Today at 4pm, Communications Minister Helen Coonan took on Labor communications spokesperson Stephen Conroy in a spirited debate that aired live on Sky News and ZDNet Australia. If you would like to see a replay of the coverage, please click here.
Coonan and Conroy confronted the communications issues facing Australia, including many of the concerns raised by ZDNet Australia readers earlier in the week.
Check out these links for related news on telecoms, broadband, regulation of the telecoms industry, the skills shortage and other issues for Australian communications.
To compare the differences in election policy, read ZDNet Australia's coverage of WiMax technology, or fibre-to-the-node, the education revolution and new technical colleges.












Dear ZDNET-Aust
What about it? For us on pair gain / dial up Internet we cannot take any advantage of your video IF IT IS STREAMED but can wait (overnight - or at least a hour or two) for a download....
Come on! Give us a go!! Make the deabte available in a form suitable to us in "broadband poverty".