The Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP was Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts from Tuesday 7 October 2003 to Sunday 18 July 2004. This site is available for archival purposes only.

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy is the current Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

Media Centre

Here you can find Mr Williams' media releases, speeches and transcripts.

Portfolio media releases and information related to the 2004-05 Federal Budget are also available here.

Media releases

2004 2003

Title	Published
Interactive Gambling Act Report Tabled	16 Jul 2004
Australian Government Teams Up With ABC For Innovation	16 Jul 2004
Funding Strengthens Consumer Representation	15 Jul 2004
TV Black Spot Erased For 200th Regional Bommunity	15 Jul 2004
Protecting Consumers Against Illegal Or Offensive Content On Mobiles	15 Jul 2004
Ministerial Changes	14 Jul 2004
Strategic Framework For The Information Economy	13 Jul 2004
Digital Television Broadcasting Review	13 Jul 2004
No Federal Intervention On Betting Exchanges	13 Jul 2004
$1.17 Million For Innovative WA Company	12 Jul 2004
Strong Telecommunications Performance In March Quarter	09 Jul 2004
Better TV Reception For Port Stephens Area	06 Jul 2004
Marsha Thomson Misleads Victorians On Broadband	06 Jul 2004
Support For Visual Arts And Craft Practitioners	05 Jul 2004
Boosting Purchasing Power For Broadband Services	05 Jul 2004
Australia - Thailand Joint Statement On Telecommunications And IT	05 Jul 2004
Australia Joins Forces With US And UK In War Against Spam	04 Jul 2004
Better Online Access To Library Resources	02 Jul 2004
Stronger Code Of Practice For Commercial TV	02 Jul 2004
Labor Copycats Risk Thousands Of Job Losses	01 Jul 2004
Better Access To Government Information And Services	01 Jul 2004
Government Supports More e-Business Projects	30 Jun 2004
Regional SA Students To Get Greater Access To Educational Services	30 Jun 2004
Internet Safety Education Moves To The Classroom	28 Jun 2004
More Competition, Better Prices In Telecommunications	28 Jun 2004
Better Access To TV Services In NSW And Victoria	25 Jun 2004
Internet child sex abuse offences Bill tabled	25 Jun 2004
Telstra To Deliver More Service Improvements And Shareholder Benefits	21 Jun 2004
First Providers Approved To Supply Affordable Broadband Services To Regional Australia	18 Jun 2004
Key Telecommunications Consumer Safeguards Working	17 Jun 2004
Consumers Continue To Benefit From Telecommunications Reforms	17 Jun 2004
Demand For Web Delivers Cost Savings To Consumers	17 Jun 2004
Telstra's Low Income Package Working: Welfare Agencies	17 Jun 2004
Resignation of ABC Board Director	16 Jun 2004
Better, More Accountable Postal Services	16 Jun 2004
More Pay TV Captioning Welcomed	15 Jun 2004
NICTA expands research base to Victoria	11 Jun 2004
More Labor Hot Air, But No Commitments	09 Jun 2004
New TV And Mobile Phone Services For Queensland Coast	09 Jun 2004
Digital Content Industry Leaders Group	08 Jun 2004
Taking ICT Into The Future	08 Jun 2004
Resignation Of Professor David Flint	07 Jun 2004
Telstra Country Wide's Fourth Birthday	04 Jun 2004
Better Broadband Opportunities For Kalgoorlie-Boulder	04 Jun 2004
Labor Bias Claims Support Need For Monitoring	04 Jun 2004
Incubators Doing Their Bit	02 Jun 2004
Improved Arrangements To Connect The Phone	01 Jun 2004
Funding Boost For Rural And Regional TV Services	28 May 2004
New E-Tools To Lift Public Sector Performance	26 May 2004
Konica Minolta Developing Australia's ICT Exposure	20 May 2004
Catching the phishers: Government/banking taskforce targets online fraudsters	20 May 2004
Labor's Secret Policy Backflip	19 May 2004
New Government Online Directory	19 May 2004
Health Benefits From Grampians Broadband Rollout	19 May 2004
Australia supports NZ Anti-Spam laws	16 May 2004
New Measures To Make Internet and Mobile Use Safer	13 May 2004
Strengthening Communications, IT, Arts and Sport	11 May 2004
Australian Communications and Media Authority	11 May 2004
Building Australia's ICT Capabilities	11 May 2004
Developing Australia's ICT Research Capability	11 May 2004
Supporting Regional Arts, Radio and Television Content	11 May 2004
ABC Regional and Local Programming to be Boosted	11 May 2004
Protecting our Critical Infrastructure	11 May 2004
More TV Programming Choice for ABC	11 May 2004
New Incentives for Television Production in Australia	11 May 2004
Digital TV Regulatory Reviews to Commence	10 May 2004
Enforcers Combine For A Spam Dunk	10 May 2004
Guide to Telecommunications Rights	07 May 2004
Electronic Marketing Code A Plus For Business and Consumers	06 May 2004
$308 Million Investment In ICT For Our Future	06 May 2004
It Training And Support For Very Remote Communities	06 May 2004
Helping Small Business Grow With E-Catalogues	05 May 2004
Australian Companies Reject Labor Protectionism	04 May 2004
Towards Safer Electronic Transactions With Government	03 May 2004
Labor Misunderstands Telstra Price Controls	30 Apr 2004
Report on Copyright Digital Agenda Reforms	28 Apr 2004
Hockey Australia to Remain in Perth	27 Apr 2004
Review of Telstra Retail Price Controls	23 Apr 2004
Solid Performance From Telstra	21 Apr 2004
More Funding For Commercial Radio Blackspots	21 Apr 2004
Mobile phone services heat up in WA	21 Apr 2004
Preventing Unexpected High Bills	21 Apr 2004
Broadband Boost for Rural and Remote Australia	20 Apr 2004
Resignation Of Telstra Chairman	15 Apr 2004
Fairer Contracts For Australian Consumers	13 Apr 2004
Guidelines Released For Regional Broadband Program	08 Apr 2004
Broadband Projects Create Digital Magic	08 Apr 2004
Extension Of Launceston Broadband Project	08 Apr 2004
Tasmanian Website a First for Local Government	08 Apr 2004
Amendments To The Anti-Siphoning Scheme	07 Apr 2004
Improving 000 Call Handling	07 Apr 2004
Celebrating Intelligent Island's Achievements	07 Apr 2004
Mobile Tower Code To Be Revised	06 Apr 2004
Funding Boost for Rural and Regional TV Services	05 Apr 2004
Daryl Williams Not Re-Contesting Tangney	05 Apr 2004
$7.9 Million For New Performing Arts Facilities In Wa	02 Apr 2004
Protecting Australia's Telecommunications	02 Apr 2004
Review Of The Network Reliability Framework	01 Apr 2004
Telecommunications Service Levels Strong	31 Mar 2004
Report Into Payphone Policy	31 Mar 2004
Labor Threat To Telstra Shareholders	31 Mar 2004
Telstra Hamstrung By Senate Vote	30 Mar 2004
Better Telephone Access For Remote	30 Mar 2004
Advanced Online Health Services For New England	29 Mar 2004
Peer Praise For Robert Juniper	27 Mar 2004
Dramatic Jump In Business Internet Income	18 Mar 2004
Australia - No. 1 IT Outsourcing Destination	18 Mar 2004
Datacasting Trials Launched In Sydney	17 Mar 2004
Tassie Towns Benefit From Broadband Services	17 Mar 2004
Business To Get On Board With Arts	16 Mar 2004
$850,000 Allocated To Rub Out Regional Radio Black Spots	15 Mar 2004
Tough laws to target Internet child sex crime	14 Mar 2004
Lundy's Headlong Rush To Nowhere	12 Mar 2004
Telstra sale the obvious final step	11 Mar 2004
Final ACA report into 000 delays	11 Mar 2004
Maximising The Benefits Of The Information Economy	10 Mar 2004
Maritime Users To Benefit From Satellite Phone Scheme	08 Mar 2004
Re-Introduction of Telstra Sale Legislation	04 Mar 2004
Satellite Phone Subsidy For Remote Areas Expanded	04 Mar 2004
LABOR POLICY CLEAR - ANY SPENDING ON ICT A WASTE	03 Mar 2004
National Broadband Adviser For Education	03 Mar 2004
A Vision for Broadband in Australia	03 Mar 2004
Re-Appointment To The Australian Broadcasting Authority	01 Mar 2004
3G technology transforms Adelaide into online treasure hunt	27 Feb 2004
Business Guides to combat Spam	27 Feb 2004
Tanner's Half-Baked Ideas On Telstra A Worry	26 Feb 2004
Extension of Broadband Services In Regional Queensland	25 Feb 2004
Labor Caves To Union Mates Yet Again	24 Feb 2004
Telstra's first Indigenous call service	24 Feb 2004
Jump In Broadband Subscribers To Internet	23 Feb 2004
Shirley Strickland	18 Feb 2004
Sharp Corporation recognised for role in Australia's ICT Industry	17 Feb 2004
Bush Benefits From Progress On Estens Recommendations	16 Feb 2004
Labor's Telstra Plan - A Disaster For Shareholders And Taxpayers	12 Feb 2004
Protecting Australian voices under the FTA	10 Feb 2004
Digital Content Industry Action Agenda launched	06 Feb 2004
Safer Internet Day - helping to keep kids safe online	06 Feb 2004
New code good news for mobile users	02 Feb 2004
Australia in joint anti-spam operation	30 Jan 2004
Rural Australia to go online with wireless technology	27 Jan 2004
Labor abandons ICT sector	26 Jan 2004
Public comment sought on $108 million broadband scheme	23 Jan 2004
Funding Boost For E-Commerce In Tasmania	09 Jan 2004
Broadband Potentially Worth $190m To Hospitals	09 Jan 2004
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First Telstra Accounting Separation Reports	22 Dec 2003
ACA Report Into 000 Delays	19 Dec 2003
Negotiating Better Broadband Access For Regional Australia	19 Dec 2003
Canberra Company Wins $2.6m Government Contract	19 Dec 2003
Spam Act Becomes Law	19 Dec 2003
High Quality Telecommunications Services In September Quarter	19 Dec 2003
Digital Radio Trials Begin In Sydney	17 Dec 2003
Australia Endorses Global Ict Action Plan	15 Dec 2003
SBS Digital Service Starts In Wagga Wagga and Griffith	15 Dec 2003
Australia Strengthens E-Commerce Ties With Japan	10 Dec 2003
Austender - Good For Business, Good For Government	10 Dec 2003
$1.3m Boost For Health And Transport Logistics	10 Dec 2003
Help Push Pirates Off The Christmas Gangplank	10 Dec 2003
Reappointment of ABA Deputy Chair	05 Dec 2003
Hunter Valley Technology Leaders Recognised	05 Dec 2003
Government Reforms Deliver Hip Pocket Benefits	04 Dec 2003
Strengthening Australia's Information Security	03 Dec 2003
A New Tool To Combat Spam	02 Dec 2003
Review Of The Operation Of The Universal Service Obligation And Customer Service Guarantee	01 Dec 2003
GOVERNMENT PLUGS LABOR'S SPAM LOOPHOLES	01 Dec 2003
Funding Boost For Rural And Regional TV Services	28 Nov 2003
Why Does Labor Want Loopholes For Spammers?	28 Nov 2003
Television Black Spots - Extension Of Deadline	27 Nov 2003
Opposition And Democrats Weak On Spam	27 Nov 2003
Website Guide To Safer Internet Surfing	26 Nov 2003
Examination of Government Ownership of Copyright Material	20 Nov 2003
A Decade of Support for Indigenous Film	20 Nov 2003
Connecting The Health Sector	19 Nov 2003
Democrats Confused About Spam	19 Nov 2003
Digital Radio Trials Commence	18 Nov 2003
Call for Regional Broadband Proposals	14 Nov 2003
New Street Posting Box Guidelines	14 Nov 2003
The Future Is Here - a New Brand to Sell Australia	06 Nov 2003
Talks to Continue on Telstra Bill	30 Oct 2003
Consumers to benefit from revised industry code	27 Oct 2003
Life threatening conditions spur faster service	27 Oct 2003
QUICKER ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED DATA SERVICES OUTSIDE CITIES	26 Oct 2003
NEW APPOINTMENTS TO SBS BOARD	23 Oct 2003
Labor's Latest Stunt in Tasmania	22 Oct 2003
Call for fresh e-business ideas	21 Oct 2003
Australia and Korea to join forces against spam	20 Oct 2003
EASIER ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS	17 Oct 2003
Labor's Sudden Interest in Regional Australia Fools no-one	16 Oct 2003
Panel Finds Serious Bias in ABC War Coverage	10 Oct 2003
Spam Bill Approved by the House of Representatives	09 Oct 2003
Labor Gets it Wrong on Telstra	08 Oct 2003

Speeches

2004 2003

Title	Delivered
Announcement of R&D Start grant for Cortec Systems	12 Jul 2004
The future of Telstra in a changing telecommunications environment	05 Jul 2004
Australian Broadcasting Authority Conference	24 Jun 2004
Council for the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences - Morning Tea	16 Jun 2004
F3 Implementation and Offshoring Keynote Address	08 Jun 2004
Response to Australian Computer Society policies	31 May 2004
Trends in e-government	26 May 2004
Broadband: Revolutionising Health and Other Service Delivery	25 May 2004
Opening of Nortel Networks' UMTS lab	20 May 2004
ICT Industry development - the role of MNCs	20 May 2004
Australian Telecommunications Users' Group 2004 Regional Conference	06 May 2004
Launch of Secrets of Australian IT Innovation Competition 2004	05 May 2004
The Australian Government's commitment to ICT	05 May 2004
Visit to Playford Capital (a BITS Incubator)	03 May 2004
Keynote opening address at Connecting Up Conference	03 May 2004
The Digital Media Revolution	28 Apr 2004
2004 Consensus Software Awards	27 Apr 2004
Reception for the Motion Picture Association	23 Apr 2004
Information City Australia Launch and Graduation Ceremony	22 Apr 2004
Announcement of digital projects funded by TECC, Telstra, AFC	08 Apr 2004
Broadband eLab	08 Apr 2004
Launch of CouncilsatWork website	08 Apr 2004
Celebrate the Achievements of the Intelligent Island Program	07 Apr 2004
Keynote Address to Get Digital (ASTRA)	07 Apr 2004
The ethical issues confronting users of ICT	24 Mar 2004
Government perspectives and policies on the future of the Australian media	17 Mar 2004
Launch of iBurst service	16 Mar 2004
Opening of WestNet Building	12 Mar 2004
Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) annual conference	05 Mar 2004
Implementation, Application and Enforcement of the Spam Act 2003	27 Feb 2004
Telstra Indigenous Customer Service launch	24 Feb 2004
Changing Communications in a Changing World	20 Feb 2004
The Year Past and the Year Ahead for the Internet:	12 Feb 2004
Digital Media Industry Outlook-Government perspective	06 Feb 2004
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Launch of Commercial Radio Australia's Digital Radio Trials	18 Dec 2003
Launch of Neighborhood Cable's Chatphone service, Ballarat	12 Dec 2003
Launch of AusTender	11 Dec 2003
Graduation of MediaWare Solutions and Hatrix from Epicorp BITS incubator	09 Dec 2003
Putting Australian Classics online	08 Dec 2003
The role that culture can play in fostering regional sustainability	03 Dec 2003
Official opening of redeveloped ABC Canberra premises	03 Dec 2003
Announcement of Indigenous Film and Television Training Strategy	20 Nov 2003
Sydney Institute	19 Nov 2003
Health Value Chain Management Project Launch	19 Nov 2003
Australian Film: Many Formats, Many Platforms	19 Nov 2003
The Government's approach to telecommunications in the bush	18 Nov 2003
Launch of CouncilConnect service	12 Nov 2003
Launch of Invest Australia's Technology Australia Brand and Marketing Plan	06 Nov 2003
Commercial Radio Australia National Radio Conference	17 Oct 2003
Keynote speech to Regional Communications Forum	08 Oct 2003

Transcripts

Title	Delivered
Interview - ABC Ballarat South West re: Sale of Telstra, Foreign and Cross-Media Ownership	31 May 2004
Interview - ABC PM re: Telstra	31 Mar 2004
Second reading speech - Telstra (Transition to full private ownership) Bill 2003	11 Mar 2004
Radio National Media Report : Free Trade Agreement	11 Mar 2004
Matter Of Public Importance - Regional Telecommunications Services	10 Mar 2004
Doorstop - NOIE Spam Law Implementation Forum	27 Feb 2004
AM - Senate Committee Report on Telstra privatisation bill	28 Oct 2003