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  • Telstra execs are Labor MPs in disguise: Coonan

    According to Communications Minister Helen Coonan, Telstra is trying to engineer a win for the Opposition in the upcoming election -- and the telco's execs should run for Labor MPs.

  • ALP to drive inquiry into telecomms regulation

    The Australian Labor Party said today it would put forward a motion in the Senate to establish an inquiry into regulatory reforms which the telecommunications sector will need after Telstra is privatised.

  • Coonan to hit road as Telstra sale process steps up

    Senator Helen Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, is to examine the adequacy of the current telecommunications regulatory regime as the government prepares a scoping study into the sale of its remaining shares in Telstra.

  • Feds outline Telstra regulatory options

    The government will investigate whether it needs to overhaul the competition regulations for telecommunications companies ahead of the full privatisation of Telstra.

  • Comms, broadcasting body merger on list for Coonan's return

    The merger of industry regulators, the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) and the Australian Communications Authority (ACA), will be first on the agenda should Helen Coonan be reassigned to the communications and information technology portfolio, her spokeswoman said today.

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