Rudd Governments policy tumbled, after the Government did not approve of the policy of including business phone numbers on the Do Not Call register.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy had been pressing upon for more than a year, to see an expansion that was made in the telemarketing-blocking list, which should include business numbers.

But it could not meet with success, as federal Government and corporate world did not welcome the proposal.

Under the latest system, households will only require re-registering in every five years time rather than every three years, therefore the million households, who signed up when the listing had been launched in the month of May
2007, will not run a risk of being attacked with telemarketing calls, no less than until 2012.

The Government is keeping an open mind on this subject and wishes to do an additional study and conduct discussion with stakeholders.

The five-year registrations were welcomed by the Greens and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.

The introduction of the compulsory internet filter is not expected to come into effect until after the central election this year.