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Telstrafication of the NBN grows

Malcolm Turnbull and Ziggy Switkowski’s ever-moving, ever-changing NBN Co has released its 2017 Corporate Plan. Once again, the company has bombarded readers with so many numbers that it’s hard...

Will Parliament act on NBN folly?

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation into documents leaked from NBN Co could galvanise politicians from both sides of Parliament to put a stop to this dangerous effort to...

UK’s new tech security concerns

Posted on   |  by James Riley
China has moved into the spotlight in Australia as a security threat to national networks and technology infrastructure, casting further doubts about any significant benefits that might flow from...

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...

NBN moves onto uncertain ground

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor in opposition would continue to press for a rethink of the unpopular fibre-to-the-node NBN roll-out, with Shadow communications spokesman Jason Clare claiming the issue played a big part...

Industry politics just got weirder

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Things just got significantly weirder for the new economy. And whatever perceived good that had been extended to the startup end of the innovation sector has now been reigned...

The economy and the NBN future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s last pitch to the Australian electorate was to secure the economic future by electing a stable Coalition Government. The voters ignored him. More counting through...

NBN: Heads must roll, Ziggy’s first

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Ziggy Switkowski’s spectacularly ill-advised and highly political injection of himself and the NBN Co he chairs into the election debate in its timing, content and repercussions mark a turning...

The NBN’s politics of good timing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Three weeks before the election, Labor has unveiled its plan to give Australia a better National Broadband Network. Its timing is good, and its plans are superior to the...

Labor NBN policy and the economy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor has released its NBN policy for the 2016 election with the title Labor’s Plan to Build the National Broadband Network Australia Needs for the Jobs of the Future....