It receives Australian government funding to carry out its work, part of which ACCAN distributes to researchers.
ACCAN is funded by the Commonwealth of Australia under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
[1] ACCAN has campaigned for a government scheme to monitor NBN broadband performance.
[2] The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is in the process of setting up such a scheme.
[3] After a surge in customer complaints to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) in late 2017, ACCAN called for improved consumer protections.