Displaying items by tag: Minchin

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 12:51

Minchin a 'complete Luddite': Conroy

Stephen Conroy, Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has branded his Opposition counterpart "a complete Luddite." The Opposition continues to delay telecommunications reform legislation.

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Thursday, 06 August 2009 11:04

Shadow Minister slams NBN 'incompetence'

Shadow Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy Nick Minchin has blasted as "incompetence and mismanagement" the appointment of McKinsey-KPMG as lead advisor to the National Broadband Network (NBN) implementation study.

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Thursday, 22 January 2009 06:44

NBN 'œExpert Panel' releases report - but only to the Govt

The Opposition’s desires to see the NBN (National Broadband Network) report released publicly seem to have been dashed by the Minister for Communication’s latest statement, which says the report has been received, but won’t be released to anyone else.

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Tuesday, 20 January 2009 09:06

Coalition demands Expert Panel's NBN report: Minchin

Ready to munch on the findings of the Expert Panel’s NBN report is one Senator Nick Minchin, the Shadow Minister for Broadband, who is pre-ripping into the Rudd Labor Government over the release (or otherwise) of the NBN recommendations.

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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 07:35

Conroy, don't keep the Internet filtering trials secret: Minchin

The raging Australian Internet filtering war keeps on hotting up, with the Shadow Minister for Communications demanding that the Internet filtering trial, already put back to mid-January, must not remain secret – and must have a totally independent audit.

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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 12:29

Opposition scores win over ISP filter report release?

Earlier this morning, Australian Shadow Minister for Communications, Senator Nick Minchin, put out a press release accusing the Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, of “burying” a report into ISP filtering – but surprise, surprise, the report is now available for anyone to read.

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Sunday, 14 December 2008 11:08

Conroy: don't be coy on Telstra proposal, says Minchin

It might be the political silly season but the Shadow Minister for Communications is pouring the pressure onto Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, to come clean on whether Telstra’s “non-compliant proposal” has “made the cut” in the bid to build the NBN.

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Friday, 12 December 2008 09:28

Minchin also praises AFP on pwning child porn purveyors

Australian Shadow Communications Minister, Senator Nick Minchin, has also taken the time to congratulate the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on their stellar efforts in tackling the scourge of “peer-to-peer” child pornographers.

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