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Publications

The Centre for International Economics—KAVHA Economic Feasibility Study, October 2017

The Australian Government commissioned a study to identify the economic needs and potential of the Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area (KAVHA), and obtain an objective evidence base to help inform future decisions regarding governance reform, infrastructure investment and funding application

Terms of Reference for a review of the .au Domain Administration

A review of auDA’s governance arrangements and an assessment of the terms of endorsement will examine whether Australia’s top-level domain, .au, is being managed consistent with Government and community expectations. It is anticipated that the review would be finalised in early 2018.

5G—Enabling the future economy

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5G is the next step in the evolution of mobile wireless communications technology, promising improved connectivity, greater network speeds and bandwidth, and very low latency.

Grant reporting—Department of Communications and the Arts—2013–2017—updated 18 September 2017

Agencies are required to publish details of their individual grants on their website no later than 21 working days after the funding agreement for the grant takes effect. A grant is a conditional transfer of resources from the Australian Government to a recipient for a specified purpose. Grants are directed at assisting recipients to achieve their own goals whilst also supporting Australian Government policy objectives. This list was last updated on 18 September 2017.

Migration Assurance Framework—Telecommunications industry guide

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is a major upgrade to Australia’s fixed line telephone and internet infrastructure, which will support all Australian premises to access high speed broadband and telephony services. The NBN will deliver reform of the industry via structural separation of Telstra's local access networks.