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ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 3 ACCC inquiry into the grocery sector .................................................................................................. 3 ACCC grocery sector inquiry report—2008 ................................................................................... 4 ACCC grocery sector inquiry report—Recommendations ............................................................. 5 Farm gate prices—focus on the dairy industry ................................................................................... 6 Senate Economics Committee report—2009

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Contents Purposes ................................................................................................................................................... 4 NBN Co financial heads of agreement with Telstra .................................................................. 5 Further background information .............................................................................................. 6 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 6 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 7 Previous committee consideration ................................................................................................ 7 Current committee consideration ................................................................................................. 9 Future committee

    ISSN 1328‐8091  Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 45, 2010-11  18 November 2010 Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition  and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010  Brian Dalzell   Economics Section  Paula Pyburne  Law and Bills Digest Section  Contents  History of the Bill...................................................................................................................................... 3  Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3  Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4  Australian telecommunications sector ............................................................................................... 4  History ............................................................................................................................................ 4  Telecommunications sector outcomes .......................................................................................... 5  The telecommunications access regime ........................................................................................ 6  The view of the regulator ......................................................................................................... 7  Revision of the telecommunications access regime ................................................................ 7  Structural separation as a solution? .............................................................................................. 8  OECD support for structural separation of Telstra ........................................................................ 9  Comments .................................................................................................................................... 10  Basis of policy commitment .............................................................................................................. 10  Timing of policy commitment ...................................................................................................... 12  Committee consideration ................................................................................................................. 12  Policy position of non‐government parties and independents ........................................................ 13  Coalition ....................................................................................................................................... 13  Senator Steve Fielding, Senator Nick Xenophon and the Australian Greens .............................. 13  Financial implications ............................................................................................................................. 14  Main issues ............................................................................................................................................. 14  Structural separation ........................................................................................................................ 14  ACCC oversight .................................................................................................................................. 14  Any consequences of failure to pass ................................................................................................ 16  Key provisions ........................................................................................................................................ 16  Part 1—amendments relating to Telstra .......................................................................................... 16  Structural separation ................................................................................................................... 16  Functional separation .................................................................................................................. 18  Part 2—telecommunications access regime .................................................................................... 19  Part 3—anti‐competitive conduct .................................................................................................... 20  Part 4—universal service regime ...................................................................................................... 21  Part 5—customer service guarantee ................................................................................................ 22 

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 11 December 2009, no. 63, 2009-10, ISSN 1328-8091 This Digest replaces an earlier version dated 19 November 2009 to delete some material in relation to Part XIB which was incorrect. Telecommunications

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library BILLS DIGEST Information analysis and advice for the Parliament 15 May 2006, no. 46 2005-06, ISSN 1328-8091 Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Issues) Bill 2005 Jonathan Chowns Economics Commerce & Industrial Relations Section Katrina Gunn, Jane Grace and Ann Palmer

I NFORMATI ON, ANALYSIS AND ADVI CE FOR THE PARLI AMENT I NF OR MAT IO N A ND R ES EA RC H S ER VI CES Bills Digest No. 63 2002-03 Telecommunication Competition Bill 2002 D E P A R T M E N T O F T

House: Senate Portfolio: Treasurer Commencement: Royal Assent Purpose To streamline the formal procedures for granting access to third parties (under the national competition policy reforms) to infrastructure facilities and networks of national significance. The Bill amends the Trade Practices Act 1974 . Background On 29 March 1995, the Competition Policy Reform Bill 1995

Department of the Parliamentary Library ~ ....,AUSTRALIA 'C­ ~»~~«<.(... Parliamentary Research Service BILLS DIGEST No. 44.1995 Broadcasting Services AmendmentBill 1994 ~ 1'.;..: it /~~ Guide to Index of Digests: Bills Digests are numbered according to the year in which they are prepared. An index, listing Bills Digests alphabetically, appears monthly.