legislation
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Data Retention Delayed Until 2015
The Labor Opposition has confirmed that it will move to delay debate, and therefore passage, of the Data Retention legislation introduced into Parliament today to ensure the Bill can be subjected to “proper scrutiny”.
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Queensland Jumps The Gun On R18+ Legislation By Accidentally Announcing That It Passed
This week has seen Queensland Parliament try to pass the R18+ legislation it failed to pass in the last Parliamentary sitting year. Today the bill finally hit the floor of the house for discussion. Moments later, a media release was issued saying the law was passed without a vote even taking place. The reason? Somebody…
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Opposition Delaying Telstra Separation Bill By Being Douches
Currently in the Senate is a bill to force the separation of Telstra’s wholesale and retail arms. The Labor government desperately wanted to have the legislation passed by last night, even going so far as to make concessions to independent Senator Nick Xenephon in order to get him to vote on their side. But the…
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Government To Force Telstra To Structurally Separate Wholesale And Retail
Somebody get me some popcorn: This could get very messy. Today Senator Conroy announced that the Rudd government has made some pretty major changes to telecommunications laws that will require Telstra to structurally separate its wholesale and retail businesses. And if they don’t do it voluntarily, the government’s going to bring the pain…