Handbook

The course focuses on the regulation of electronic communications in Australia. This is a very topical course with current issues including Australian content in the electronic media, the roll out of the National Broadband Network and Internet Governance.  The course will cover the regulation of telecommunications, broadcasting and online services. Specifically, the course will include the following:

• Introduction to the communications regulatory environment including the regulators, differing regulatory structures and legislation frameworks
• Regulating communications transmission services (including the Internet) including
  • The technology
  • The providers of infrastructure and services
  • Competition and consumer protection
• Regulating (or not) content services including
  • Planning and licensing of services
  • Media ownership, including foreign ownership
  • Competition regulation
• Convergence – of platforms, of services and implications for media regulation