From
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14544/127/

Telstra has come out fighting in response to the Government-imposed
requirement to keep its CDMA network operating until the Government is
satisfied that the Next G network provides equivalent coverage.

Telstra has produced a three page brochure headed "Say goodbye to CDMA. Say
hello to Next G wireless broadband" in which it says the requirement, in
the form of a licence condition, is "another example of the Government
showing disregard for sound, pro-consumer and pro-investment public policy"
and promising to "explore legal options to reduce these new
Government-imposed burdens on consumers and Telstra shareholders."

Telstra says its commitment to the same or better guaranteed coverage by the
scheduled closure date of 28 January 2008 "is a firm commitment that has
been accepted on face value by more than one million consumers who are
already Next G network users. However...the Federal Government has decided
to impose a licence condition that requires Telstra to do what it has
already promised - to guarantee that consumers have the same or better
coverage than CDMA."

Because she is involved in a court case with Telstra, communications
minister Helen Coonan last week delegated responsibility for imposing the
licence condition to Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, who took just 24
hours to do so