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• Labor: Broadband central to Australia 2.0

  Labor leader Kevin Rudd has reinforced the importance of a high-speed national broadband network, describing it as the missing cog in the nation's future economic wheel.

• Telstra to issue warning over broadband bills

  Suffering from broadband bill blowout? If you are, you can expect a call from a Telstra representative warning you to brace your budget.

• Centenary of Federation: online celebrations connect the continent

  Throwing a good party and extending the invitation to the rest of the world is one of Australia's strength's. There have been countless millennium celebrations, fireworks extravaganzas and of course, the summer Olympics. In a couple of months the nation comes together again to mark the Centenary of Federation, which among other things, will include an online celebration of the role telecommunications has played in building a nation.

• Comms players told to follow alcohol industry's lead

  If regulators have their way, the telecommunications industry will soon be telling those of us who use our phone services to excess "you've had enough".

• ICANN partying like it's 1999

  It's been five years since Internet users had to worry about paying an extra US$1 or so annual fee--akin to a tax--for each .com, .net or .org domain name they own.

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  DCITA: Too many policies, too few policies?

  If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.

Features and Case Studies (10)

• Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

  Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

• The road to convergence

  There's been a lot of talk about network convergence, the idea that data, voice and video traffic will one day travel over a single network. In this special report, we look at how Mount Erin Secondary College is tackling convergence and IP telephony goals at footy club the West Coast Eagles.

• Negroponte's laptop plan moves closer to reality

  Nicholas Negroponte is a man on a mission. As Chairman of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC), he has big plans ahead of him: to help eliminate poverty through education, via US$100 laptops distributed to the world's poorest children.

• Playing 'for' a perfect host

  Before handing over your IT requirements to a host, you had better learn to play all your cards right.

• Broadband: Broadening the playing field

  Where are the broadband solutions for those who really need it here in Australia?

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