The Gillard government has received a rebuff from key independents over its failure to release the business plan for its election centrepiece - the $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN).

Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, says one of Malcolm’s roles as the new Shadow Communications Minister will be to expose problems with Labor’s National Broadband Network project with the aim of wooing independent MPs back to the Coalition’s camp.

The dust has started to settle and Australians can finally breathe – two of the independent MPs, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, have chosen the ALP and Julia Gillard as Prime Minister.

Two of the three key independent MPs, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, have backed Julia Gillard and the ALP for Government after weeks of tense negotiations. The move means the National Broadband Network will continue as planned.

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.

The final potential independent MP that may decide which party becomes the Australian Government, Andrew Wilkie, has come out in support of Labor’s National Broadband Network.

The results are in and neither side has emerged as a clear winner. With two such different broadband policies at play from both parties, what will a hung parliament do to our technology and the IT industry?