NBN ‘all good’ – if you’re the minister

The NBN has declared the half-way point in the roll-out of the network.

12 July, 2017

Fifield hints at tech policy rethink

Cross-portfolio productivity push.

16 November, 2015

Call for input on NBN phone migration plans

The NBN will mean the end to the Plain Old Telephone System

20 July, 2015

Rural NBN becoming a reality

Government and NBN are talking up wireless and satellite

16 July, 2015

New NBN tax slammed by urban developers

Turnbull argues competition on prices needed.

28 May, 2015

PM orders urgent national cyber security strategy review

Report in six months, but expert advisers and focus raise eyebrows.

27 November, 2014

Chop-up and privatise NBN to increase competition: ACCC chair

Sims says NBN must be separated prior to any sale.

17 November, 2014

Australia Post profits plunge into digital abyss

River of red ink for penny blacks.

4 September, 2014

Lundy slams proposed amputation of APS from Canberra

“Ill thought out cheap shot”

10 July, 2014

Turnbull orders NBN to use different technologies to speed delivery and save money

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.

9 April, 2014

Local Government dropped from federal ministry list

By Julian Bajkowski The federal ministry of Local Government could be the first of many administrative casualties in Canberra after the function conspicuously failed to appear in the publication of Prime Minister elect Tony Abbott’s first Ministry list. In a document that provides a partial window into how the bureaucracy and machinery of government of […]

16 September, 2013

South Australian councils dial into Coalition’s mobile coverage promise

By Paul Hemsley The Local Government Association of South Australia (LGA) wants patchy mobile phone coverage to be a thing of the past after it welcomed the federal Opposition’s plan worth $100 million to improve cellular reception across regional, remote and outer metropolitan communities. The federal Coalition announced the plan as a campaign promise that […]

16 August, 2013

Feds launch NBN telehealth pilot

The $1.8 million Serving Older Australians NBN enabled telehealth project has been launched in WA to support the delivery of home care services. Federal Minister for Regional Communications Sharon Bird launched on Wednesday a National Broadband Network enabled telehealth trial to help support and monitor the health of older Australians in their homes. The project, […]

16 July, 2013

Quigley calls time on NBN

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 infrastructure provider, a move that paves the way for a senior executive restructure most likely to occur following the federal election. In an announcement this […]

12 July, 2013