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‘Slippage’ in good governance in Communications

Poor governance and rampant outsourcing are plaguing the communications portfolio, according to shadow Minister Michelle Rowland, who has warned the Coalition government’s intervention into independent entities like the ABC,...

Telstra’s Penn to lead Australian cyber strategy

20 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

A permanent 10-person advisory committee, helmed by Telstra boss Andy Penn, has been established to guide the implementation of the federal government’s $1.7 billion cybersecurity strategy. The 2020 Cyber...

Gov’t vs ACCC: The NBN cold war turns hot

19 October 2020 | by Mark Gregory

The government’s efforts to strong-arm the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to adopt a favourable position on NBN Co’s wholesale prices, business market competition and spectrum allocation have...

NBNCo’s latest corporate plan is another lemon

29 September 2020 | by Mark Gregory

The NBN has yet to be completed, the cost is now $57 billion, and the Coalition has announced a new plan for the NBN that does not withstand scrutiny....

On NBN: History is always written by the victors

23 September 2020 | by David Havyatt

Today the Communications Minister announced a plan to bring ‘ultrafast broadband’ to millions of families and businesses and he welcomed the release of the NBN Co corporate plan demonstrating...

The $3b NBN fibre upgrade we had to have

23 September 2020 | by Denham Sadler

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...

NBN broadband boost is not enough

19 March 2020 | by Mark Gregory

Yesterday, NBN Co positively announced that it would waive charges for additional data of up to 40 per cent for retail service providers for the next three months and...

NBN may miss June roll-out target

14 January 2020 | by Mark Gregory

The devastating bushfires along the south east coastline have destroyed telecommunications infrastructure across a wide area and it may take several months before basic telecommunication services are functioning. NBN...

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...

NBN maps trouble in corporate plan

30 August 2019 | by Mark Gregory

The NBN is in trouble and the problems are highlighted in the NBN Co Corporate Plan 2020-23. Rollout delays, cost blowouts and an admission that it will not become...

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