This paper raises the issue of formally addressing sustainability during the development of ICT solutions. Several environmental themes in ICT sustainability are presented including electronic waste, carbon emission, and energy consumption trends. The existing frameworks and standards that are in use for alternative industries are analyzed and their applicability to ICT is discussed for policy...

Elected on the platform that it will advance Australia towards a digital economy, the new Federal Labor Government has committed to providing high-speed internet coverage to 98% of Australian households.1 As the official policy description explains, a Fibre To The Node (FTTN) network will enhance internet connectivity and 'increase speed to a minimum of 12...

In this paper, we discuss the European model for the interaction between agencies and telecommunications operators and analyse the application of this model for stored communications in the Australian regulatory context. We draw out the complexities in, and problems with, the Australian regime to show that the system has significant legal obscurities. We analyse the...

This paper draws upon Malcom Gladwell's notion of The Tipping Point in the context of the development of new broadband services. The new Rudd Labor government has committed $4.7 billion of Australian government capital to assist in the construction of a new national fibre broadband network. Broadband platforms have enabled a different service paradigm from...

In 2007/8 the authors became involved in the review of the mobile phone evidence used to convict Mr Phuong Ngo in 2000 for organising the murder of John Newman, a member of the NSW Parliament, in 1994. The case was dubbed 'the first political assassination3 in Australia'. Mr Ngo was convicted at his third trial...