Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation) Bill 2026

The question is that the amendments on sheet 4126 and 4128 be agreed to. Opposition's circulated amendments— SHEET 4126 (1) Schedule 1, page 21 (after line 24), after Part 1, insert: Part 1A — Temporary disaster roaming Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 19A After Part 9 Insert: Part 9A — Temporary disaster roaming 158A Temporary disaster roaming (1) If, by 31 October 2026, the Minister is of the opinion that sufficient industry arrangements are not in place for the provision of temporary disaster roaming in Australia, the Minister must, by legislative instrument, make a determination establishing a temporary disaster roaming framework.

(2) The determination must provide for the temporary disaster roaming framework to commence no later than 1 December 2026. (3) The determination must provide for specified carriers or carriage service providers to enable end-users to access the carrier or provider's mobile telecommunications network during a natural disaster where the telecommunications network ordinarily used for the end-users' service is unavailable, so far as reasonably practicable and consistent with the safe, secure and reliable operation of a mobile telecommunications network.

(4) If the Minister does not make a determination in accordance with subsection (1), the Minister must table in both houses of Parliament a statement by 31 October 2026 setting out the industry arrangements which are in place for the provision of temporary disaster roaming. _____ SHEET 4128 (1) Page 28 (after line 20), at the end of Schedule 1, add: Part 3 — Domestic mobile roaming Telecommunications Act 1997 22 At the end of Division 3 of Part 25 Add: 506A Conduct of the mobile services inquiry (1) The Minister must request, in writing, that in conducting the mobile services inquiry, the ACCC, consistent with section 152AB of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, considers the benefits to consumers, and impacts on investment and competition of declaring a domestic mobile roaming service.

(2) Subsection (1) is not intended to alter the statutory test applied by the ACCC under section 152AB of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. (3) In this section, mobile services inquiry means the inquiry held by the ACCC under this Part about proposals to declare domestic roaming and radio access network services under Division 2 of Part XIC the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, that commenced on 5 August 2026.

Note: Notice of the mobile services inquiry could in 2026 be viewed on the ACCC's website (www.accc.gov.au). Question agreed to.