News

• Prime Minister: Huawei’s NBN ban will not affect relations with China

  By Spandas Lui | 29 March, 2012 14:21

  Australia will continue to have a strong relationship with China despite recent strains caused by the Federal Government’s decision to ban Huawei from bidding for National Broadband Network (NBN) work contracts, according to Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

• NBN to touch 3.5 million premises by 2015

  By Spandas Lui | 29 March, 2012 13:55

  Preparation work by NBN Co has made this goal achievable.

• PM calls for more flood donations, telco expertise

  By ARN Staff | 24 January, 2011 14:16

  The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has called on corporate Australia to give more money and expertise to Queenslanders in need as its rebuilds after being hit by devastating floods.

• Prime Minister defends reducing NBN Co transparency

  By David Ramli | 18 January, 2011 11:38

  The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has defended her Government’s decision to give NBN Co an exemption from Freedom of Information (FoI) requests despite its status as a taxpayer-funded company.

• NBN will cost $35.7 billion, not $43 billion

  By David Ramli | 24 November, 2010 13:45

  The National Broadband Network will cost $35.7 billion and not the $43b previously quoted, according to the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and NBN Co’s business case.

• Telstra separation Bill survives second reading vote

  By David Ramli | 24 November, 2010 11:21

  The Government’s controversial telco Bill, which would pave the way for Telstra’s structural separation, has survived a vote in the Senate and will be read for a second time.

• Gillard confirms no NBN Co business plan till December

  By David Ramli | 17 November, 2010 16:51

  The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has confirmed NBN Co’s business plan will not be released until after Parliament has finished for 2010.

• Federal Government submits telco bill again

  By ARN Staff | 20 October, 2010 13:16

  The Federal Government has amended and re-submitted its key telco bill in Parliament. The move comes despite its failure to pass in the Senate the first time.

• IBM launches global R&D centre in Melbourne

  By David Ramli | 14 October, 2010 11:31

  Major tech vendor, IBM, is launching a new global R&D centre in the University of Melbourne. It is set to employ 150 within five years and starts work in 2011.

• In pictures: The many faces of Prime Minister Gillard

  By Spandas Lui | 11 October, 2010 15:22

  Prime Minister Gillard attended the Australian Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) Business Forum.

• Quigley: Gillard rural e-health plan not over-ambitious

  By Spandas Lui | 18 August, 2010 16:20

  NBNCo chief, Mike Quigley, considers Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s commitment to e-heath services for online consultations to rural and remote Australia is reasonable despite admitting an NBN rollout to those regions will take some time.

• Turnbull blasts NBN as Gillard spruiks broadband healthcare

  By Spandas Lui | 16 August, 2010 13:25

  Former Opposition leader and Federal member for Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull, has launched a caustic online attack on Labor’s NBN as the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, spoke at Labor’s campaign launch.

• IN PICTURES: Pushing the button on the NBN in Tasmania

  By ARN Staff | 16 August, 2010 10:01

  Last week, the National Broadband Network was officially launched in Tasmania by Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, and Tasmanian Premier, David Bartlett. In these pictures they pose with the big blue button at the official launch, and meet and greet the public — despite the fact that some residents and businesses in Tasmania have already been getting NBN services for weeks. There's also a biunch of pictures of installation in progress.

• Retailers hoping for a Liberal win

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 10 August, 2010 11:04

  Retailers will be hoping for a Liberal win at the Federal elections, according to one of the country’s largest retail recruitment firms.

• Federal Government set to release exact NBN footprint tomorrow

  By David Ramli | 29 July, 2010 14:01

  The Federal Government is set to release the exact locations for the National Broadband Network tomorrow, according to Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.