WE STAND FOR AN INTERNET FOR THE COMMON GOOD
- The Internet is vital to all aspects of Australian life, and should be operated with consideration of the public interest
- Promote infrastructure that serves to optimise internet performance and minimises cost of effective operation
- Expand infrastructure capacity and capability in regional areas
- Security is a shared responsibility and requires cooperation between all internet players
WE STAND FOR AN OPEN INTERNET PLATFORM
- Foster a competitive internet access and services market
- Reduce the barriers to entering the internet services market
- Facilitate greater innovation and provision of services through an open internet
- Promote open technology standards
- Regulation which does not disproportionately burden small businesses
WE STAND FOR MEASURED, EFFECTIVE AND PRACTICAL REGULATION
- Outcomes oriented, and proportionate regulation
- Balance between safety and practical regulation backed by research, evidence, is cost effective with demonstrable benefits
- Reduce overly prescriptive regulatory burdens which stifle the growth of internet and introduce unnecessary barriers to entry
- Reduce the existence of incompatible regulation which gives rise to increased costs for industry
- Should be explained in plain English
- Technology neutral and principles based
- Rules for the online world should be the same as the offline world, any exceptions should be for extreme cases only, and well justified
- Regulation should apply at the appropriate layer, with content and infrastructure regulation applying separately
- Regulation and policy should be developed cooperatively with industry and relevant stakeholders, and these regulations should take into account the balanced needs of all parties
