Tag: Mitch Fifield

Govt strengthens telecom security

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Protecting critical telecommunications infrastructure is a key national priority and to secure this vital asset the government has introduced new telecommunications security legislation into parliament. Cyber-attacks by hackers, criminals...

Cheeriness on NBN is premature

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Everybody – at least nearly everybody – loves infrastructure. We love trains and bridges and tunnels and stuff. And politicians love infrastructure more than anybody. They love announcing big...

Telco consumer advocacy reviewed

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The government has commenced a public review of telecommunications consumer representation, and research on telecom-related issues being carried out and funded under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997....

Aust still on IoT training wheels

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says Australia is in the grip of “evangelical fervour” regarding the Internet of Things. But analysis shows the nation is still in explorer mode. Speaking...

Steady as she goes for Comms roles

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
One the surface, with all-out, all-change in the innovation portfolio taking the spotlight in the sector, it’s very much steady as she goes in the new Turnbull Ministry’s communications...

Will Frankenstein NBN turn on PM?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull’s singular achievement on the Abbott frontbench was the pulling apart of the National Broadband Network, and like Dr Frankenstein, putting together various bits and pieces to create...

The tortured path of NBN’s journey

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The tortured journey of what could have been one of Australia defining infrastructure projects, a digital Snowy River project as someone once referred to it, is taking yet another...

Fifield: The lost child of Cabinet

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
Close your eyes and imagine, if you will, that Tony Abbott is still Prime Minister and is busy executing his groundbreaking innovation strategy. Then imagine that he has a...

Part 2: Turnbull charm offensive

Posted on   |  by James Riley
InnovationAus.com foreshadowed two candidates for the Communications portfolio; and one of them was successful. Senator Fifield comes with the background of having been the Communications Portfolio representative in the...