SUPER LEAGUE: FULL FEDERAL COURT PREFERS COMPETITION ON AND OFF THE FIELD

Murray Deakin reviews the key findings of the trial judge and the Full Federal Court in the Super League case and examines some of the case's implications.

A NEW STANDARD TELEPHONE SERVICE?

Holly Raiche analyses the expanded definition of 'Standard Telephone Service' in the Telecommunications Bill 1996 and explains why it has implications which require closer examination.

THE POTENTIAL OF THE INTERNET FOR LAW AND LEGAL SERVICES

Simon Rice and Santha Davey outline how network technologies ranging from the Law Foundation's proprietory network to the Interact benefit both the legal profession and the public.

VOD: BROADCASTING OR TELECOMS?

Grantly Brown outlines developments in the provision of Video on Demand (VOD) in Hong Kong, including an analysis of the recent decision on the regulatory status of VOD in Hong Kong.

INTERCONNECTION FROM THE NEW ENTRANT'S PERSPECTIVE

Mei Poh Lee gives an account of New T&T's regulatory and commercial interconnection battles, as a new carrier in Hong Kong's telecommunications market, and provides comment on strategic issues and the role of the regulator.

SECOND COMMERCIAL TELEVISION SERVICES IN SMALL MARKETS

Gillian Saville and Alison Jones discuss the 'one station to a market' restriction imposed by the Broadcasting Services Act in the context of a recent decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF A DETERMINATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION REVOKING AUTHORISATION No. 3005

Annabel Archer provides a Case Note on the Australian Competition Tribunal's decision to revoke authorisation for the Media Council of Australia's Accreditation System.

AUSTRALIA'S IDENTITY CRISIS: THE COST OF CLOSER INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Angus Henderson & Michelle Kelly explain why the Federal Court held that New Zealand programmes can constitute 'Australian Content' and outline the ramifications of the decision.

THE ABA ON-LINE SERVICES INVESTIGATION

Kaaren Koomen summarises the findings and recommendations of the Australian Broadcasting Authority's report on regulating on-line services.

SATELLITES - THE INFORMATION SUPERSKYWAY?

Chris Deacon argues that the role for satellites in the global information infrastructure should not be underestimated.

PRESERVING AND RE-SHAPING THE ABC

Brian Johns emphasizes the ongoing importance of the ABC and gives his thoughts on the ABC's response to the budgetary constraints.

CONVERGENCE TOWARDS THE MILLENIUM: MEETING THE CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

Diana Sharpe outlines some of the major issues challenging the development of legal and commercial rules for global electronic commerce and profiles some of the initiatives aimed at meeting the challenge.

INNOCENT DISSEMINATORS ON-LINE

John Corker argues that the 1995 NSW Law Reform Commission Report on Defamation fails to adequately address on-line issues.

DEVELOPING AUSTRALIA'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

Sue Ferguson discusses the impact of the Telecommunications National Code on the evolving structure of Australia's telecommualcatious industry.

IMPLEMENTING NUMBER PORTABILITY IN NEW ZEALAND'S DE-REGULATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET

Anne Hurley looks at why the introduction of number portability in New Zealand is a slow process.

CAMLA ESSAY PRIZE

DIGITAL RADIO ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSION PAPER

WHITHER THE BENEFITS OF PRIVATISING TELSTRA: THE CEPU VIEW

Ros Eason discusses the tension between the competing objectives of the privatisation of Telstra aud the policy to be adopted when the duopoly ends and argues against the privatisatinn.

CABLE RETRANSMISSION BY FOXTEL OF FREE-TO-AIR BROADCASTS: A REJOINER AND SOMME POLICY REFLECTIONS

Ian McGill responds to the Mallam/Palm article (CLB Vol 15 No 1) and argues the case on the re-transmission of free-to-air broadcast signals from the perspective of the pay TV operator.

MOBILE PHONE ADVERTISING AND THE TRADE PRACTICES ACT

Christina Hardy highlights some of the issues for the telecommanicalions industry which arise from the Federal Corot's decision on misleading and deceptive conduct in the advertising of a mobile telephone plan.

COMPETITION, CONTENT AND CULTURAL IDENTITY: WHY FREE-TO-AIR TV WILL THRIVE IN THE FUTURE

Keny Stokes, Chairman of the Seven Network, discussed the future broadcast television in the face of competition from pay television and converging technologies at a recent Cable and Satellite Television Conference.

THE LEGAL FRONTIER OF THE lNTERNET I

Robert Cumbew predicts that the United States reponse to the legal and regulatory challenges posed by the Internet will be the adaptinn and application of traditional legal principles.

THE LEGAL FRONTIER II

David Stewart critiques the US decision on copyright over computer networks and sees a tough road ahead for plaintiff's claiming infringement over the Net.

THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF TELECOMS

Andrew Lambert advarges some ideas on the future global structure of the telecommunications industry.

TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT - RETRANSMIT DONT WAIT

Paul Mallam and Kristine Palm discuss the recent Federal Court decision concerning the rctransmission of free-to-air broadcast signals by a cable Pay-TV network.

COMPETITION AND PAY-TV

Andrew Windybank won the 1995 CAMLA Essay Prize with thisarticle which examines and analyses compotition issues in Pay-TV.

PROPOSALS TO REFORM DEFAMATION LAW IN NSW

Kendall Odgers discussessome of the proposals in the New South Wales Reform Commission's Report on Defamation which, if adopted, would be a significant departure from existing law.

DEFAMATION - MEETING OF MINDS

Patrick George outlines the innovative procedure of 'Early Neutral Evaluation' in defamation cases.

THE LAW OF HATE SPEECH

The difficult balance between protecting freedom of speech and regulating 'hate speech' is the subject of this talk by Milton Urofsky.

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