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Title

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) BILL 1998

TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1998

TELSTRA (TRANSITION TO FULL PRIVATE OWNERSHIP) BILL 1998

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) AMENDMENT BILL 1998

NRS LEVY IMPOSITION AMENDMENT BILL 1998

In Committee

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

21-06-1999

Source

Senate

Parl No.

39

Electorate

WA

Interjector

CHAIRMAN

Page

5812

Party

ALP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

 

Questioner

 

Responder

 

Speaker

Bishop, Sen Mark

Stage

In Committee

Type

 

Context

Bills

System Id

chamber/hansards/1999-06-21/0238


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Monday, 21 June 1999
Page: 5812


Senator MARK BISHOP (10:31 PM) —I move opposition amendment No. 1 on sheet 1408:

Amendment 39, subsection 158N(1), omit "6 months", substitute "12 months".

As I said earlier, we have had a number of approaches from industry carriers. We went back to Telstra after the minister advised us last time that 12 months was no longer required by Telstra. Telstra have confirmed to us that 12 months is an absolute minimum to implement changes, get the systems in place and train staff and that if the provision remains at six months, they will simply be unable to comply with the law. It strikes us as a fairly weird situation. If a corporation simply is not physically able to comply with the law, the difference between six and 12 months is minimal.