Tag: Michelle Rowland

NBN future is a numbers game

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”...

Rowland on the connected Pacific

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

Review ordered into TIO complaints

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The federal government has attacked its own telecommunications ombudsman after its latest report showed that NBN-related complaints had tripled in the last year. Despite the attack on the Telecommunications...

Labor reignites the games debate

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Federal Labor is currently putting its own policy package together to support the burgeoning Australian games development sector with “holistic” initiatives to fill the gap left by the government’s...

NBN’s astounding results fail

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NBN Co’s half year results released on Monday provide confirmation that the National Broadband Network (NBN) is a train wreck and there is nothing that can be done to...