The NBN Company has engaged the premium global consulting giant Accenture to deliver basic outsourced human resources services to employees.
NBN Co unveils five mainland test sites
A densely populated suburb in Melbourne, a Queensland coastal town and an outlying semi-rural residential area near Adelaide are among five sites around the nation selected as test-beds for the roll-out of mainland fibre for the National Broadband Network.
Feds appoint new Information Commissioner
The Rudd Government is to appoint Commonwealth Ombudsman and Australian National University professor John McMillan to the newly created role of information commissioner to oversee its freedom of information and privacy regimes.
Mr X and the online ombudsman: It's time
South Australian independent senator Nick Xenophon is seeking a meeting with Communications Minister Stephen Conroy to pursue the appointment of an online ombudsman to oversee complaints about content on mass-market social networking sites.
Senate to examine eHealth ID number
The Rudd Government has referred its controversial Healthcare Identifiers Bill - which seeks to attach a unique ID number to all Australians - to a Senate committee for examination, but given the public just one week to respond.
Conroy tips another $100m into NBN Tassie
Just weeks away from the Tasmanian state election, the Rudd Government has tipped another $100 million the NBN Tasmania Company to extend its broadband roll-out into a further 90,000 homes, including the major population centres of Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie.
Conroy brings forward telecom reform bill
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has vowed to bring forward the telecommunications structural reform legislation in the first March sitting week after accusing Coalition senators of blocking debate in the Senate.
Coalition dissent on Do Not Call extensions
The extension of the Do Not Call register to include businesses will lead directly to job losses and cost Australian companies millions in additional compliance costs, Coalitions Senators have warned in dissenting comments to a Senate committee report on the proposed changes.
Australia to require biometric visas
Australia will spend $69 million building the technology infrastructure for biometric checks of visa applicants from countries considered a high risk of producing potential terrorists as part of Government's long-awaited Counter-Terrorism White Paper.
ACMA: Mobile internet new risk for kids
The increased use of mobile internet devices, coupled with fast moving social media environments presented a new set of risks to both children and adults, new report from the Australian Communications and Media Authority has found.
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