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  • Former Bob Hawke staffer to lead DBCDE

    The Federal Government has ousted Patricia Scott from her role leading Stephen Conroy's broadband department, installing former Bob Hawke senior staff and Victorian public servant Peter Harris in her place.

  • Conroy's dept mum on Scott's departure

    Stephen Conroy's Department of Communications, Broadband and the Digital Economy has declined to comment on multiple reports its secretary Patricia Scott will move to another government role.

  • Productivity Commission warns on NBN optimism

    The Federal Government's Productivity Commission has warned of "optimism bias" in the application of a cost-benefit analysis to the National Broadband Network.

  • Minchin calls for broadband market review

    The Coalition has called on the Rudd Government to have the Productivity Commission examine Australia's broadband market or risk wasting billions on its new national network proposal.

  • Europe hits Intel with billion Euro fine

    Intel has been fined more than 1 billion by the European Commission for violating antitrust legislation, following a lengthy investigation prompted by complaints made by its chipmaking rival AMD.

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  • Exclusive: Queensland state CIO opens up

    Queensland interim state government CIO Peter Grant and CTO Bob Gurnett tell ZDNet Australia they're making progress on statewide ICT reforms announced last year.

  • The risk of IT

    Some high-profile IT disasters have made boards of directors highly sensitive to risky IT rollouts. We look at how IT affects the bottom line, and how CIOs can progress with IT projects while avoiding disastrous implementations.

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  • David Braue Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.
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    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
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    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
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