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Established in 1994, Communications Day is the authoritative source for commercial, regulatory, political and technology news and analysis for telecommunications in Australia and New Zealand. Delivered every working day to a reader base of C-level executives, regulators, government and opposition ministers and their staff, CommsDay provides essential business intelligence and a key competitive advantage for anyone working in the ANZ telecoms sector.

 

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in today’s issue of commsday

  • The Federal government will seek to double the maximum penalty for breaches of Australia’s social media minimum age law to $99 million, while giving the eSafety Commissioner stronger information-gathering powers to test whether platforms are doing enough to keep under-16s off their services.

  • The Australian Communications and Media Authority has earmarked SMS scams, Triple Zero compliance and equipment regulation for handsets as key compliance priorities for 2026-27, along with enforcing domestic and family violence safeguards.

  • The Northern Territory government has said it will seek to boost private investment in digital infrastructure, with a new strategy outlining an ambition to position the NT as a “digital hub between Australia and Asia.”

  • The Victorian government has said more than 2100 premises across the communities of Clyde, Cardinia, Devon Meadows, Curlewis, Wallington and Dunolly can benefit from the rollout of 150km of new fibre by Opticomm. The rollout is backed by the state government’s Connecting Victoria program, with more than 500 homes so far signed up for services.

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