Contents
New Phone Numbers for the IIA
New Member Profile
IIA Gala Dinner 2013
CEO Update
Scholarship opportunity – Success for IIA Members
PJCIS inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation
ALRC Copyright review
ACCC Consultation on NBN Co SAU
Member's Corner
IIA Submissions
Events
IIA Working with Government
IIA in the Media
New Phone Numbers for the IIA
Please note our new phone numbers!
phone: 02 6154 5050
fax: 02 6229 8164
New Member Profile
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Bookings and Sponsorship Open for IIA Gala Dinner 2013
Thank you to our event sponsors iiNet, Akamai,
Optus, Nominum, Equinix and Enex TestLab
Tables are selling fast! Book now to reserve the best position.
Sponsorship Opportunities still available.
CEO Update
Happy New Year and welcome back to this our first 2013 edition of the IIA’s Engage Newsletter.
It won’t be news to anyone that as we head into 2013 there’ll be a significant focus on activities surrounding the Hill in Canberra as our Federal Political Parties prepare themselves for an election year. Should the federal election take place sometime around September or October, this equates to only eight or so sittings weeks of parliament before an election is called, if not called earlier.
An impending election is likely to have an impact on the Government’s legislative program, therefore the government will need to ensure that its policies are well considered; balanced and prioritised heading up to the election in order to encourage continued growth in our economy and not stifle investment.
Towards the end of 2012 there was more than 200 Bills before the Parliament of which approximately 50 were before the House of Reps, 100 before the Senate and 50 awaiting Royal Assent. With key policy reforms in areas including Tax, National Security and Convergence regulation it will be worth keeping a vigil on what takes priority for the government in 2013.
The competition watchdog [ACCC] has the task of assessing the Special Access Undertaking (SAU), re-lodged by NBN Co on 18 December 2012, including public submissions, while also continuing its governance over compliance of Industry with the Telecommunications Consumer Protection (TCP) code. The NBN rollout in 2013, including the ACCC’s acceptance or rejection of the SAU, will be one of many initiatives that will continue to be in the limelight leading up to the federal election and remain of significant interest to our members.
When we look back at 2012 there has been many significant policy issues discussed, developed, introduced and debated over that time, with many of those issues still requiring further input, development and collaboration from industry and key stakeholders, including the IIA.
For the IIA, we will continue to engage with you on many of the issues that may impact on you with a view to ensuring that the IIA provides the ongoing leadership for our members and is well respected and listened to by government and policy makers alike across all political parties, as a leading body representing Australia’s Internet industries.
We will continue to:
1. promote and facilitate the growth, technical development and efficient functioning of the Internet in Australia as an open system;
2. raise consumer and small business confidence in using the Internet, particularly for purposes of e-commerce, and to initiate and support programs to realise that goal; and
3. promote diversity and connectivity on the Internet by all reasonable means.
I’m pleased to welcome aboard Akamai as not only a new member of the IIA but also a major sponsor of our upcoming Gala Dinner.
Please don’t forget to pencil in Thursday 21 February 2013 in your diary for the 16th annual IIA Gala Dinner to be held at Doltone House, Sydney. The theme for the dinner will be Internet...anywhere, anytime, anyhow, and I’m pleased to announce that Michael Afergan, Senior Vice President & General Manager Web Experience Division Akamai will be a major speaker on the night. We’ve had great support and interest from our sponsors, members, industry and stakeholders alike and tickets are selling fast, so book now. I’d like to personally thank everyone for their support of the event including all our sponsors, particularly our major sponsors Akamai and iiNet.
Further information can be found in this Newsletter and on our website and I look forward to seeing you there.
Peter Lee
CEO
peterlee@iia.net.au
Scholarship opportunity – Women in the ICT sector
Congratulations to IIA Members Hwei Oh, Marketing Manager, Australia and New Zealand, Sophos and Viollette Chan, Technical Support Officer from Gizmo who have been awarded this scholarship. Consideration is currently being given to a third applicant from the IIA member base.
The scholarships of up to $11,000 have been awarded to women working in the Information Technology sector within IIA Member organisations to assist their participation in the Advanced Leadership Program (ALP).
Developed by a consortium of educational bodies and industry experts, the ALP is part of a national initiative to increase Australia’s pool of executive level female leaders.
View the course prospectus http://wla.com.au/events/12/alp/ALP_Prospectus_2013.pdf
Further information is available from Shaun Zapadlo, Workplace Training Advisory Australia szapadlo@wtaa.edu.au
PJCIS inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation
As previously mentioned in our December 2012 Newsletter, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation has gone somewhat quiet.
The Committee is required to report back to the Parliament following consideration of written submissions and evidence given at public hearings. However, at this time, there still remains no definitive time as to when the Committee is required to provide its report, including any recommendations that may result from its Inquiry.
Given we have now entered into an election year and there has been delays in receiving the committee’s report, with only some eight sittings of parliament anticipated before an October election is called it appears unlikely that any significant legislative change resulting from these proposals will be seen before the election.
Further information on the Inquiry, including submissions received, can be found here.
ALRC Copyright review
There still remains a significant amount of interest from industry and the public on the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) Inquiry on Copyright and the Digital Economy.
The Commission’s task is to now review submissions received and release a Discussion Paper at a date to be advised following that review. A Final Report from the ALRC is expected to be delivered to the Attorney-General by 30 November 2013.
Further information can be found here.
ACCC Consultation on NBN Co SAU
On 18 December 2012, NBN Co withdrew the Special Access Undertaking (SAU) it lodged on 28 September 2012 and re-lodged a revised SAU with the ACCC.
NBN Co stated that the withdrawal of its 28 September 2012 SAU and re-lodged 18 December 2012 SAU was a result of substantial development and improvement of its Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA), as part of concluding its Contract Development Process (CDP), and the need to align changes from that process with its SAU.
As a result the ACCC has extended its consultation period by one week with interested parties now having until 18 January 2013 to make submissions to the consultation paper and re-lodged 18 December 2012 SAU.
The ACCC must make a decision to accept or reject an SAU within six months of the receipt of the undertaking (i.e. in the case of the 18 December 2012 SAU by the end of May 2013), subject to its ability to extend this period and periods which are discounted from the assessment timeframe (such as when the ACCC is consulting on the SAU, or NBN Co is responding to any Notice to Vary issued to it).
If the ACCC does not make a decision within the statutory time period, it is deemed to have accepted the SAU.
Further information on the NBN Co SAU, including the ACCC’s consultation process can be found here
Members Corner
Note to all members: If you have significant news of interest to the IIA membership please submit to admin@iia.net.au or give us a call.
IIA Submissions 2012
submissions available on the IIA website
ALRC inquiry into Copyright law reform
PJCIS inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation
The Convergence Review Framing Paper Interim Report
ALRC National Classification Scheme Review
Gambling Consultation Taskforce
Revising the scope of the 'copyright safe harbour scheme'
Events
IIA Gala Dinner 2013
21 February 2013
BOOKINGS OPEN
Back again this financial year is the Internet Industry Networking Event of the year, the IIA Gala Dinner, 21 February 2013, Doltone House, Sydney.
Sponsorship Proposal available, please email admin@iia.net.au.
For further details on all IIA events please visit our website at: http://iia.net.au/membership/iia-events
2nd Annual Australian Fraud Summit 2013
The Australian Fraud Summit returns to Sydney in 2013, delivering the latest leading edge topics to ensure Australian businesses are protected against the fraud exposure.
Further information here
Call to register on (02) 9247 6000 & quote VIP Code: E FXA 1
Content Forum
1st quarter 2013 (Date TBC)
The IIA is continuing to work with an industry partner to jointly convene a "content forum" with interested members, now planned to be held in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra during the first quarter of 2013.
We believe a forum of this nature to be extremely relevant in light of the structural, legislative and market changes taking place across all sectors of the Internet and Telecommunications Industry in Australia.
Further details and an update on the forum will be provided soon.
IIA working with Government and Industry
The IIA represents the interests of IIA members as a participant in a number of working groups. For further information please contact peterlee@iia.net.au
Consultative Working Group on Cyber Safety is compiling a National Calendar of Cyber Safety Events. If your organisation would like to register an event please contact lynn@iia.net.au
NCSAW 2013 National Cyber Security Awareness Week
next meeting January 2013
ACMA Consumer Consultative Forum
ACCC Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce Partners
Telecommunications Experts Group IIA is working with the Federal Attorney General's Department and other stakeholders.
ACCAN Industry Associations Forum
IIA in the Media
ZD Net -What's wrong with the NBN
