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Vale Christopher Newell CTN staff and Board are greatly saddened by the passing of our friend Canon Associate Professor Christopher Newell. A public Service of Thanksgiving will be held at the Stanley Burbury Theatre, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Thursday July 3, 2008 commencing at 1 pm to which all Christopher's friends and colleagues are warmly invited. See map at: http://www.utas.edu.au/campus/campus_maps.html Please go to the following link for access to the tributes forum and CTN's tribute.
Dealing with Unwanted Telemarketing Calls For many people, receiving calls from telemarketers is annoying, unwanted and intrusive. CTN has developed a tip sheet to help manage unwanted contacts and minimise the calls you receive and what you can do if the problem persists. Go to: Unwanted Telemarketing Calls Tip Sheet (.pdf)
CTN June 2008 Quarterly
To read the editorial of the latest issue, read some of our previous issues, or become a subscriber.Go to: CTN Newsletters resource page Go to lead article: Game Over: Time to Deliver Real Consumer Protection for Mobile Premium Services
Grant to strengthen consumer voice in telecommunications The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced funding to assist in the establishment of a new telecommunications consumer peak body. "The Government wants to give consumers a more powerful and effective voice in the development of telecommunications policy," Senator Conroy said. "To demonstrate our commitment to strengthening the consumer voice I have provided a grant of $87,000 to the Consumers' Telecommunications Network (CTN) on behalf of the working group of consumer representation bodies." "CTN will act as the co-ordinating body to ensure the smooth transition to the new strengthened body." Go to: Press Release
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