Satellite Service for remote Australians’, Media Release, 1 July 2011.

[54]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, pp. 21, 71–72.

[55]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 77.

[56]     See NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, pp. 63–64 for detailed coverage maps.

[57]     Mr Mike Quigley, Chief Executive Officer, NBN Co, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 29 April 2011, p. 4.

[58]     Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), ‘National Broadband Network: Regional Backbone Blackspots Program’ <http://www.dbcde.gov.au/broadband/national_broadband_network/national_broadband_network_Regional_Backbone_Blackspots_Program> viewed 18 July 2011.

[59]     Prime Minister, Premier of Tasmania, Minister for Broadband, ‘Tasmania first to receive superfast broadband’, Joint Media Release, 8 April 2009.

[60]     Prime Minister, Premier of Tasmania, Minister for Broadband, ‘Smithton, Scottsdale and Midway point first towns for National Broadband Network in Tasmania’, Joint Media Release, 25 July 2009.

[61]     Prime Minister, Premier of Tasmania, Minister for Broadband, ‘Seven new locations to receive superfast broadband in Tasmania’, Joint Media Release, 21 October 2009.

[62]     Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘$100 million injected into NBN Tas as Stage 3 roll out is announced’, Media Release, 1 March 2010.

[63]     NBN Tasmania Limited, ‘Australia’s first NBN opens in Tasmania – offers blistering speeds’, Media Release, 12 August 2010.

[64]     NBN Co, ‘Construction to start on NBN in next seven Tasmanian locations’, Media Release, 28 April 2011.

[65]     NBN Co, ‘NBN Co announces “first release” sites for high-speed network’, Media Release, 2 March 2010.

[66]     NBN Co, ‘NBN Co announces next rollout locations’, Media Release, 8 July 2010.

[67]     Prime Minister, ‘Historic launch of NBN in Armidale’, Media Release, 18 May 2011.

[68]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 79.

[69]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 23.

[70]     Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, ‘Provision of Fibre in New Developments’, Media Release, 9 December 2010.

[71]     NBN Co, Corporate Plan 2011-2013, p. 46.

[72]     NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Telstra Sign Binding Definitive Agreements’, Media Release, 23 June 2011.

[73]     NBN Co, ‘NBN Co and Optus Sign Binding Agreement’, Media Release, 23 June 2011.

Appendix B – Glossary of Terms[1]

[1]       Except where otherwise noted, this glossary of terms has been compiled from the following source glossaries, plus original content:

n  Alcatel-Lucent, ‘The National Broadband Network: a glossary of terms, 2010’ <http://demo.idg.com.au/arn/arn_home_glossary.pdf> viewed 14 January 2011.

n  Tasmanian Electronic Commerce Centre, ‘Glossary’ <http://www.tecc.com.au/knowledge/glossary.php> viewed 14 January 2011.

n  NBN Co, ‘Glossary of Terms’ <http://www.nbnco.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/main/site-base/main-areas/our-network/glossary-of-terms/> viewed 14 January 2011.

n  Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, Fourth Interim Report, May 2010, ‘Glossary’.

[2]       Richard Hayes, Valuing Broadband Benefits: A selective report on issues and options, Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, 7 December 2010, p. 27.

[3]       Access Economics, Financial and externality impacts of high-speed broadband for telehealth, July 2010.

[4]       See Report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce, Dec 2009: <http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/gov20taskforcereport/index.html> viewed 14 January 2011.

[5]       Access Economics, Financial and externality impacts of high-speed broadband for telehealth, July 2010.

[6]       Access Economics, Financial and externality impacts of high-speed broadband for telehealth, July 2010.

[7]       Mal Bryce, High Capacity Broadband: an Economic, Environmental and Social Imperative for 2009, Feb 2009.

 

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