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Welfare calls for communications subsidies

The government has been urged to step in to address immediate affordability issues in relation to communications services and equipment to ensure that low income earners, the unemployed and...

COVID-19: NBN offers broadband boost

18 March 2020 | by James Riley

In a direct response to concerns about increased network costs resulting from more Australians working from home as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, NBN Co will waive charges...

Stay calm, the NBN won’t implode

18 March 2020 | by Michelle Rowland

I’ve recently received an abundance of memes questioning whether the NBN might fold, as the impact of COVID-19 leads more Australians to access the internet from home. I enjoy...

Labor must make NBN its priority

1 November 2019 | by Mark Gregory

Labor must make the NBN an election priority and in doing so position itself as the champion of consumers desperate for a better online experience, and as builders of...

Huawei calls out $51b NBN failure

25 June 2019 | by Aimee Chanthadavong

Huawei Australia chief technology officer David Soldani has delivered a blistering assessment of Australia’s national broadband roll-out, hammering both the federal government and NBN Co as architects of the...

NBN future is a numbers game

10 April 2019 | by Mark Gregory

The Shadow Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland has released Labor’s election policy for the National Broadband Network (NBN). The plan focuses on the future and tackles key issues including...

ACCC blames FTTN for NBN woes

7 February 2019 | by Vitaly

Fibre-to-the-node connections are to blame for most of the slow NBN speeds but “further work” could help them reach “similar speed” to the other technologies, according to an ACCC...

Ziggy’s NBN value thought bubble

29 January 2019 | by Mark Gregory

In a response to a question at the Senate Estimates Committee, NBN Co has failed to provide justification for chairman Ziggy Switkowski’s assertion that the National Broadband Network could...

Rowland on the connected Pacific

6 September 2018 | by James Riley

The adoption of disruptive new technologies in Australia’s Pacific neighbours could help improve connectivity in the region and bridge the digital divide, shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland said. Speaking...

Adelaide lights up giga-future

16 March 2018 | by Mark Gregory

At first glance, the City of Adelaide’s Ten Gigabit Adelaide project – where it has teamed up TPG Telecom to transform Adelaide into a “city of the future” –...

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