Bill
Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019
passed, as at 2020-05-25. Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-11-28
- second reading — 2019-11-28
- second reading — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-02-13
- third reading — 2020-02-13
- introduced — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-05-12
- second reading — 2020-05-14
- second reading — 2020-05-14
- committee — 2020-05-14
- other — 2020-05-14
- other — 2020-05-14
- third reading — 2020-05-14
- passed — 2020-05-14
- royal assent — 2020-05-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-11-28.
This bill would create a long-term funding system for regional broadband networks by imposing a charge on certain carriers.
The charge would be $7.10 per month for each eligible fixed-line premises, with carriers including NBN Co required to pay.
The bill includes a five-year concession for small carriers, exempting the first 55,000 recently connected greenfield premises or the first 25,000 residential and small business premises.
- Establishes the Regional Broadband Scheme as a funding arrangement for fixed wireless and satellite infrastructure.
- Requires carriers to contribute $7.10 per month per chargeable premises to fund the scheme.
- Creates a charge concession period for small carriers to ease the transition to paying the charge.
- Allows the Minister for Communications to adjust the charge components via disallowable legislative instrument, subject to a cap.
- Requires the ACCC to review the charge components at least every five years.
- Funds administrative costs for the ACCC and ACMA, and payments to NBN Co for fixed wireless and satellite services.
Carriers, including NBN Co, that provide broadband services over fixed-line networks, and small carriers with recently connected greenfield or residential and small business premises.
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