The "fair share" debate considers the question of who should pay the costs associated with constructing and maintaining telecommunications infrastructure, in circumstances where the data traffic driven by large content providers is growing and telecommunications operators’ costs are increasing.

Quay Law Partners submission to Treasury notes that merger control reform is unlikely to be a panacea to address cost of living pressures facing Australians. Treasury and the Australian Government are more likely to be able to address such issues in the near term by targeted reforms that improve the conditions of competition by, for example, improving planning and development regulation and increasing certainty for businesses to invest in Australia.

A key issue that employers are often interested in, particularly in the current times where more employees are working remotely than ever before, is the steps an employer may lawfully take to survey their employees.

We are very pleased to have contributed the Australian Chapter to Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through Telecoms & Media 2023. To view the full publication, including an outline of key issues under Australia’s TMT regulatory regime, click here.