[LINK] NBN Transparency act introduced by Conroy

Andy Farkas andyf at andyit.com.au
Mon Feb 22 13:00:49 AEDT 2016


This will be interesting... transparency! Ha!

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[note: formatting will probably be lost in this email... see website]



Communications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation and Other Measures) 
Bill 2015

(Amendments to be moved by Senator Conroy, on behalf of the Opposition, 
in committee of the whole)

(1) Page 5 (after line 25), after Schedule 1, insert:

Schedule 1A — NBN Co Reporting

National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011

1 After section 98A

Insert:

98AA Financial and deployment forecasts report

(1) The Board must prepare a report setting out NBN Co’s financial and 
deployment
forecasts for the period beginning on 1 July 2015 and ending on 30 June 
2022.

(2) The report must include:
(a) forecasts for each financial year during the period of the following:
(i) number of premises ready for service for each access technology;
(ii) number of premises activated for each access technology;
(iii) total revenue;
(iv) total operating expenditure;
(v) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation;
(vi) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation margin;
(vii) operating profit before deduction of interest and income taxes;
(viii) net cash interest (funding costs);
(ix) earnings before taxes;
(x) total capital expenditure;
(xi) movement in working capital;
(xii) cash tax;
(xiii) levered free cash flow;
(xiv) government funding;
(xv) debt funding;
(xvi) total funding; and
(b) totals for the whole of the period for each forecast mentioned in 
paragraph (a).

(3) The Board must, within 60 days of the day on which this item commences:
(a) give the Minister the report; and
(b) publish the report on NBN Co’s website.

(4) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each 
House of
the Parliament within 5 sitting days of receiving it.



-andyf




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