Proposed ACLC 2024–25

The Cost Recovery Implementation Statement: Annual Carrier Licence Charge for the charging period 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 was approved by the Minister for Communications on 23 April 2026. We published it on 8 May 2026.

We received 2 submissions to this consultation (see below). Details of these submissions and our responses to them are outlined in Attachment D of the 2024–25 ACLC CRIS. You can access this from the link above. 

Proposed ACLC 2024–25

The Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 imposes an Annual Carrier Licence Charge (ACLC) on each carrier licence in force at the start of a financial year. The ACLC is calculated annually to recover telecommunications costs incurred from carriers by:

• the ACMA
• the ACCC
• the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts.

Under the Australian Government Charging Framework, we are required to prepare a Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) for the proposed ACLC each year.