Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser has defended the $450,000 National Broadband Network Company annual pay package for Premier Anna Bligh's outgoing chief of staff, saying he is a very talented man.
The NBN Company's funds, according to its first financial report filed several weeks ago with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, are being held with Westpac Banking Corporation.
A conference to be held at the University of New South Wales on the future of fast broadband will cost taxpayers $528,000.
The Federal Government today revealed it had organised what it described as a "major forum" on the future of Australia's digital economy in the wake of the construction of the National Broadband Network.
The federal government will have to rely on the support of the entire Senate crossbench if it wants parliament to approve its plan to restructure Telstra before the end of the year.
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Shareholders got a rude awakening this week as Stephen Conroy made good on industry calls to break up Telstra. Some argue the government has been duplicitous and should be held to account, but those who sit tight may find the new Telstra offers a far better value proposition with better long-term opportunities.
The salary of Mike Kaiser, the National Broadband Network Company's government relations and external affairs chief, has been outed by a senate motion started by Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin yesterday.
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Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.
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