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Don't strangle communications networks
The marriage of politics and commerce is a destructive one. This is a lesson the Labor Party should be learning as it tries to work with the...
Come on, Aunty, time to work out where you're at
Management guru Peter Drucker famously asked the chief executive of General Electric two simple questions: "If you weren't in the business you're...
Broadband: another telco monopoly would be a disaster
If the Expert Taskforce into broadband infrastructure was supposed to delay scrutiny of the government's broadband policy until after the election,...
Telco industry's 'red tape' burden unfair
The telecommunications industry has never been as politicised as it is in 2007. As a result of the ongoing fight between the Federal Government and...
Better to be alert than NetAlarmed
The internet will kill your children, or something. At least, that is the message of the Federal Government ads plastered on the side of every...
Dealing with that $30,000 phone bill... without regulation
There is a "mounting dossier" of complaints to communications regulators concerning unexpectedly high mobile phone bills, reports the Australian...
Cracking Coonan's filter and other tech wrecks
For the second time in recent months, Communications Minister Helen Coonan has found herself in the awkward position of trying to defend the merits...
Broadband projects an embarrassing, expensive failure
Perhaps John Howard is right - State Governments are stupid. When NSW Premier Morris Iemma announced its ambitious program to blanket Sydney with...
Monitoring porn: not government's responsibility
Prime Minister John Howard used last night's webcast to Christian groups across the country to announce a $190 million "crackdown" on pornography,...
Hands off software, Samuel
Nothing gets you more attention than picking on the cool kid at school. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is arguing that Google...