Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The government supports the amendment. The amendment clarifies the definition of ‘equivalence’ as provided for in subclause 69 of proposed part 9 of schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act. The amendment provides that ‘equivalence’ includes terms and conditions relating to ordering and provisioning fault detection, handling and rectification, and technical and operational quality of services.

Progress reported.