09-03-2021, 06:32 PM
Given there are 14,000 (?) licensees that's not a small number, nor particularly the revenue of $55 annual renewal each, $80 for new licences and $51 variation.
Given what the ACMA does for us (very little, and largely what they do is automated), we are hardly a major drain on their resources.
Having been involved with a federal government department that has made various proposals to industry from time to time, on the occasions the industry has largely or totally said "no" to something, it would have been brave to just go ahead with whatever the department wanted.
Complaints to the Minister and bad publicity would have resulted, and the Minister doesn't want either.
There does seem to be a fatalistic belief & assumption in some quarters that irrespective of the poll response, the ACMA will just go ahead and implement option C anyway.
I just think that the safest and sensible response is option A, with negotiations for efficiencies and cost savings.
Given what the ACMA does for us (very little, and largely what they do is automated), we are hardly a major drain on their resources.
Having been involved with a federal government department that has made various proposals to industry from time to time, on the occasions the industry has largely or totally said "no" to something, it would have been brave to just go ahead with whatever the department wanted.
Complaints to the Minister and bad publicity would have resulted, and the Minister doesn't want either.
There does seem to be a fatalistic belief & assumption in some quarters that irrespective of the poll response, the ACMA will just go ahead and implement option C anyway.
I just think that the safest and sensible response is option A, with negotiations for efficiencies and cost savings.
Damien
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