Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Freephone and Local Rate telephone number auctions
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The Government will conduct internet-based auctions to allocate special business telephone numbers. The telephone numbers affected by this initiative include Freephone numbers (1800-*), Local Rate numbers (1300-* and 13-*) and phonewords phone numbers.
The new scheme will include preferential arrangements for charities.
Estimates of the proceeds associated with this measure are unable to be disclosed, as this would be likely to affect the outcomes of the auctions. Instead, estimates have been included in the Contingency Reserve, which aggregates the impact of sensitive measures.
See also the related expense measure titled Freephone and Local Rate telephone number auctions in the Communications, Information Technology and the Arts portfolio.