OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
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Renai LeMay
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 15:00
IT Policy - Government Tech Policy
Prime Minister Julia Gillard today intensified Labor’s election focus on the National Broadband Network through a trip to examine the start of construction of the network in Townsville, as the Coalition continues to face questions from the community about its own broadband vision.
“We are here watching the rollout of the National Broadband Network,” Gillard told journalists. “And of course, delivering the NBN is part of my better economic plan for this country’s future. The NBN means more jobs. It means that we can compete with countries around the world like Singapore, like Korea, like Japan.” (The photo above is of Gillard launching the NBN in Tasmania last week)
The Aitkenvale and Mundingburra suburbs of Townsville will receive NBN fibre services earlier than most of the rest of the country as they are part of the first release category of construction sites that NBN Co will use to test the water and gain experience before rolling out the network nationwide.
However, as early as next week, construction could simply cease, as the Coalition’s own broadband policy calls for the NBN project to be abolished and its assets sold off to the private sector.
Local Labor candidate Tony Mooney seized on this fact this morning when discussing the NBN alongside Gillard. The seat of Herbert in Queensland which he will contest this Saturday is currently held by Liberal National party MP Peter Lindsay, who is retiring.
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