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    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 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

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library BILLS DIGEST Information analysis and advice for the Parliament 8 September 2005, no. 41, 2005-06, ISSN 1328-8091 Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Bill 2005 Ann Palmer Jonathan Chowns Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose .

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Department of the Parliamentary Library I N F O R M A T I O N A N D R E S E A R C H S E R V I C E S Bills Digest No. 54 1998-99 Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 1998 ISSN 1328-8091

Department of the Parliamentary Library I N F O R M A T I O N A N D R E S E A R C H S E R V I C E S Bills Digest No. 56 1998-99 Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Bill 1998 ISSN 1328-8091 