Let's face it: Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, drives the Government’s National Broadband Network and Internet filtering measures. They are his initiatives and their future depends - to some degreee - on his performance and imagination. In this in-depth interview he discusses why natural disasters will never affect NBN’s funding and the voluntary Internet filter’s introduction.

Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, is the single biggest driving force behind the Government’s National Broadband Network and Internet filtering measures. He discusses why natural disasters will never affect NBN’s funding and the voluntary Internet filter’s introduction

Tasmanian independent MP, Andrew Wilkie, has backed the Labor party and Julia Gillard to form the next Australian Government. The move is a boost for the ALP with the three other independents signalling that stability is a key consideration in their decision.

Australia faces a period of political instability after voters turned on the Gillard government but the fall of seats meant neither major party had a majority and independents will have the balance of power in the house.

Liberal Party MP, Paul Fletcher, has been singled out by IT industry sources as a key architect of the Coalition’s Broadband plan. DAVID RAMLI asked him how many mobile towers would be needed under the plan and when the party decided to move against the filter

The Australian ICT industry has little to gain from the Liberal Party and is likely to get behind the Labor Party and Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, according to AIIA CEO, Ian Birks.

It was supposed to be an easy election for the Labor Party. But things soured rapidly, recently, and PM Kevin Rudd became yesterday's hero. A bad poll or three and he was gone and Julia Gillard became Australia's first women PM. Since then she's attempted to patch the holes in Labor's sinking ship and regained much of the ground Rudd had lost. The Tony Abbott-led Opposition is unpredictable. It's made its mark by simply opposing - vehemently - just about everything. ARN will give you all the news that matters in the lead up to what appears a relatively tight poll, looking at the election from an IT and channel perspective with informed comment, detailed interviews, opinions and all the news. So check in regularly for all the latest.

The National Party of Australia has used its Federal conference to vote against the Government’s plan for a mandatory filter.