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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...
Film classification laws out of sync with the 21st century
Globalised production and niche markets make more flexibility essential. Recently a small St Kilda video store, Out Video, drew the attention of...
No need for local films on public purse
Some phrases deserve scare quotes more than others. And it's hard to find a better candidate for the sarcastic use of punctuation marks than the...
The slippery slope towards internet censorship continues
The Australian Government continued down the slippery slope towards internet censorship yesterday by introducing a bill to give the Australian...
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...
The value of secrets to pollies and journos
In 1870, the editor of the Chicago Times got his job description down nicely: "It is a newspaper's duty to print the news, and raise hell." So it...