#Senator Conroy
What does the National Broadband Network mean for Australian businesses?
Much has been written about the National Broadband Network (NBN). Most has been written about how the NBN will affect us as consumers. Here, the discussion is the business impact of the NBN based on the Business Case Summary document just released. Its implications for small business are significant and can be broken into three areas:
Cut the red tape
Now that it’s been decided which party will govern Australia, it’s important for the Gillard Government to support this drive forward with some strong business policies.
Google continues to dominate while Conroy attacks
Senator Conroy has continued to attack Google over privacy, all while Google dominates the Australian market, with the company responsible for over 90 percent of internet searches.
Satellite to deliver FTA digital TV to regional Australia
Digital free-to-air TV signals will be broadcast to those in remote and regional Australia from a satellite to cost taxpayers $375.4 million over the next 12 years.
Senator Stephen Conroy appointed by United Nations ITU
Senator Stephen Conroy has been appointed by the United Nations as a founding member of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development.
Govt to dump broadband subsidy due to Telstra NextG pricing
Stephen Conroy has announced changes to the Australian Broadband Guarantee that will see subsidies dumped in areas served by Telstra’s NextG wireless broadband.
NBN draft legislation takes DBCDE site down
The government’s National Broadband Network draft legislation has gone up on the Department of Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy (DBCDE) website, but demand for the document has caused the DBCDE site to crash. The legislation is contained in two separate bills and are available from the below links when the DBCDE site is back up. […]
NBN senior staffer quits Sen Conroy’s DBCDE
Deputy Secretary of the National Broadband Network within the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) Colin Lyons has quit, effective the end of February 2010. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy today thanked Mr Lyons for his esteemed work and dedication to the Department. “Col has […]