IAA’s Tournament of Peers 2026
Join us for our end of year event series Five cities. Five local champions. Plenty of bragging rights. We’re rounding out 2026 with social darts events across Australia. Join your local internet community for a fun evening of friendly competition, networking, drinks, and tasty bites. All skill levels are welcome. You don’t need to be […]
IAASysters Brisbane is about to go live!
As this newsletter goes out, our 2026 IAASysters participants are gathering in Brisbane for the latest IAASysters Workshop, starting bright and early on 2 September and followed by two intense days at AusNOG. We hope they have an incredible few days of learning, networking, and new connections. Thanks once again to this year’s sponsors. We […]
May – September 2026 advocacy update
As always, there’s a lot of telco regulatory matters members should be aware of: CIRMP Compliance An important reminder that telcos must meet their critical infrastructure risk management program (CIRMP) obligations from this year, under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act. This includes submitting your CIRMP annual report by 28 September via the CISC webform, […]
Welcome new IAA Members – September 2026
Welcome to our newest Professional Members: Bruce LargeDale RichAndy TaylorDerek Vanderkruk Welcome to our IAASysters Professional Members: Sophie AllenEllie DayDeanna DuaneAlisha GurungSummer LiuMaria Misic DurovicMonique MountfordMichelle PeterLauren PhillipsElizabeth PollardPortia RabondaRebekah RollestonGabi RouseEmma ScottShwetaStacey TaplinNina TranKyra TsangSusan VanAyesha Wasim Welcome to our Corporate Members: D2 Technology Pty Ltd Meet D2 Technology, a new addition to IAA’s […]
Essential means what?
Over recent times we’ve been hearing increasingly strident demands to legislate and regulate telecommunications as an essential service, coupled with the claim that current regulation has failed. One of the reasons given for this failure is the assertion that telecommunications is currently “self-regulated” and that industry “wrote its own rules”. Neither of these assertions is […]
Reflections from the CommsDay Summit 2026
IAA was proud to attend and present at another insightful CommsDay Summit. The Summit spanned two and a half days, opening with a pre-Summit forum on ‘Restoring Telecommunications Reputation’. This theme proved incredibly timely and resonated throughout the rest of the conference. Indeed, the telecommunications sector has come under significant heat over recent years. Major […]
From the CEO’s desk – May 2026
The big news this quarter – alongside the activation of 400Gbps ports on VIC-IX – is the release of the network automation features in the IAA Member Portal. With this release, Members are now in full control of their services and are able to turn services off and on at will, or simply update a […]
Tech news – May 2026
Get your 400Gbps ports on VIC-IXWith shiny new hardware now in place, VIC-IX has been upgraded to support 400Gbps. This is a key step in supporting ongoing growth in traffic volumes and high-capacity Member requirements. WA-IX: router upgrade and Steam cache refreshThe Tech Team are heading to Perth this month to upgrade the WA-IX router […]
Have you tried IAA’s Member Portal Automation?
Have you tried IAA’s Member Portal Automation yet? Self-service provisioning is now live. Most changes done in under two minutes, 24/7. Learn more If you haven’t already, be sure to log in to the IAA Member Portal now and try for yourself: Try now