Tag: NBN

Federal Labor to boost NBN fibre, retain public ownership

Federal Labor will tip an additional $2.4 billion to expand full-fibre NBN access to an extra 1.5 million homes across Australia if it wins government and has committed to keeping the NBNCo in public ownership. Labor leader Anthony Albanese is expected to release details of the opposition broadband election...

For this PM, technology is always just about politics

Posted on   |  by Michelle Rowland
When Australians think of technology it is a positive. They see possibilities and the future. In contrast, for Scott Morrison and his cabinet, technology is an instrument to exploit...

Reg Coutts, NBN expert panellist, passes away

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Professor Reg Coutts, one of six expert panelists who helped envisage the original National Broadband Network (NBN), has passed away. Professor Coutts passed away peacefully in hospital in Adelaide...

Victoria pours $73m into NBN for faster speeds

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
The Victorian government has announced it will put $73 million into the company behind the National Broadband Network to take fibre deeper into selected communities, providing better internet connections...

A digital economy strategy must include targets

Posted on   |  by Tim Marshall
The Morrison government should be commended on its commitments to a digital economy strategy. For a government galoshing its way through a mire of unplanned issues, it’s good to...

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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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...

Business zones to get $700m NBN fibre upgrade

Posted on   |  by James Riley
More than 700,000 businesses across 240 designated ‘Business Fibre Zones’ nationwide will get access to free upgrades to gigabit fibre connections as part of a $700 million post-COVID economic...