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The Abbott government has drawn an official line under the policy of FTTH for all in favour of a mixed bag of broadband delivery mechanisms.

The release of the government’s bargaining framework for the looming negotiations over pay and conditions shows that the government is digging in for a fight.

The Communications Minister has put agencies on notice that charging for access to taxpayer-funded information now lacks support at an official level and that Open Data is the way preferred way forward.

Medicare and Centrelink retail duties floated as a potential lifebuoy to stop mail from drowning in red ink.

All eyes are on whether a bid to force public servants to be reapply for their jobs will spread beyond the Department of Communications.

By Julian Bajkowski New Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s key election promise to build cheaper National Broadband Network (NBN) faster using existing copper wire assets is picking-up initial static on the…

By Julian Bajkowski The Coalition has officially launched its eGovernment  and Digital Economy policy for the election in a wide-ranging document that reaffirms a commitment centralised procurement of government computing…

By Julian Bajkowski Former Attorney General and Opposition Cabinet Secretary Philip Ruddock has accused the Labor Government of piling extra work onto intelligence and security agencies but not sufficiently resourcing…

By Julian Bajkowski The chief executive of the National Broadband Network Co., Mike Quigley has pulled the plug on his role at the top job of the $37.4 billion government…

Analysis: Julian Bajkowski The prospect of a single national identity credential being issued to all Australians has reignited after a senior executive at Australia Post suggested that it would be…