Second Reading Speeches

Spam Bill 2003

Type
Government
Portfolio
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Introduced with the Spam (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003, the bill establishes a civil penalties regime regulating the sending of commercial electronic messages, including a prohibition on sending unsolicited commercial electronic messages (“spam”) and regulation of general commercial electronic messages. Also contains a regulation-making power.

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