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  • Bradfield may test Optus' Fletcher

    It was supposed to be a cake walk for Paul Fletcher, but the former Optus executive's ascension as MP for Bradfield has become less certain in recent days.

  • Optus chief: Telstra split not communist

    The government's plan to split Telstra is not communist, says Optus chief Paul O'Sullivan, because Telstra is not a normal company.

  • NSW Tcard company $74m in debt

    The company responsible for rolling out Sydney's troubled Tcard system is $74 million in debt, a NSW parliamentary budget estimates committee has been told.

  • Defence to post major ICT tenders

    The Department of Defence today invited the ICT industry to tender for major defence contracts, some of which will run through July, 2011.

  • 7 more agencies seek interim datacentres

    Seven more federal government agencies, including the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, have applied to buy datacentre capacity from the government's new interim datacentre panel.

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    12 days without ADSL: A local loop eulogy

    When your broadband speeds are limited to 38Kbps it's not hard to join the ranks of people demanding the NBN already. Telstra's copper network is a renovator's delight.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Will Rudd's bush backhaul bonanza deliver?

    Rural areas will be welcoming the government's decision to put its money where its politicising is, funnelling $250m into a regional fibre upgrade to six rural centres. Remedying over a decade of near-neglect at the hands of telecoms privatisation, the investment could be the firmest step yet for Labor's NBN dream but with inevitable political questions and a looming election, Rudd and Conroy need to deliver, and quickly, to preserve the NBN's credibility.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Ericsson MD's international spy scandal

    Who would have imagined that Ericsson's new local managing director would have an immediate past enmeshed in international espionage?

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    The hangover

    It's no secret that shadow communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy didn't have a good day on Wednesday.

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  • Who will fill Minchin's post?

    In the midst of the current Liberal emissions trading and leadership maelstrom, there exists numerous breaches in the shadow cabinet's line-up. Who will step up to fill the gap left by the fallen Senator Minchin?

  • Minchin is gaining on Conroy

    Communications Minister Stephen Conroy needs to stop handing his opposite Nick Minchin free kicks and put some transparency back into the National Broadband Network process before he finds himself losing favour with Chairman Rudd.

  • Nick Minchin: Video interview

    Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin speaks to ZDNet.com.au in this video interview about his fight for the best broadband outcome for the Australian public.

  • A chat with Fake Stephen Conroy

    ZDNet.com.au presents the man behind the Twitter account: Fake Stephen Conroy lays out his digital agenda. And kitten-fishing.

  • Government negligent on e-security: Lundy

    The shadow minister for information technology, Kate Lundy has accused the federal government of neglecting electronic security issues within the administration.

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  • Australian Government IT: Great innovation, poor execution

    The federal government has been great at experimenting with new technologies, said Gartner's government analyst, John Kost however our parliamentary system makes execution difficult because decisions to invest are not aligned with enforcement responsibilities.

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