New Consumer Telco Body For Oz

Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has welcomed the commitment from consumer representatives to establish a peak telecommunications body representing the diversity of consumer interests.

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Senator Conroy and telecommunications consumer stakeholders met today to discuss news ways to make consumer representation in telecommunications policy making more effective.

“Telecommunications consumers face an environment of continual technological change, globalisation, evolving market structures and new business models,” Senator Conroy said.

“We need well-informed consumers to make well-informed product and service choices and I heard a lot of very interesting views today from a range of stakeholders from consumer representatives, industry and other government bodies”, he said, adding that “Working together to empower consumer representation and to improve the interface between consumer groups, industry, and strengthen the self-regulatory regime will result in better outcomes and better informed consumers”.