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  • Howard to add AU$150m to broadband kitty?

    Reports today suggested that Prime Minister John Howard would later this week pledge a further AU$150 million towards funding for regional broadband services.

  • Bush broadband gets AU$600m boost

    The federal government today put AU$600 million on the table to fund bush broadband projects as it launched the next phase of its Broadband Connect program.

  • UPDATE: Alston is leaving

    Senator Richard Alston, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, has announced his retirement from the Senate. A cabinet reshuffle sees the current Attorney-General, Daryl Williams, take over Alston's portfolio.

  • ICT industry gets $308 million boost

    The Australian Government has pledged $308 million in ICT funding as part of the $5.3 billion new science and innovation package, announced by the outgoing communications and IT Minister, Daryl Williams, today.

  • EXCLUSIVE: Alston hits back - Part 2

    In the second instalment of this two part series, Federal IT Minister Senator Richard Alston talks exclusively to ZDNet Australia about Internet censorship, tackling spam and his future in the IT portfolio.

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  • Part II: Lundy vs. Williams

    This is the second part of our Q&A series between IT Minister Daryl Williams and his political foe, Kate Lundy. To read Part I, please click here.

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