Parliament has resumed following the recent federal election, and we hold our breath for what the returning government has in store for the telco sector. Consultations have already started to ramp up again after a brief lull during the caretaker period. We are hopeful that ambitious reforms being undertaken by the Treasury into Australia’s overall economy will bring about improvements to the policy settings that dictate telco investment and operations. You can read more in our submission below.
A number of new regulatory obligations kicked off in late June and early July such as the DFSV Standard, and new complaints handling processes. IAA has made legal templates available on the IAA Member Portal as well as an explainer article to help you understand your obligations so make sure to check these out!
We are also working on organising to consult on behalf of Members to develop DFSV policy and training material, and will update Members when we have more details. In the meantime, you can read more about the new DFSV Standard in this article.
In September, IAA will be hosting a joint-panel session with auDA on ‘Multistakeholder ways to improve trust in Australia’s digital ecosystem’ at the auIGF 2025. The auIGF is a great event that facilitates multistakeholder discussions on policy issues related to the internet in Australia, and globally. We highly recommend you to register and check out the full program. The event will be in Adelaide from 23-24 September, but you can also attend virtually. We will also provide more details about our session shortly, so stay tuned.
As always, please get in touch to share any thoughts on any of the open consultations below and/or previous submissions as we really appreciate your feedback.
