| Title | Industry | Type | Status |
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| Regional Broadband Scheme Levy report | Communications | Policy development |
Ongoing
21 October 2020 |
The Government has enacted the Regional Broadband Scheme (RBS) to fund the loss making components of the NBN (i.e. fixed wireless and satellite services) through a levy on fixed line infrastructure providers. |
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| Electricity market monitoring 2018-2025 | Energy | Inquiry |
Ongoing
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On 20 August 2018, the Treasurer directed the ACCC to hold a public inquiry that will monitor the prices, profits and margins in the supply of electricity in the National Electricity Market. The inquiry will provide its first report by 31 March 2019 and at least every six months thereafter until the conclusion of the inquiry on 31 August 2025. |
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| LBAS & SBAS declarations inquiry 2020 | Communications | Access declaration |
Ongoing
30 September 2020 |
The ACCC has commenced a public inquiry into future regulation of the superfast broadband access service (SBAS) and the local bitstream access service (LBAS). |
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| NBN Services in Operation Record Keeping Rules | Communications | Monitoring |
Ongoing
29 September 2020 |
The NBN Services in Operation Record Keeping Rules (RKR) require NBN Co to provide information on the number of Access Virtual Circuit (AVC) services in operation, the amount of Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC) capacity being acquired and average CVC utilisation over the NBN. |
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| NBN wholesale service standards inquiry | Communications | Inquiry |
Ongoing
24 September 2020 |
On 2 November 2017, the ACCC commenced a public inquiry to determine whether NBN wholesale service standard levels are appropriate, and consider whether regulation is necessary to improve consumer experiences. |
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| Inquiry into NBN access pricing | Communications | Inquiry |
Ongoing
24 September 2020 |
On 14 October 2019, the ACCC commenced a public inquiry into the prices that NBN Co charges access seekers to use the National Broadband Network (NBN) for supplying residential grade broadband services. The ACCC is considering whether regulatory intervention is necessary in respect of these access products, particularly basic speed access products. |
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| Division 12 & Internet Activity Record Keeping Rule (RKR) review | Communications | Review |
Ongoing
18 September 2020 |
The ACCC has the ability to collect information from industry through Record Keeping Rules (RKR) to undertake its telecommunications regulatory functions. |
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| Gas inquiry 2017-2025 | Energy | Inquiry |
Ongoing
Commenced 19 April 2017 |
On 19 April 2017, the Australian Government directed the ACCC to conduct a wide-ranging inquiry into the supply of and demand for natural gas in Australia, as well as to publish regular information on the supply and pricing of gas for the next three years. |
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| NBN Wholesale Market Indicators Report | Communications | Policy development |
Ongoing
13 Aug 2020 |
The ACCC proposes to publish a NBN Wholesale Market Indicators report which would provide, on a quarterly basis, visibility over the development of the wholesale market for NBN access services. |
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| Measuring Broadband Australia program | Communications | Monitoring |
Ongoing
29 September 2020 |
The Measuring Broadband Australia program provides Australian consumers with accurate and independent information about broadband performance to assist their purchasing decisions. |
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| NBN Co - Special Access Undertaking | Communications | Monitoring |
Ongoing
2017 |
On 13 December 2013 the ACCC accepted NBN Co's Special Access Undertaking (SAU). The SAU commenced on 13 December 2013 and will expire in 2040. |
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| Domestic transmission capacity service final access determination inquiry 2019-2020 | Communications | Access determination |
Ongoing
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On 5 June 2019, the ACCC released a consultation paper to formally commence a public inquiry into making a final access determination (FAD) for the domestic transmission capacity service (DTCS). |
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| Telstra's Migration Plan | Communications | Compliance assessment |
Ongoing
4 June 2020 |
The Migration Plan sets out the steps that Telstra will take to progressively migrate voice and broadband services from its copper and Hybrid Fibre Coaxial networks to the NBN. |
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| ACCC broadband performance monitoring & reporting record keeping & reporting rules (BPMR RKR) | Communications | Monitoring |
Ongoing
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In December 2017, the ACCC made the Broadband performance monitoring and reporting record keeping and reporting rules (RKR). |
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