The reaction on Twitter to major political events and policy decisions often differs a great deal from public opinion as measured by surveys. This is the conclusion of a year-long Pew Research Center study that compared the results of national polls to the tone of tweets in response to eight major news events, including the...

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is undertaking a review of the Telecommunications Service Provider (Premium Services) Determination 2004 (No. 1) (Premium Services Determination). The Premium Services Determination requires that all carriage service providers who provide access to premium services on numbers with the prefixes 1900, 1901 and 1902 that have not been barred must...

The Innovation Policy Report aims to highlight developments in the innovation policy area. It also includes reference to relevant innovation documents and events.

What, exactly, is “National Cyber Security”? The rise of cyberspace as a field of human endeavour is probably nothing less than one of the most significant developments in world history. Cyberspace already directly impacts every facet of human existence including economic, social, cultural and political developments, and the rate of change is not likely to...

Background to the final report In 2005, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) examined international mobile roaming (IMR) services and concluded that the prices paid by Australian consumers appeared high1. Subsequently, in 2009, the Australian House of Representatives’ Standing Committee on Communications released the report ‘Phoning Home: Inquiry into international mobile roaming’. One of...