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  • 'Intelligent Island' Tasmania gets ICT boost

    The three year old Intelligent Island programme, designed to boost Tasmania's ICT industry, has been given a new lease of life with the launch of two projects worth more than AU$30 million.

  • Labor, Coalition looking at powerline broadband

    With the election looming, there does appear to be one issue that both Liberal and Labor can agree on: broadband over powerline could one day be used to get Internet access to Australia's remotest regions.

  • ISP level porn filtering won't work, says Coonan

    New restrictions for adult content on converged devices like 3G phones will soon be introduced to parliament, but filtering at the internet service provider (ISP) level won't work, according to Communications minister Helen Coonan.

  • Labor made phoney broadband maps, says Coalition

    Communications Minister Helen Coonan has accused her Labor counterpart of releasing "doctored" maps of broadband coverage in Tasmania, which show the government's planned WiMax network only delivering half the coverage promised by the Coalition.

  • Aussie taxpayers to fund porn filtering

    The federal government will spend AU$116.6 million in taxpayer money to provide all Australian families with free Internet pornography blocking software.

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  • Consumers rights still lagging: ACA chief

    In an exclusive interview, the Australian Communications Authority's retiring chairman Dr Bob Horton explains why consumer rights continue to lag. He touches on other topics including regulating mobile adult content.

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