John Doyle

John Doyle is an adjunct research fellow at La Trobe University. He previously held strategy and regulatory roles at Optus and was a board director of the telecommunications sector’s primary industry body, Communications Alliance.

Recent articles by John Doyle

Reshaping Australia: the Whitlam government and telecommunications policy

Reshaping Australia: the Whitlam government and telecommunications policy

One of the Whitlam government’s first major reform programs was focused on telecommunications. In January 1973, Whitlam announced a royal commission to investigate the Postmaster-General’s Department (PMG) and provide recommendations on Australia’s ‘present and future needs'.