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  Coalition NBN plans won't impact Telstra revenues

  A change in government as a result of the 2013 federal election would will not diminish Telstra’s $2-3 billion excess cash war chest, expected to be generated over three years as the National Broadband Network (NBN) rolls out.

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  ITU reassures NBN Co on satellite concerns

  NBN Co has engaged the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to quell suggestions that the launch of the National Broadband Network (NBN) satellites in 2015 will be delayed due to a lack of orbital slot approval.

• Libs promise bush 'comparable' broadband

  The federal opposition has vowed that all Australians living in the bush will have access to fast broadband at a price comparable to their city cousins under the coalition's alternative plan to the NBN.

• Coalition outlines NBN bills amendments

  The Coalition has backed the Green’s calls to ensure that the NBN Co, the company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Network, is not exempt from Freedom of Information Laws.

• Coalition, Greens to demand NBN documents

  The coalition and the Australian Greens are expected to use their numbers in the Senate in a bid to make the government immediately release key national broadband network documents.

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  Opposition trying to trash NBN: Gillard

  The Opposition is trying to trash Labor's $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) initiative because they don't understand what it means to the economy,according to Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

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  Opinion: Neither party's policies are good enough

  The Labor party’s move to finally directly link healthcare with the National Broadband Network (NBN) is a welcome development, but may have come too late and does not go nearly far enough.

• Coalition announced additional $10.5 million to spend on cyber-safety

  The Coalition has announced it will spend $10.5 million on a National Cyberbullying Taskforce as part of its wider cyber-safety policy.

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  Opinion: Smith is out of his depth

  Watching the Opposition party announce their alternative broadband policy and the performance of shadow communications minister, Tony Smith, during a debate on ICT issues at the National Press Club was at times excruciatingly painful.

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  Coalition to spend $90 million on PC-based content filtering and cyber-safety program

  A Coalition Government will spend $90 million on PC-based Internet filtering software and the expansion of Australian Communication and Media Authority’s (ACMA) cyber-safety outreach program.

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  Opposition broadband policy will create integration dramas

  The Opposition’s decision to rely on a mix of technologies to deliver faster broadband infrastructure as part of its recently-announced policy could create major integration headaches for both telecommunications and ICT companies.

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  Coalition launches $6.25 billion alternative broadband plan

  A Coalition Government will spend up to $6.25 billion of public and private funding on an alternate broadband policy to the Gillard Government’s $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN).

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  Opinion: Mr Turnbull, you need to do the numbers

  Malcolm Turnbull’s recent claim that Australians will not want a 100Mbps connection, as offered under Labor's National Broadband Network, ignores the entire history of our access to the Internet and is recklessly misleading.

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  A Coalition broadband policy does exist: Lib's Dutton

  Australia will see a material policy from the Coalition before the rapidly approaching Federal Election on August 21, according to Shadow Health Minister, Peter Dutton.

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  Smith commits to debating Conroy, Ludlam

  Shadow communications minister, Tony Smith, has agreed to go head to head against his political opponents on ICT issues at the National Press Club on 10 August.