Bill

Telecommunications Amendment (Infrastructure in New Developments) Bill 2020

passed, as at 2021-02-16. Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts portfolio.

Sponsor

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Portfolio

Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts

Recorded stages

• introduced — 2020-12-03

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• second reading — 2020-12-03

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• second reading — 2021-02-04

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• second reading — 2021-02-04

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• third reading — 2021-02-04

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• introduced — 2021-02-04

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• second reading — 2021-02-04

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• second reading — 2021-02-04

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• second reading — 2021-02-04

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• third reading — 2021-02-04

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• passed — 2021-02-04

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• royal assent — 2021-02-16

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Divisions

• The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-02-04.14.4) that the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) remain unchanged. The usual second reading motion is *that the bill be read a second time*, which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This vote occurred after Greenway MP [Michelle Rowland](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/greenway/michelle_rowland) (Labor) introduced the proposed amendment below. ### Proposed amendment > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > > *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:* > > *(1) notes:* > >> *(a) that despite the Coalition's promise to deliver a second-rate NBN for $29.5 billion, the cost is now forecast to be $57 billion;* >> >> *(b) despite the Coalition promising every Australian would have access to a minimum NBN speed of 25 megabits per second by 2016, up to 238,000 premises in 2021 still cannot get this minimum speed;* >> >> *(c) the shambles that is the deployment of HFC technology; and* >> >> *(d) that after spending seven years and $51 billion on the NBN, the Coalition Government has begun an embarrassing backflip from copper to fibre; and* > > *(2) calls on the Coalition Government to reign in its technological incompetence across every aspect of the NBN."* — 2021-02-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 64, noes 55

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Plain-language summary

Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-12-03.

This bill would require all developers of new housing estates and apartment blocks to install basic infrastructure for fibre-optic cable connections.

It would extend current rules that apply only to incorporated developers to also cover unincorporated developers, and clarify what counts as a functional fibre-ready facility.

The definition of 'functional fibre-ready facility' would be added to the Telecommunications Act 1997 to ensure the infrastructure is technically usable for optical fibre lines.

• The bill extends the prohibition on selling or leasing a building lot or unit without fibre-ready facilities to unincorporated developers.
• It inserts a new definition of 'functional fibre-ready facility' into Part 20A of the Act.
• The amendment applies to all types of developers, including those that are not constitutional corporations.

Developers of new housing lots and building units.

Sources

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frl act

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