Media, Telecommunications and IT Unit
Economics & Deregulation / Media, Telecommunications and IT Unit
New technologies have shaken up the telecommunications and media industry by bringing a wealth of new services and products to consumer. Technological innovation pervades all industries, and Australians benefit from the greater choice and competition available.
However the regulatory frameworks which govern this important sectors have changed little. The Institute of Public Affairs Telecommunications and Media Unit looks at the possibilities of new technology, and the outdated regulatory frameworks which hold them back.
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Our freedoms safe - for now
The Gillard government's backdown on its outrageous media regulation and anti-free-speech discrimination laws is welcome. But it's terrible that in...
Media reform and a missed opportunity
Has Stephen Conroy forgotten why he began this media debate? It wasn't because of the phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom. Nor was it Bob...
Selling out press for a bit of pork
The spotlight is on Bob Katter, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to see whether they'll sell out our universal human right to free speech for some...
Conroy's media regulation proposals fail the public interest test
All politicians are self-interested. But few are as shameless as Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. His proposed "media reforms" may be a...
We do not need an internet overlord
At first glance, the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU) seems benign. The agency helps coordinate global telephone...
Government's creeping hand
The federal government's proposed data-retention regime deserves every bit of the immense amount of public criticism that has been heaped upon it....
Only real threat is to our online privacy
Imagine if Australia Post opened and read all your mail. There would be outrage. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has given her support to a proposal...
Privacy to be sacrificed as Roxon takes liberties with our freedoms
Moves on internet data retention are an attack on our rights. Last week Attorney-General Nicola Roxon argued for one of the most significant...
Media diversity fears are absurd and obsolete
The twin themes of the media debate - new regulation and creative destruction - coexist awkwardly. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told...
Labor's two-edged sword
Right now, every federal Labor MP should ask themselves a question. And it's got nothing to do with what they are all (understandably) obsessed...
