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• Libs: Conroy has no guarantees for bush broadband

  The Labor government has kept quiet about the previous administration's Australian Broadband Guarantee as it prepares to axe the initiative in order to concentrate on the national FTTN rollout, according to Shadow Communications spokesperson, Bruce Billson.

• Labor kicks off FTTN funding feud in parliament

  In preparation for its fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) rollout, the Federal Labor government is resuming its campaign to change legislation to allow it to access the AU$2 billion regional and rural Communications Fund, which the government claims is needed to bankroll part of the network's construction.

• Rural ISPs: Labor won't cut bush broadband funding

  After Bruce Billson, Opposition spokesperson for Communications, claimed yesterday that the federal government is planning on cutting subsidies to rural and regional broadband providers, a number of industry sources have cast doubt on whether the policy axe has been raised over the Australian Broadband Guarantee.

• Minchin gets shadow broadband job

  Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull today dumped Bruce Billson and appointed long-time Howard finance and administration minister and party heavyweight Nick Minchin to the shadow broadband and digital economy portfolio.

• Liberals: We will block Labor's FTTN funding

  Opposition Communications spokesperson Bruce Billson has said the Coalition will attempt to block the Federal government's proposed use of the AU$2 billion Communications Fund to build its national FTTN network in the Senate.

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