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  • Labor bashes Bishop in schoolyard stoush

    Labor's education spokesperson Stephen Smith has hit back at federal Education Minister Julie Bishop's claims that a Labor government will be unable to deliver its promise of a digital education revolution.

  • Labor needs iron hand to collar Telstra on broadband

    Incoming Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his likely Minister for Communications Stephen Conroy will need more than a firm handshake if they are to avoid a battle with Telstra that could derail their plans for a national broadband network, according to one industry expert.

  • ALP laptop rebate to bridge tech divide?

    Opposition leader Kevin Rudd has announced Labor's plans to "bridge the digital divide" between rich and poor but some are already questioning how much the scheme will help the non tech-savvy.

  • Labor picks Broadband Minister, narrows portfolio

    Kevin Rudd appointed the first Labor Cabinet in 12 years this afternoon with the announcement that Senator Stephen Conroy has been appointed as Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

  • Helen Coonan rewrites the laws of WiMax?

    In a televised debate last week, Labor communications spokesperson Stephen Conroy accused Communications Minister Helen Coonan of not only lying but also "rewriting the laws of physics" because of claims she made regarding WiMax.

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Blogs (3)

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    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 or Liberal, it's Telstra's election

    If there was ever evidence that the stoush over broadband had gotten personal, it came when Telstra's sour-grapes mentality led it to sue Helen Coonan, personally, for claimed procedural flaws in the OPEL contract.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Just how fast is fast, anyway?

    There's something immensely gratifying about accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- particularly in IT, where pundits regularly proclaim that a particular technology has hit its physical limits.

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