There are just eight sitting days left until Parliament pulls up stumps for 2009 and our politicians head home for the summer break. And the stakes could not be higher on a number of fronts – not least the coming debate on the Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
You wouldn't call the Tasmania NBN Company the bastard child of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett. Not in polite company, anyway.
The Rudd Government's telecommunications reform package passed through the House today, and will be debated in the Senate next week in what is shaping to the most important the industry has seen in a generation.
Spare a thought for Kevin Rudd on Thursday morning as he spins up his computer and prepares for his occasional web chat with citizens of the Wide Brown Land.
Three months old and 40 employees strong, the NBN Company's strategic thinking is starting to emerge. And while it might be driving the biggest infrastructure project in the nation's history, NBN Co is intently focused on keeping its footprint small.
Perth-based internet service provider iiNet has emerged quietly confident from the first two weeks of its court fight with the movie industry - represented by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) - and will call chief executive Michael Malone as its first witness when the case resumes on November 2.
The Nationals have put on hold any decision on how to deal with proposed telecommunications regulatory changes at least until after a Senate committee reports at the end of the month.
The Global Financial Crisis, such as it was, will recede from voters' memories even faster than it took share markets by storm a year ago. And as much as the Rudd Government has enjoyed the ‘best crisis it could hope for,’ spruiking its heroics won’t get it too far with an electorate already starting to ask what have you done for me lately.
The Emissions Trading Scheme legislation isn’t the only issue that’s causing the Coalition parties to take a more critical look the partnership: The Liberals and Nationals are still to sort out how they will approach the National Broadband Network.
For those who don't know him well at all – say, me and Telstra – Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has made a remarkable trip in a short time: from factional deal-maker in opposition to policy hard-head in Government.
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