Australian health authorities and experts commented this week on the release of Interphone – the biggest study of its kind undertaken to investigate possible health impacts of mobile phones – which found overall no increased risk of brain cancer from mobile phone use.

Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler noted the results of the international Interphone study into the link between mobile phone use and brain cancer.

The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) welcomes the publication of the first complete results from the multinational INTERPHONE study into whether there are links between certain brain tumours and mobile phone use.

Cancer Council Australia has cautiously welcomed the results of the largest international study to date into mobile phone use, which has found no evidence that normal use of mobile phones, for a period up to 12 years, can cause brain cancer.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) welcomes the release of the INTERPHONE study, which finds no increased risk of brain cancer from mobile phone use.

An international storm of conflicting media accounts around a large global study on cellphones’ effects on health has prompted the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association to wade in, reports Communications Day this week.

The scientist who led Australia's contribution to the global Interphone study has dismissed reports that it may be dangerous to use a mobile phone for more than 30 minutes a day, AAP reported this week.

The largest study into the risks of mobile phone use has shown no significant evidence of a link to brain cancer, experts say, according to the Age.

It is a health warning to which the average Australian teenager is likely to say ''like duh'', reports the Sydney Morning Herald this week following the release of Interphone.

In conjunction with Telstra and the Telecommunications Journal of Australia (TJA), the Hon. Bill Shorten MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, today announced Dr Denise Wood as the inaugural winner of the Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell Prize for Telecommunications and Disability. Dr Wood is a researcher and senior lecturer in the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia.

With the lead up to World Environment Day large corporate companies are getting behind the Old Phones More Trees campaign. Registrations have included BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Holden Limited, Leighton Contractors and Lion Nathan National Foods to name a few.

Can't help checking your partner's text messages on the sly? You're not alone, with an Australian survey showing one in three mobile phone users are text message snoops, and the consequences can often be heart-breaking, reports Reuters.