Communications Minister talks up his own projects during speech in Las Vegas as driving the digital economy
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has talked up the Federal Government’s ICT projects and its proposed separation of Telstra in a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Content filtering is but step one of what needs to be done to regulate the Internet, according to a RMIT University academic.
Australia’s Internet filtering is only step one in a much broader strategy the Government needs to adopt to regulate the Internet, according to an RMIT University academic.
Party senator claims public consultation process is too restricted
The Greens party has taken a swipe at the Internet filtering consultation paper and criticised the Government’s restrictions on public contribution to the proposed legislation.
Internet content filtering is an acceptable solution and could become a global phenomenon, according to IDC analyst.
Implementation of the Federal Government’s ISP-level filtering could spark worldwide adoption of Internet content filtering, according to IDC head telecommunications analyst, David Cannon.
With a list of political stars long enough to drag press by the truckload and most of Australia's leading broadband experts, the two-day realising Our Broadband Conference kicked off at the University of NSW with the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and the Minister for Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.
With a list of political stars long enough to drag in press by the truckload and most of Australia's leading broadband experts, the two-day Realising Our Broadband Conference kicked off at the University of NSW with the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and the Minister for Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, opening proceedings.
Select Senate Committee calls for more audits, timetables, cost-benefit analysis and a freeze on asset purchases
A Federal Senate committee into the National Broadband Network (NBN) has condemned the Government’s lack of information and called for a raft of audits, timetables and a cost-benefit analysis. But a spokesperson for the broadband minister claims it is highly biased.
CEO, Ian Birks, welcomes Government move but raises concerns about the potential for manipulation
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has raised concerns about the effectiveness of a new Federal Government digital economy blog in policy development.
