Australia - Government Policies - Federal Opposition Policies - 2001-2007

Synopsis

This report has been archived. Since 2001, the Labor Party – who has been in opposition from 1995 to 2007 - has proposed a number of initiatives contrasting with government policies. In 2001, the great policy initiative from Labor was the Knowledge Nation blueprint for the country. A year later in 2002, after failing to win government for a third time and with a new party leader, the Labor Opposition proposed a number of ways to combat Telstra’s market dominance and privatisation issues. In 2005 and 2006 they launched their views on broadband. However, in March 2007 they launched their comprehensive vision for a national telecommunications/broadband plan. The report ends when they won the election in 2007.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. New Report – Labor Government Policies - 2008
• 3. Labor promises better broadband – MAY 2006
• 4. Labor’s broadband policy
• 5. The Democrats Policies – mid-2004
  • 5.1 The Democrats priorities in telecommunications
  • 5.2 Telecommunications & Asia
  • 5.3 Broadband policies
  • 5.4 Broadband and IT
• 6. Labor’s new Telstra policy – mid-2003
• 7. Labor killed the Telstra Inquiry
• 8. Analysis of the Labour proposal – May 2002
  • 8.1 An alternative Telstra policy from Labour
  • 8.2 Structural separation
  • 8.3 Regional telcos
  • 8.4 Selling off mobile and pay TV
  • 8.5 Funding new telcos
  • 8.6 Do nothing
• 9. The Knowledge Nation
  • 9.1 Labor Opposition Party – July 2001
  • 9.2 Blueprint and vision
  • 9.3 Government has a role
  • 9.4 High level strategic thinking
• 10. Related reports

• Exhibit 1 – Knowledge-based Nation Programs
• Exhibit 2 – Labor Opposition’s key recommendations for its IT&T policies