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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.
Chinese networking vendor Huawei has slammed as "ludicrous and inaccurate" claims that it had links to the Chinese military and government that could cause security problems for the National Broadband Network.
Senators Nick Minchin and Helen Coonan today opened fire in the Senate on communications minister Stephen Conroy in a joint attack marking the commencement of Minchin's term as shadow minister.
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Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.
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Communications Minister Stephen Conroy needs to stop handing his opposite Nick Minchin free kicks and put some transparency back into the National Broadband Network process before he finds himself losing favour with Chairman Rudd.
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Shadow Communications Minister talks about key issues in his portfolio: the National Broadband Network, the ISP filter and more.
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