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  • Rural ISPs: Labor won't cut bush broadband funding

    After Bruce Billson, Opposition spokesperson for Communications, claimed yesterday that the federal government is planning on cutting subsidies to rural and regional broadband providers, a number of industry sources have cast doubt on whether the policy axe has been raised over the Australian Broadband Guarantee.

  • Conroy: Internet has parents out of their depth

    Parents expect the government and the tech industry to give them a hand in protecting their children from inappropriate content, according to Federal Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy.

  • MP3 site just a search engine: AU ISP

    The Internet company targeted by the music industry over alleged copyright breaches, ComCen, has denied it hosted any copyright-infringing MP3 files on its servers and claims the Web site cited in the civil action brought against it acted only as a search engine.

  • Conroy gives rural ISPs guidance on bush broadband

    Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has issued a new set of guidelines for ISPs servicing rural and regional Australia, on the back of the Federal government's decision to extend the Australian Broadband Guarantee as part of last Tuesday's budget.

  • IIA prepares action plan as Alston talks regulation

    The Internet Industry Association (IIA) moved onto the back foot today following remarks by the Information Technology and Communications Minister, Richard Alston, that he was considering tightening providers' responsibility for Internet content.

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  • Developing an Australian culture of security

    Sydney has been the host city for recent discussions between the OECD expert group on global information security, Australia's Internet Industry Association and the US Internet Industry Association on how the new security environment will impact the Internet in Australia, and how our information infrastructure can be made more secure from terrorist attacks.

  • Next up: Universal database on spammers

    Australia's peak Internet industry body has upped the ante against unsolicited bulk e-mail senders, a move sparked by lawsuits against spammers in the United States.

  • 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.

  • Using tech to slice spam

    A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.

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