Michelle Rowland Archives

Communications Policy

The $3b NBN fibre upgrade we had to have

The government will upgrade half of Australia’s fibre-to-the-node NBN network to full fibre as part of a $3 billion plan to make faster internet more widely available, in what...

Uphill battle to force big tech to pay for news

20 April 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government has admitted it is facing an uphill battle to go where other countries have failed, and to legally force Google and Facebook to share ad revenue...

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...

It’s time to tackle telephone scams

10 July 2019 | by James Riley

It has been said the 1800s were the Golden Age of scams. This is when the term “con man” rose to prominence, and according to the New York Times,...

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...

Labor outlines NBN future plans

9 April 2019 | by James Riley

Federal Labor has earmarked $125 million toward an NBN quick-fix for up to 750,000 customers with poor in-home cabling, and a further $60 million to conduct fibre-upgrade trials that...

NBN write-down a band-aid solution

12 February 2019 | by Mark Gregory

Calls for the value of the National Broadband Network (NBN) to be written down won’t resolve the systemic problems with the telecommunications market, providing nothing more than a band-aid...

Games sector preps for election

18 January 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The Australian game development sector hopes to drive part of the national debate in the lead up to this year’s federal election, seeking a new level of political support...

Labor calls for encryption caution

15 October 2018 | by Denham Sadler

The federal opposition has urged for caution and proper consultation over the government’s contentious encryption bill. This led Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to accuse Labor of “playing games”...

Tag: Michelle Rowland