ACCAN'S SUBMISSIONS

ACCAN recently made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) supporting proposed amendments to the Infrastructure Record Keeping Rules (RKR) aimed at improving transparency, competition, and accountability in telecommunications infrastructure reporting.

ACCAN recently submitted to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts’ consultation on the Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation (UOMO) draft legislation.

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)’s proposal to amend the Prepaid Determination

ACCAN recently submitted to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement’s Inquiry into Combatting Crime as a Service.

ACCAN recently submitted on the Australian Telecommunications Alliance (ATA) proposal to withdraw C637:2019 Mobile Premium Services (MPS) – Incorporating Variation No.1/2021 Industry Code and G639:2020 MPS Mandatory Information Industry Guideline (the MPS Code and Guideline).

ACCAN recently submitted to the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy (the Committee)’s inquiry into the prevalence and impacts of misinformation and disinformation which relates to climate change and energy.

ACCAN recently submitted to the Productivity Commission on its interim report to creating a more dynamic and resilient economy. The submission offers the consumer perspective on regulatory practice that balances policy objectives and the cost to businesses within the context of the telecommunications sector

ACCAN recently submitted to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee’s inquiry into Greenwashing.

ACCAN recently submitted to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts (the Department) on its review of sunsetting the Telecommunications (Participating Persons) Determination 2015. The Determination sets an eligible revenue threshold for the Telecommunications Industry Levy (TIL) and requirements for carriers to contribute to the Annual Carrier Licence Charge.

In their paper “The ACMA ESL Stage 3 Consultation paper reply comments on ACCAN submission” of July 19, 2025, Coleago Consulting make a number of errors and misrepresentations.

This Response Paper, authored by Professor Richard Holden, offers a point-by-point response to the criticisms raised by Coleago.

ACCAN recently made a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on their public inquiry to extend the declaration of mobile terminating access service and fixed originating access service.

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)’s proposed Annual Carrier Licence Charge (ACLC) 2024-25.

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)’s proposed requirements to the SMS sender ID register consultation. The SMS sender ID register (the Register) aims to disrupt impersonation scams where a scammer sends an SMS/MMS with a sender ID (message header) that imitates a well-known brand.

ACCAN recently submitted to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)’s proposed changes to the SMS sender ID register consultation. The SMS sender ID register (the Register) aims to disrupt impersonation scams where a scammer sends an SMS/MMS with a sender ID (message header) that imitates a well-known brand.

ACCAN recently made a submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) on strengthening telecommunications complaint reporting to enhance transparency, regulatory oversight, and consumer protection.