Media releases

Ensuring our online safety laws keep Australians safe The Albanese Government is reviewing Australia’s online safety laws to examine their effectiveness and ensure they can address new and emerging harms, with Terms of Reference for the Review released today.

New telco safeguards to protect Australians doing it tough The Albanese Government has directed the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to make it mandatory for telcos to provide financial hardship assistance to all customers experiencing difficulties paying their bills, including priorit

Exposure draft Prominence Regulations released The Albanese Government is another step closer to delivering on its election commitment to support access to local and free TV services in the streaming era, with the release of exposure draft regulations for its prominence framework today.

Have your say on a modern Australia Post Australian consumers and small businesses are encouraged to have their say on the Albanese Government’s plan to modernise Australia Post, with draft regulations released for comment today. 

Delivery of the National Relay Service to 2027 Eligible suppliers are being encouraged to apply for the next contract to deliver the National Relay Service (NRS).

Boosting mobile coverage along regional roads and highways Communities and commuters across regional and remote Australia are set to benefit from improved mobile coverage on roads and highways as a result of the Government’s new $50 million Regional Roads Australia Mobile Program (RRAMP).

2024 Regional Telecommunications Review kicks off The Albanese Government has appointed the Hon Alannah MacTiernan – former Western Australian Minister for Regional Development, Agriculture and Food – to lead the next Regional Telecommunications Review.

New ABC Chairperson The Albanese Government will recommend to the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), that Mr Kimberley (Kim) Williams AM be appointed the next Chairperson of the Australian Broadcast

Triple Zero disclosure by Optus Today, Optus advised the Government that information it previously provided to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA), the Senate and the public about the number of unsuccessful Triple Zero calls from mobiles during its natio

New appointments to the First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group The Albanese Government has appointed Dr Heron Loban and Mr Jerome Cubillo to the First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group, which was established in January 2023 to support efforts to narrow the digital divide for

Albanese Government’s On Farm Connectivity Program delivering for farmers The Albanese Government’s new $30 million On Farm Connectivity Program (OFCP) is delivering significant productivity benefits for Australia’s primary producers, with more than $6.2 million in rebates committed and beginning to flow t

Acting arrangements for Director of the Classification Board Following the resignation of Ms Fiona Jolly, Mr Tristan Sharp has now commenced as acting Director of the Classification Board effective 11 January 2024.

$20 million to boost mobile coverage along urban fringes Communities on the fringes of major urban centres in bushfire prone areas are set to share in $20 million in Commonwealth investment to upgrade mobile coverage, with Round 2 of the Peri-Urban Mobile Program (PUMP) now open for applications.

Government to implement all recommendations of News Media Bargaining Code review The Government will implement all recommendations of Treasury’s review of the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code (the Code).

SMS Sender ID Registry set to protect more Australians from scammers The Albanese Government is taking further action to protect Australians from SMS scams with a trial phase of the Sender ID Registry being rolled out today.