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.
Garrett launches national e-waste scheme
Environment Minister Peter Garrett has flagged national legislation to enforce life-cycle management of ICT products, with producers to be responsible for ensuring their products are recycled through accredited 'take-back' schemes.
Rudd to open two-day NBN summit in Sydney
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will host a two-day broadband summit in Sydney next month to identify industry development opportunities and productivity windfalls that can be derived from the National Broadband Network project.
Telstra drops $2.20 billing sting
Ahead of a busy annual general meeting in Sydney today, Telstra chief David Thodey said the company would drop its controversial $2.20 surcharge for customers paying bills over the counter.
Cultural change next challenge for telepresence
The challenges of cultural change within the public service could mean the benefits to the Commonwealth of its telepresence investments may take a couple of years to understand, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said.
Google leads Sydney MashUp with OpenAustralia
The NSW Government has published an online catalogue of dozens of public sector information (PSI) datasets, just as the Gov 2.0 movement in Australia gathers new momentum.
Data centre plans will be Green: Tanner
Green considerations would be central to the development of the Commonwealth new data centre strategy, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said.
Coalition should get out of the way: Tanner
The Coalition had 11 years to fix competition problems in telecommunications and did nothing, and should now get out of the way and let Government reform the sector, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said.
Conroy wins Greens with Senate inquiry pledge
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will support a Senate inquiry into the use of commercial-in-confidence provisions by governments in a pledge to win support from the Greens for a motion ensuring the telecommunications reform will get debated this year.
PM's Science Prize goes to CSIRO WiFi researcher
The CSIRO researcher behind the development of WiFi networking technology used in computers and other devices globally, Dr John O'Sullivan, has been awarded the 2009 Prime Minister's Prize for Science.
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