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Turnbull 'going after whistleblowers' on NBN leaks: Shorten

The government is preventing the media from being free to report the truth about the NBN by referring the matter to the AFP, the opposition leader has said.

May 19, 2016 by Corinne Reichert

Telstra must fix "dilapidated" copper for Libs' FttN NBN: iiNet

iiNet CTO hopes for cherry-picking law repeal, greenfields clarity and a Telstra commitment to improve copper fault remediation as company reworks its investment strategy around the new Coalition government's FttN-based NBN policy.

October 13, 2013 by David Braue

NBN Co thumbscrews applied, Turnbull begins turning

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has wasted no time in clearing out Labor's NBN Co legacy and installing sympathetic staff to deliver his FttN vision. But as he puts a broom through our most concentrated repository of NBN knowledge, has Turnbull thrown the baby out with the bath water?

September 23, 2013 by David Braue

Foes liken NBN to Nth Korea, want it anyway

Whinging Telstra shareholders followed Malcolm Turnbull's lead, showing no shame in comparing the government-driven separation of Telstra to authoritarian regimes where citizens have few rights and live in perpetual fear of starvation, torture, imprisonment and death. As hypocritical complaints mount over the latest NBN schedule, one wonders whether we could put some perspective back into the NBN debate — or have anti-NBN crusaders jumped the shark for good?

October 19, 2011 by David Braue

Turnbull ignores looming NBN disaster as Scales weighs in

Smug Liberals will embrace Scales' assessment of Labor's NBN as vindication of their own position – but they're ignoring the double disaster towards which Malcolm Turnbull is steering the effort.

August 4, 2014 by David Braue

NBN who's who: people behind the dream

The National Broadband Network — a massive undertaking which needs a stellar team behind it. We delve into the team, telling you where they came from and what makes them tick.

August 3, 2010 by David Braue

2 years on, what's wrong with the NBN.?

It's two years now since Kevin Rudd and Stephen Conroy faced Australia to announce they were going to embark on their ambitious fibre-anywhere plan. And it has been a year since I marked the first anniversary of that date, suggesting early progress was promising.

April 10, 2011 by David Braue

Vertigan signs Turnbull's NBN love letter to Telstra

Look beyond the call for an NBN Co split detailed in the latest instalment of the Vertigan review into the NBN, and you see a blueprint for a weaker telco regulator appear.

October 2, 2014 by David Braue

Shooting ourselves in the NBN

There is something almost zombie-esque about the photo accompanying The Australian's account of Tony Abbott's parliamentary antics on Monday. It's an action photo in which Abbott is swooping in on his enemies, mouth agape, eyes keenly focused on the political victims he so badly wants to destroy.

March 31, 2011 by David Braue

Conroy behind $450k NBN hire

NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley picked Mike Kaiser, former advisor to Queensland Labor Premier Anna Bligh, as NBN Co government relations and external affairs chief following a suggestion by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

February 7, 2010 by Ben Grubb