This report details competitive safeguards in the Australian telecommunications industry and prices paid by Australian consumers for telecommunications services during the 2005-06 year.

The Australian broadband network continues to grow rapidly despite the current "noise and bluster" about telecommunications competition and access regulation, according to the ACCC chair, Graeme Samuel, in this speech at the ATUG Annual Conference in Sydney.

This report provides an overview of the broadcasting industry and its performance in delivering services to audiences and consumers.

The ACCC is 'perplexed' by Telstra's announcement that it has decided unilaterally to discontinue talks over its proposed fibre-to-the-node network upgrade, according to the ACCC chair, Graeme Samuel.

This report proposes measures to protect consumers from inappropriate or harmful material on emerging content services such as 3G mobile phones and subscription-based Internet portals. Releasing the report, the government promised to introduce appropriate safeguards are in place to protect children from certain content.