This audit assessed the effectiveness of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy’s administration of the Household Assistance Scheme. Digital television broadcasts in Australia commenced in simulcast (alongside existing analog channels) in metropolitan areas in January 2001. In 2008, the Australian Government committed to a progressive timetable to switch off analog television broadcasting...

Chaired by Glen Boreham, this report sets out the Convergence Review Committee's vision for fundamental change to the regulatory framework of Australia's digital economy and identifies key areas for reform.

The Internet is the most robust medium of information exchange in history. Two billion people are now connected, and at current growth rates everyone with Internet access will join the Internet community within a decade. Barring technological and political disruptions, the world’s populace will then be on a single common digital platform. The global medium...

The Global Information Technology Report 2012 is a special project within the framework of the World Economic Forum's Centre for Global Competitiveness and Performance and the Industry Partnership Programme for Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries regarding Living in a Hyperconnected World. World Economic Forum and INSEAD, Insight Report - edited by Soumitra Dutta and Beñat...

This is the second legislated Regional Telecommunications Review (RTR), and follows on from the 2008 review led by Dr Bill Glasson AO. The report provides a snapshot of current service availability in different areas and identifies what future measures are needed for regional Australia to take advantage of improved broadband services.