In this submission by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, ACCAN comments on two specific issues that may have a direct impact on affordable and accessible telecommunications services.
Summary: The two issues in this inquiry that ACCAN believes may have a direct impact on affordable and accessible telecommunications services are:
- ACCAN supports modernising the industry assistance framework and also calls for an evaluation of the cost to consumers of imposing additional security and resilience obligations on the industry.
- ACCAN recommends amending the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to remove unintended obstacles to web-based captioned telephony for Australians with a hearing impairment.
Submitted: Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security
Status: Submitted
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