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The location of the National Broadband Network headquarters will not be decided until after the NBN company's board and chairman are appointed, Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy told his state counterparts this week.
The second day of hearings last week (4 March) for the Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network.
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