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1. Premier’s patient transport announcement a ‘game changer’: Victorian Ambulance Union: (Health); Today’s announcement by Victorian Premier Dan Andrews to establish a review into the potential de-privatisation of patient transport is a potential game changer, according to the Victorian Ambulance Union. ...; Created on 18 November 2022
2. Like the Coalition, Labor adopts hands-off stance on ABC data collection: (Technology Regulation); The Federal Government appears to be unwilling to say anything negative about the ABC's blanket collection of user data from its iview application, preferring instead to offer noncommittal replies. In ...; Created on 25 October 2022
3. ABC reports firms slyly collecting data, fails to disclose it's in same gam: (Open Sauce); The ABC has reported that learning software providers were slurping up data of students during the pandemic without clearly indicating they were doing so, but failed to disclose that both its iview service ...; Created on 27 May 2022
4. ABC ignores privacy body's queries about iview login orde: (Technology Regulation); The ABC is continuing to ignore requests from the Australian Privacy Foundation to clarify details about access to its iview service which now requires a compulsory login, the APF says. In a statement ...; Created on 16 May 2022
5. Privacy body raises fresh concerns over ABC compulsory iview logins: (Technology Regulation); ... logins could well lead to suspicion that the broadcaster was being prepared for privatisation and commercial exploitation. Prior to the federal election being called, the APF had outlined its election ...; Created on 22 April 2022
6. ABC appears to be hell-bent on compulsory iview logins: (Open Sauce); ... the APF's charge that forcing iview users to register may well be suspected to be the first step in the broadcaster being prepared for privatisation and commercial exploitation. She also avoided the APF' ...; Created on 14 March 2022
7. ABC iview logins may raise suspicion of privatisation, says privacy body: (Strategy); The ABC's decision to force iview users to create accounts in order to use the service from 15 March onwards could well lead to suspicion that the broadcaster is being prepared for privatisation and commercial ...; Created on 03 March 2022
8. Aruba positing private and public partnerships in toll-road style networks: (Government Tech Policy); ... don’t have to pay for everything because they’re not using everything. It's not a stance on privatisation, Devlin says, "but how to make the public dollar go further.” In a bigger picture, this could ...; Created on 17 November 2021
9. Telstra accused of over-selling to seniors: (Telecoms & NBN); ... a special place in the market that pre-dates privatisation and the introduction of competition in 1997. A former Telstra staff member says some senior customers even still refer to the company as "Telecom" ...; Created on 12 May 2021
10. Adobe Appoints International Advisory Board To Help Companies Thrive In The Digital Economy: (Guest Articles); ... of Financial Services. He also served as Minister of the Postal Services’ Privatisation and Minister of Internal Affairs and Communication. Dr Takenaka was named a member of the Economic Strategy Board ...; Created on 26 March 2021
11. Greens MP says EV tax move towards privatised road user charge scheme: (Automotive); ... Australia, a pro-privatisation ‘think-tank’ representing Transurban and road builders," he wrote. "They were also the first ones out of the gate to support the government’s move. And we know that Transurban ...; Created on 30 November 2020
12. Success of Telstra move will depend on freedom for units: Budde: (Telecoms & NBN); ... to happen then the only purpose of the restructure would be to "dress themselves up for the privatisation of the NBN company. In that case we will have to see if that will indeed increase the value of the ...; Created on 13 November 2020
13. Telstra announces it will split into three separate entities: (Telecoms & NBN); ... overall. "Any restructure is a complex process and this is undoubtedly our biggest and most complex since privatisation," Penn said. "It will take time to work our way through the commercial, regulatory ...; Created on 12 November 2020
14. ACCC keeps ‘close watch’ on global anti-trust efforts & digital platforms: (Technology Regulation); ... Sims said. “The community does not, by a large majority, approve of the privatisation of Government assets. They are not luddites. They have simply observed the higher prices that have often been the ...; Created on 06 November 2020
15. Selling NBN Co as a monopoly would be the definition of insanity, says network guru: (Telecoms & NBN); ... in extracting the inherent extra profits (or rents) of the telecom monopoly," he said. "The Liberals, as the party of business, have an incentive to orchestrate the privatisation of the monopoly as we ...; Created on 20 July 2020
16. NBN has three major challenges ahead, says network expert Gregory: (Telecoms & NBN); ... - but for this Telstra would have to split into two companies listed on the ASX. "If this privatisation approach occurred, competition in the last mile should be facilitated by government issuing an open ...; Created on 15 July 2020
17. Six senior hires at IFS: (People Moves); ... Whether it is moving to a productivity-based business, or grappling with company privatisation. Each comes with its own challenge and the need to work smarter," she said. Senior account director Simone ...; Created on 24 March 2020
18. Unions call on Governments to back offshore wind sector to help tackle carbon emissions reductions: (Energy); ... said the “poorly managed” power privatisation and the abrupt closure of the Hazelwood power station and coal mine had a devastating impact on the community. “The closures in the Latrobe Valley are examples ...; Created on 08 November 2019
19. 5G ‘unlikely’ significant threat to NBN Co business, privatisation talk 'premature': ministe: (Business Telecommunications); ... swept aside "premature" talk about privatisation of the network. Commenting on NBN Co’s release of its corporate white paper on Tuesday, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said the plan assumed ...; Created on 17 September 2019
20. NBN Co chair rules out write-down, says network could sell for $50b: (Telecoms & NBN); ... of fighting back against the unreasonably high prices charged by NBN Co. Switkowski told Senate Estimates that the price the network would command depended on the privatisation process, the state of ...; Created on 24 October 2018
21. NBN Co sale may not have expected effect, says TransACT architect: (Telecoms & NBN); The privatisation of NBN Co sometime in the future may well end up creating a similar situation like that in the 1990s, when the introduction of new players like Optus and the privatisation of Telstra ...; Created on 16 July 2018
22. Best to sell NBN Co only a decade after rollout ends: expert: (Telecoms & NBN); ... price." As to price control, Gregory pointed to the privatisation of other utilities like electricity and gas where consumers had ended up paying more. "It may be necessary for the Australian Competition ...; Created on 13 July 2018
23. Union claims Telstra giving priority to short-term profits: (Telecoms & NBN); ... privatisation, which has consistently taken the low road of cutting jobs rather than investing in vital community infrastructure. “On behalf of Telstra workers and Telstra customers I am calling on chief ...; Created on 21 June 2018
24. Telstra cuts show public services must stay public: Greens: (Telecoms & NBN); ... one in four executive and middle management roles. Greens telecommunications spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John blamed the company's position on its privatisation. “This is what happens when a ...; Created on 20 June 2018
25. Split up NBN Co before rollout ends: ACCC: (Telecoms & NBN); ... the government should begin to plan for future NBN Co privatisation, it should ensure that measures were in place to enable a split that would facilitate greater competition based on infrastructure. "The ...; Created on 09 April 2018
26. Labor planned to play hardball with Telstra before NBN Co set up: (Telecoms & NBN); ... with potential investors in NBN Co" says. It adds: "Telstra Wholesale's investment would always be limited by the government's need to remain majority shareholder until privatisation." It also says: "Telstra ...; Created on 31 January 2018
27. Micro Focus shares hit after results miss forecasts: (Market); British technology group Micro Focus has seen its shares fall after the announcement of half-yearly results earlier this week, when it said that its revenue would drop by between 2% and 4% in the 12 months ...; Created on 11 January 2018
28. Labor adopts wait-and-see policy on roaming draft decision: (Business Telecommunications); ... "Malcolm Turnbull and the Nationals had the opportunity to get the Black Spot programme right, but like everything else they have made a mess of it. "Just like when they sold out the bush on the privatisation ...; Created on 08 May 2017
29. Koch tips $US2 billion into Infor: (Deals); ... Other KED investments include the privatisation of ADT Security and the acquisition of connector and component manufacturer Molex. The transaction is expected to close in early 2017, subject to conditions ...; Created on 17 November 2016
30. Union questions government motives on Triple Zero tender: (Telecoms & NBN); ... more than eight million emergency calls per year and up to 30,000 calls per day.” According to Murphy, the Liberals have a firm ideological view on privatisation and cost-cutting – and community health ...; Created on 07 October 2016
31. The Government won’t privatise Medicare, but it will privatise the NBN: (Fuzzy Logic); Although the NBN’s privatisation is years or decades off yet, the deliverer of tele-health that will connect doctors to patients electronically will one day, unlike Medicare, be sold off. Note: it ...; Created on 24 June 2016
32. Telstra attacked over $220 million cancer screening register contract win: (Technology Tenders); ... path of a US-style healthcare system. This record-sell-off is just the tip of the iceberg, opening the door to privatisation across the board. “Telstra’s recent track record of its services failing millions ...; Created on 26 May 2016
33. ICANN submits plan to grab Internet functions off US Government: (Telecoms & NBN); ... are critical to the Internet’s smooth operation. It also proposes ways to enhance ICANN’s accountability as a fully independent organisation. The transition is the final step in the long-anticipated privatisation ...; Created on 11 March 2016
34. Has Malcolm Turnbull lost his opportunity for change?: (Government Tech Policy); ... Mix (MtM); one have to ask what there motives are, political or technical? A future privatisation will therefore most certainly be a financial disaster, a disaster clearly linked to the meshing of technologies, ...; Created on 02 March 2016
35. Lee departing Telstra after 45 years: (People Moves); ... of the T3 privatisation and National Broadband Network negotiation teams. Lee will step down as Group Executive Telstra Wholesale on 31 March then take extended long service leave and Telstra has said ...; Created on 04 February 2016
36. SUSE and Canonical have forgotten their roots: (Open Sauce); The Software Freedom Conservancy is something of an oddity among the myriad technology outfits that exist in the US of A. It fights to keep software free and to prevent people or companies taking advantage ...; Created on 18 December 2015
37. SUSE has plans to increase staffing: (Open Source); The German Linux company, SUSE, plans to increase staff numbers by up to 150 personnel in the next six months, SUSE global marketing and alliances chief Michael Miller said today. Miller (above), who ...; Created on 24 February 2015
38. Labor's NBN is no mor: (Telecoms & NBN); ... and financial flexibility.” Privatisation, anyone? And here’s one of the most contentious policy changes: “NBN Co charging for infrastructure in new developments would be consistent with charging for ...; Created on 12 December 2014
39. Attachmate merger with Micro Focus to be completed this week: (Open Source); The process for SUSE Linux to blend into the British mainframe computer group Micro Focus will be completed by Thursday, 20 November, according to SUSE president and general manager Nils Brauckmann. In ...; Created on 18 November 2014
40. How to prevent an NBN monopoly: the ACCC solution: (Government Tech Policy); ... the business in future will be far in excess,” added Sims, noting that “separation should occur prior to any privatisation of NBN Co.” “After that time, it is highly unlikely that separation will ever ...; Created on 17 November 2014
41. Call centre jobs will disappear, says Thodey: (Strategy); ... employed at its peak before deregulation in the 1990s and the company’s subsequent privatisation. "We finished last year in Australia with 400 additional jobs in Australia," Thodey said. "The problem is ...; Created on 23 August 2014
42. Internet to move from US control: (Technology Regulation); ... the NTIA says that transitioning out of its role marks the final phase of the privatisation of the DNS as outlined by the US Government in 1997, which led to the formation of ICANN. “ICANN is uniquely ...; Created on 17 March 2014
43. SUSE revenue set to climb by 14pc in second year: (Open Source); SUSE Linux, the Germany-based outfit, is set to record turnover of around $US265 million in its second year as a standalone business unit. SUSE president and general manager Nils Brauckmann (pictured) ...; Created on 28 February 2014
44. Ziggy to front Senate Committee today: (Government Tech Policy); ... not wanting a new joint committee. He said the committee was necessary to police the NBN. “It is absolutely essential for an investment of this scale, given the privatisation mentality that this government ...; Created on 29 November 2013
45. Dell's ANZ managing director - "We're a different company n: (People Moves); Multinational tech giant Dell has quietly undergone some massive changes over the last few years, culminating in its privatisation last month after 25 years as a public company. Still headed by CEO ...; Created on 27 November 2013
46. SUSE performing to expectations, says chief: (Open Source); Entering its second year as an independent business unit of the Attachmate Group, SUSE, the Linux company based in Nuremberg, has performed to expectations, the company's president and general manager ...; Created on 13 November 2013
47. As Apple moves in, BlackBerry moves out: (Listed Tech); ... buyers. BlackBerry clearly signalled its intentions last month, when it announced an executive committee to examine all options from privatisation to outright sale to breaking up the business and selling ...; Created on 20 September 2013
48. Dell gets OK to privatise – at last: (Deals); ... disgust, referring to founder Michael Dell, whose idea the privatisation was. Icahn came close, buying up enough shares to give him the largest stake in the company, more even that Michael Dell’s 14%, ...; Created on 13 September 2013
49. Collabora takes over LIbreOffice commercialisation: (Open Source); ... another company but then given the way SUSE has gone about its regeneration after it moved back to Nuremberg following the privatisation of Novell, the unexpected is only to be expected. There is no ...; Created on 10 September 2013
50. Dell’s profits plunge as privatisation battle continues: (Market); The ugly battle over Dell’s privatisation has taken another turn. In the midst of it all the struggling company has reported a massive 72% drop in its profits. It seems customers are not impressed with ...; Created on 20 August 2013

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