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Regulating harms in the Australian communications sector Policy Background Paper No.2

This paper considers current and possible regulatory frameworks, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of a range of interventions used to regulate the communications sector—it covers black letter law as well as co and self-regulation. It challenges the preference for co-regulation as the preferred regulatory model in the context of evolving technologies, business models and consumer expectations.