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  Rudd: Quigley doing “a great job”

  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has defended the NBN Co recruitment process, saying it made an independent decision to hire Mike Kaiser as its government relations officer.

• NBN Co to up headcount as Kaiser appointment slammed

  The company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Network (NBN) is expected to announce shortly some “first-release” sites to trial the high-speed fibre network infrastructure and test construction techniques.

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  NBN Co's Kaiser to get $450,000 a year

  The recently appointed NBN Co government relations officer, Mike Kaiser, will receive a salary of $450,000 per year according to a document tabled in parliament yesterday.

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  NBN Co picks CIO and government relations officer

  The company responsible for rolling out the National Broadband Network has appointed two new senior staff. NBN Co announced former British Telecom employee and current AAPT consultant, Claire Rawlins, will take on the role of chief information officer (CIO), while the Queensland premier's chief of staff, Mike Kaiser, will become principal for government relations and external affairs.