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  Conroy says Telstra, Optus using filter

  Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, says Telstra and Optus are already using the government's controversial internet content filter with more internet service providers (ISPs) tipped to get on board.

• Online doctors a new reality

  Cancer patients and the elderly will be able to see their specialist or GP with the click of a mouse, even if they are hundreds of kilometres away.

• Conroy confident on Telstra separation

  Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, is confident Telstra and the competition watchdog will resolve fears over the telco's structural separation plans.

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  Role of TIO needs to grow: Conroy

  The telco industry will continue to be hounded by watchdog groups, such as the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), to provide better customer service, Senator Conroy has said.

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  NBN could revolutionise business: Conroy

  Australia is lagging behind other developed countries in harnessing the internet for business and needs to catch up, the federal government says.

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  NBN tendering announcement expected soon: Conroy

  Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, expects NBN Co will make an announcement about rollout tendering processes soon, after it suspended them in April.

• 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.

• Queensland next in line for digital TV switchover: DBCDE

  The Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) is continuing its digital TV rollout across Australia with registered households in southern, north and central Queensland next in line for the switchover as analog TV signals are slowly phased out.

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  Brisbane to forge ahead with sewer-based fibre plan

  Brisbane is to receive a new open access fibre to the home network, pitched as complementing the National Broadband Network (NBN), aimed at delivering 100 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband to every home and business within four years.

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  Abbott's ICT cuts "senseless": Conroy

  Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has described Opposition Leader Tony Abbott as "reckless" and election promises to save millions by dropping a training fund for Telstra employees and other sections of NBN Co's deal with Telstra as "senseless cuts".

• Poll: Who will be the minister to drive the Declaration of Open Government?

  Outgoing Finance Minister, Lindsay Tanner, has just announced the Declaration of Open Government -- one of the Government 2.0 Taskforce's central recommendations.

• Industry reacts to Net filter delay

  There were mixed reactions from politicians, industry and lobbyists on Friday to communications minister, Stephen Conroy’s revelation that the Government’s controversial internet filtering legislation would be delayed for a year while a review was held into the Refused Classification category of content which the filter would block.

• iiNet denies support for ISP-level filter

  Australian Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet has denied claims it supports the Government's proposed mandatory Internet filter.

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  Poll: Was the NBN implementation study worth the $25 million spent on it?

  On 6 May 2010, Senator Steven Conroy released the results of the NBN implementation study. The 500-page report is rife with charts and graphs, as well as a number of controversial recommendations. The NBN implementation study has everyone talking about it, however, the question still remains: Was it worth the $25 million spent?

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  Conroy moves to make new housing developments NBN-ready

  The Federal Government has introduced the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2010 into the Parliament which aims to ensure new homes built at greenfield estates include infrastructure capable of connecting to the National Broadband Network.