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  Turnbull criticises government's NBN budget cuts

  Malcolm Turnbull has criticised the Federal Government for budget cuts to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

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  NBN debate turns into slanging match

  Malcolm Turnbull has branded Communications Minister Stephen Conroy a grub as a debate about the national broadband network turned into a slanging match.

• ACCC head backs Telstra on tiered broadband debate

  In a speech delivered today to the Australian-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Rod Sims, the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission endorsed Telstra's Kate McKenzie's call for a debate on tiered pricing for broadband customers based on the quality of service they desired.

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  AARNet, NBN connect primary school students

  Junior newsreaders in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria will be broadcasting their sustainability stories via Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) video conferencing service and the National Broadband Network (NBN) today.

• CSIRO telepresence robots connect students with National Museum

  The National Museum in Canberra and CSIRO are trialling a virtual tour system using robots called B1 and B2. The robots, which contain telepresence technology, navigate the galleries of the Museum with a human staff member on hand to explain the exhibits.

• Syntheo exits NT NBN build

  Syntheo will hand construction of the National Broadband Network in the Northern Territory to NBN Co, the company announced this morning.

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  Rural and regional Aussies to get better broadband from space

  Communications minister Stephen Conroy claims two satellites, to launch in 2015, will offer broadband services to the bush that will be faster than most people receive in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney on the current copper network today.

• Turnbull calls for backing for innovation, R&D and productivity

  Australia is no longer a high wage, high skill economy competing against low wage, low skill economies, but rather competing against low wage, high skill economies, according to Malcolm Turnbull.

• Downer EDI Engineering to help build NBN in northern NSW

  NBN Co has awarded Downer EDI Engineering a $94 million, two-year contract to provide additional construction capacity for the NBN rollout in northern NSW.

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  Conroy says Coalition should “come clean” on broadband policy

  Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy has called on the Coalition government to unveil its fully costed broadband policy during a doorstop interview today.

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  M2 signs up AudioCodes for NBN gateway

  M2 Telecommunications has signed an agreement with AudioCodes to deliver M2 Communication’s multimedia gateway for its customers' migration to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• Vodafone gets on NBN trial bandwagon

  Telecommunications provider, Vodafone, has connected 12 customers in Armidale, NSW to the National Broadband Network (NBN) as part of the company’s first trial.

• Australian Council funds NBN art projects

  Artists have a chance to show in different mediums what benefits they think the National Broadband Network (NBN) will bring following the Australia Council’s Broadband Arts Initiative..

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  Early signs of NBN cost overruns: Oakeshott

  The Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network has warned that NBN Co may be showing early signs of cost-blowouts and delays, with timeframe slippage and higher than expected operating expenditure recorded during the last six months.

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  NBN's benefits not being correctly sold to the public

  The Federal Government must do a better job of publicly clarifying the objectives of its National Broadband Network (NBN), attendees at the Communications and Policy Research Forum 2011 have heard.