stephen conroy
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What Happened With The NBN This Week?
Power struggle! Sorry. I just really wanted to say that at the front of a story like a newspaper journalist might. Moving on. This week the Federal government and the New South Wales state governments have gone head to head over the cost of power bills following the introduction of the National Broadband Network. Who…
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NBN Corporate Plan: The Gizmodo Liveblog
[clear] On Tuesday afternoon, communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy and NBNCo CEO Mike Quigley officially launched the 2012-2015 corporate plan for the National Broadband Network at the NBNCo headquarters in North Sydney. We learned that the budget for the project has increased, the delivery deadlines remained on track, and that consumers are favouring the higher…
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NBN Second Stage Fibre Rollout: Will You Be Next?
NBN Co has pencilled in when (and where) the next nine mainland locations will get the NBN. The rollouts in QLD, NSW and the ACT will deliver fibre to around 50,000 households. Is your suburb on the list?
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Conroy’s Still Got The Comms Job, But A New Nemesis In Turnbull
After the high drama that was the 2010 Australian Federal Election, things are starting to settle down into a sense of normality. Well, as normal as you can get with a minority government, anyway. But the news relevant to technogeeks like yourselves is that filter-loving and NBN-dishwasher creator Senator Stephen Conroy still has his BCDE…