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Thursday, 11 July 2019 09:15
New comms minister Fletcher says MTM right model for NBN
The Coalition Government made the right choice back in 2013 to adopt a multi-technology mix for rolling out the national broadband network, ditching a Labor plan to have fibre to 93% of homes and service the rest through fixed wireless and satellite, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher says.
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Telecoms & NBN
Wednesday, 26 June 2019 05:11
Victoria to ban mobiles in state schools from 2020
The Victorian Government will ban the use of mobile phones during school hours in state schools from the beginning of the school year in 2020, with the state's Education Minister James Merlino saying the ban is aimed at stopping cyber-bullying.
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Technology Regulation
Thursday, 20 June 2019 10:58
NBN mess: Labor's sin compounded by Coalition's MTM
The Australian Labor Party's obsession with neo-liberal economics has doomed the national broadband network right from the time it set up a separate company, NBN Co, in 2009 to build a country-wide network that would be unfit for purpose. Thursday's patchwork approach by NBN Co to filling up the cracks is just the latest indication of this.
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