News (41)

  • Has Conroy's dept received filter report?

    Uncertainty reigns about whether Stephen Conroy's Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has received Enex Testlabs' report into the feasibility of ISP-level content filtering.

  • Conroy's Broadband Future Conference: Photos

    Telstra has not been separated and construction of the NBN on the mainland is still in the pipeline, but today saw Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd kick off a conference that was designed to help Australia understand how 100 megabits per second broadband can be used.

  • Ludlam: Telstra-split Bill unlikely in '09

    The Bill that will decide whether Telstra remains vertically integrated is set for debate in parliament this Thursday, but Greens Senator Scott Ludlam doubts it will happen this year and blames Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin for it.

  • Optus warns Telstra not to cheat

    Optus said that it and the industry would be keeping a sharp eye on any separation plans Telstra put forward to the government.

  • Coalition to oppose telco reform legislation

    The coalition will oppose the federal government's telecommunications reforms, introduced as part of its plan to build the $43 billion national broadband network (NBN).

More News >

Blogs (22)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Could you believe in Steve?

    For no particular reason that I can discern, a 1979 Kenny Rogers song popped into my head as I was considering the ever more complex morass that is the national broadband network tender which Senator Stephen Conroy defended in his CeBIT keynote speech.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    All they are saying, is give WiMax a chance

    South Australia's Yorke Peninsula with just 11,780 people spread across 5,834 square kilometres, is known more for its rugged natural beauty than its technological prowess. But now that Internode has brought broadband to the entire peninsula, the area has become a very important part of Australia's telegeography.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Forget the drought, it's raining broadband

    As Christmas roars in upon us and the Rudds, Trujillos, and Conroys of the world hang their Christmas stockings, everybody is casting an eye to 2008 and the changes it will bring.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Are you getting what you voted for?

    One of the real dangers of election season -- for politicians, at least -- is being held to their word.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Labor: Clueless on wireless?

    If there ever were concrete evidence that Labor is blowing smoke up the proverbials of the Australian population, it came earlier this month as Senator Stephen Conroy, the man charged with promoting Labor's fibre-everywhere policy while simultaneously taking potshots at his counterpart Senator Helen Coonan, put his foot squarely in his mouth.

More Blogs >

Features and Case Studies (16)

  • Paul Fletcher's Wired Brown Land: Review

    Former Optus executive Paul Fletcher's book "Wired Brown Land? Telstra's Battle for Broadband" details the history of broadband communication in our nation and highlights why it is impossible that Telstra will give up in its fight for dominance, despite the wounds it has recently taken.

  • Joyce: NZ's new broadband man

    New Zealand's new Communications Minister Stephen Joyce has the gargantuan task of dragging New Zealand into the next broadband age, a labour which will take 10 years.

  • When will Conroy release filter report?

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will likely release a censored version of Enex Testlabs' report into the technical feasibility of ISP-level internet filtering, in an attempt to minimise the fallout on his political career.

  • 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.

  • Does Conroy have the fibre?

    A remarkable four-car pile-up is about to happen with the National Broadband Network; goodness knows what will emerge from the wreckage. Maybe there'll be no survivors at all.

More Features and Case Studies >

Create an e-mail alert for "conroy"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
conroy


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 2 3g
  2. Popularity: 10 accc
  3. Popularity: 4 acma
  4. Popularity: 2 australia
  5. Popularity: 4 blacklist
  6. Popularity: 16 broadband
  7. Popularity: 3 ccc
  8. Popularity: 2 coalition
  9. Popularity: 3 coonan
  10. Popularity: 3 dbcde
  11. Popularity: 3 doug campbell
  12. Popularity: 4 election
  13. Popularity: 3 election07
  14. Popularity: 4 fibre to the node
  15. Popularity: 8 filter
  16. Popularity: 3 filtering
  17. Popularity: 8 fttn
  18. Popularity: 3 full duplex
  19. Popularity: 2 glen boreham
  20. Popularity: 12 government
  21. Popularity: 2 helen coonan
  22. Popularity: 4 howard
  23. Popularity: 2 ibm
  24. Popularity: 2 ict
  25. Popularity: 3 iinet
  26. Popularity: 2 internode
  27. Popularity: 4 isp
  28. Popularity: 2 it
  29. Popularity: 6 kevin rudd
  30. Popularity: 6 labor
  31. Popularity: 6 legislation
  32. Popularity: 5 minchin
  33. Popularity: 3 minister
  34. Popularity: 13 national broadband network
  35. Popularity: 31 nbn
  36. Popularity: 4 nick minchin
  37. Popularity: 6 opel
  38. Popularity: 12 optus
  39. Popularity: 2 phil burgess
  40. Popularity: 4 rudd
  41. Popularity: 6 senate
  42. Popularity: 10 separation
  43. Popularity: 3 sol trujillo
  44. Popularity: 26 stephen conroy
  45. Popularity: 3 telco
  46. Popularity: 44 telstra
  47. Popularity: 4 terria
  48. Popularity: 3 victoria
  49. Popularity: 2 vodafone
  50. Popularity: 5 wimax

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Welcome to National Censorship Day
    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon Net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian Internet.
  • Array That sinking Tcard feeling
    There's something terribly unsettling about realising that the NSW Government is considering hiring a company to build a new electronic ticketing system which has already put it through the legal wringer for the system's predecessor.
  • Array The challenge of government 2.0
    The Government 2.0 Taskforce released its draft report last week, and its recommendations for Open Government almost reads like a manifesto. Stilgherrian's guest on Patch Monday this week is the chair of the Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured