The Australian Government has policies to make broadband services more competitive.

Telstra's separation framework

As the National Broadband Network (NBN) is built across Australia, NBN Co Ltd will take over most of Telstra’s fixed phone lines.

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Telecommunications in New Developments Map

This map allows you to identify which carrier is servicing a particular new development.

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Policies

6 January 2023
Certain types of developments may be exempt from the requirements to install fibre-ready pit and pipe under Part 20A of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
19 October 2020
The ACCC has declared a layer 2-bitstream service. This service is called the local bitstream access service (LBAS). The ACCC declared the LBAS in February 2012, and subsequently made a final access determination for the LBAS declaration.
16 December 2015
Before You Dig is Australia’s free referral service for information on the location of underground infrastructure.
15 November 2013
Illegal and offensive online content is regulated through the Online Content Scheme under Schedule 5 and 7 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 through a complaints-based mechanism.