The committee was asked to examine whether the current telecommunications regulatory regime promotes competition, encourages investment in the sector and protects consumers to the fullest extent practicable, and to make recommendations for legislative amendments to rectify any identified weaknesses.

In this speech at the Australian Telecommunications Summit, ACCC commissioner Ed Willett argues that increasing transparency in the way that Telstra operates its business is fundamental to achieving a regulatory regime that will promote competition, encourage investment and protect consumers. Released 27 July 2005

The local carriage service (LCS)--a wholesale end-to-end local call service--was declared in 1999. The service allows competitive carriers to compete in the retail local call market. The 2005 review will consider whether the LCS declaration should be continued, the extent of any declaration and the pricing of the service. The review will also consider alternative...

Final report of an Australian Communication Authority study designed to understand the nature of the future communications environment .

In this research note, Morag Donaldson briefly examines the law of privacy in Australia - both legislation and common law - to highlight the fact that while the law offers some protections, there is currently no legal right to privacy in Australia - although the courts are moving towards recognising such a right.