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The Hinchinbrook Channel Inquiry
On 14 May 1998 the Senate resolved: That the following matters be referred to the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Reference Committee for inquiry and report by 30 June 1998: (1) The relationships between Federal, State and local governments and developers in the Hinchinbrook channel; (2) The effect of developments on the environment of the Hinchinbrook Channel and surrounding environs: (3) Whether governments have met their obligations under the various Acts and agreements that deal with the Hinchinbrook area; (4) Alternatives to the existing regime; (5) What lessons have been learned and what can be done to prevent problems like this occurring in the future. The reporting date was subsequently extended to 27 September 1999. In the new parliament (from 10 November 1998) the Committee was renamed the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee.
The Performance of the Australian Telecommunications Regulatory Regime
"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."-- P. 1.
The Australian Telecommunications Network
"Terms of Reference: On 25 June 2002 the Senate referred the following matter to the Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee: (a) the capacity of the Australian telecommunications network, including the public switched telephone network, to deliver adequate services to all Australians, particularly in rural and regional areas; (b) the capacity of the Australian telecommunications network, including the public switched telephone network, to provide all Australians with reasonable, comparable and equitable access to broadband services; (c) current investment patterns and future investment requirements to achieve adequacy of services in the Australian telecommunications network; (d) regulatory or other measures which might be required to bring the Australian telecommunications network up to an adequate level to ensure that all Australians may obtain oaccess to adequate telcommunications services; and (e) any other matters, including international comparisons; which are deemed relevant to these issues by the Committee." -- p. XVII.
