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  • Conroy in a sticky legal position: Minchin

    The government would land itself in legal hot water if it decided to negotiate with Telstra after the telco appeared to fail to put in a compliant National Broadband Network bid, Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin said today.

  • Conroy on Minchin's 'Luddite' delays

    This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.

  • 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.

  • Coalition issues telco reform amendment

    The opposition has unveiled a scathing amendment to draft laws proposing to fundamentally restructure Telstra, in an attempt to delay the changes.

  • Huawei denies 'ludicrous' espionage claims

    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.

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  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    The economics of the NBN

    In this edition of Twisted Wire, Senator Nick Minchin, Maha Krishnapillai and Ian Birks discuss with Phil Dobbie the economic viability of the new National Broadband Network.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    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.

Features and Case Studies (6)

  • Conroy on Minchin's 'Luddite' delays

    This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.

  • Are clueless politicians holding IT back?

    The level of ignorance from Australian politicians about technology can be staggering. Here's some of the worst examples we've seen, and a short recipe for resolving the issue.

  • Minchin is gaining on Conroy

    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.

  • A chat with Fake Stephen Conroy

    ZDNet.com.au presents the man behind the Twitter account: Fake Stephen Conroy lays out his digital agenda. And kitten-fishing.

  • Nick Minchin: Video interview

    Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin speaks to ZDNet.com.au in this video interview about his fight for the best broadband outcome for the Australian public.

Videos (1)

  • Nick Minchin interview

    Shadow Communications Minister talks about key issues in his portfolio: the National Broadband Network, the ISP filter and more.

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