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Broadband Availability and Quality: Summary Report

Released 23 December 2013. The key preliminary findings of this analysis of Australian broadband availability and quality.

Assessment of the need for, and the likely benefits of, enhanced side impact protection in the form of a pole side impact global technical regulation

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This report includes analyses of the incidence, burden and injury risk associated with side impact crashes from Australian and United Kingdom in-depth and mass crash data sources, as well as an assessment of the likely benefits and costs of a global technical regulation on pole side impact for Au

Online content regulation

Illegal and offensive online content is regulated through the Online Content Scheme under Schedule 5 and 7 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 through a complaints-based mechanism.

High Speed Rail Advisory Group report - On Track; Implementing High Speed Rail in Australia

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A High Speed Rail Advisory Group was established in April 2013 to advise on key industry and community issues arising out of the report on Phase 2 of the study.  

2013 PDF Version of Maps

Change in national average total income from all sources, 2006–10  Change in proportion of people unemployed, 2001–11  Change in proportion of the population with a bachelor degree or higher, 1996–11