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  • Comms, broadcasting body merger on list for Coonan's return

    The merger of industry regulators, the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) and the Australian Communications Authority (ACA), will be first on the agenda should Helen Coonan be reassigned to the communications and information technology portfolio, her spokeswoman said today.

  • NSW opposition calls for health IT action

    NSW shadow Health Minister Jillian Skinner this week demanded the NSW Government speed up its response to special commissioner Garling's damning assessment of NSW's Health's technology systems.

  • Minister cracks down on telco bill shock

    The outgoing Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Daryl Williams, has directed the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to ensure consumers are protected from "unexpected high telecommunications bills".

  • Head to head: Govt IT policies

    The election is over. But does that mean we are stuck with the same IT policies we've experienced over the past three years?

  • Budget earmarks $7 million to censor the Internet

    In a budget that contained little joy for the Australian IT industry, the Federal Liberal Government did manage to find $7 million in funding to fund its controversial proposal to censor the Internet.

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  • Using tech to slice spam

    A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.

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