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Funding of telecommunications consumer representation grants—Annual Report 2021–22

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Section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Telco Act) provides for the Minister for Communications to make grants of financial assistance to:

  • consumer bodies for purposes in connection with the representation of the interests of consumers in relation to telecommunications issues, and
  • persons or bodies for purposes in connection with research into social, economic, environmental or technological implications of developments relating to telecommunications.