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Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate

1st July 2009

Labor's belated backhaul plan highlights major missed opportunities

25th June 2009

Key Government departments raise competition concerns with Labor's NBN Bill

23rd June 2009

Government must prioritise its legislation

23rd June 2009

ACMA study further exposes Conroy's broadband myths

19th June 2009

Australia outranks US, UK And Japan for household broadband penetration

16th June 2009

Labor's aerial broadband cables coming to a street near you

11th June 2009

Conroy must release secret broadband letter

8th June 2009

Will Labor ignore cracks in China’s ‘great firewall’ to introduce a flawed mandatory internet filter?

5th June 2009

Auditor General confirms thorough audit of Labor's failed broadband tender process

4th June 2009

Structural separation of Telstra not supported by Labor or the Coalition

4th June 2009

Chaser skit deeply offensive

2nd June 2009

Queensland privatisation plan in stark contrast to 'Ruddnet'

31st May 2009

Labor's plan to ride roughshod over local communities to roll out aerial broadband cables

27th May 2009

Senate estimate confirms fundamental flaws in Labor's broadband on-the-fly

26th May 2009

OECD - broadband cost benefit analysis crucial

25th May 2009

Rudd government growth forecasts at complete odds with Australia Post

22nd May 2009

Australia's broadband market should be subjected to productivity commission inquiry

20th May 2009

Desperate Conroy quotes Menzies in bid to justify broadband recklessness

19th May 2009

Whistle blown on Labor's national broadband network incompetence

13th May 2009

Labor's broadband proposal a 'white elephant' in the making

10th May 2009

Budget must end the uncertainty for community television

8th May 2009

Telstra's Management Changes

7th May 2009

Auditor General to conduct preliminary review of Labor's failed broadband tender

1st May 2009

Labor Premiers echo Coalition concerns about divisive 'Ruddnet'

29th April 2009

Is it $4.7 billion for broadband or $2.4 billion? - It's time for Labor to come clean

28th April 2009

Conroy must release broadband coverage maps - more than 2 million Australians to be dudded on speed

26th April 2009

Coalition calls for independent cost benefit analysis of Labor's $43 billion broadband proposal

24th April 2009

Anne Lynch AM

24th April 2009

Labor's fibre backhaul plan has merit, reflects Coalition policy but is long overdue

22nd April 2009

Opposition seeks full audit of Labor's failed broadband tender

22nd April 2009

Prices to soar under Labor's broadband plan - concept economics

21st April 2009

Where is the missing $2.3 billion Labor committed to broadband?

20th April 2009

States must resist pressure from Federal Labor to hastily commit to risky broadband venture

17th April 2009

Rudd and Conroy must prove Ken Henry advised them to spend $43 billion on risky broadband venture

15th April 2009

Multiple studies expose Labor's $43 billion 'build and they will come' broadband risk

9th April 2009

Rudd must prove national broadband network expert panel advised Labor to spend $43 billion on fibre to the premise plan

8th April 2009

Labor broadband to cost consumers at least $200 a month - major telco ceo

8th April 2009

Labor broadband - no price or take-up projections, no credible costings, no idea

7th April 2009

Labor's high-risk broadband pipe dream

3rd April 2009

Acacia consortium favoured by Labor to build national broadband network

3rd April 2009

Labor must not ride roughshod over residents about placement of 75,00 broadband cabinets

2nd April 2009

Conroy attack on iiNet legal defence 'grossly improper'

1st April 2009

Minchin congratulates new ABC and SBS board members

31st March 2009

Coalition set to test the integrity of any broadband proposal announced by Labor

24th March 2009

Labor's 'RC' black-list could be simply unmanageable

24th March 2009

iiNet withdrawal casts further doubt over Labor's internet filtering trials

11th March 2009

Conroy has no plan for Rural and Regional Broadband

5th March 2009

Labor feigns interest in rural and regional telecommunications

3rd March 2009

Optus slams Labor Government over cancellation of broadband contract

26th February 2009

Conroy's broadband tender ‘on the verge of collapse’?

25th February 2009

Departure of Sol Trujillo

24th February 2009

Does spending $4.7 billion of taxpayers' money on a flimsy broadband promise remain Labor's top priority?

24th February 2009

Internet black-list revelations raise further questions about Labor’s mandatory filtering

23rd February 2009

Dodgy broadband tender left Labor with no room to move with Telstra

20th February 2009

Senator Mitch Fifield

19th February 2009

Senator Cory Bernardi

18th February 2009

Conroy's Consultancy Bills highlight Labor's hypocrisy

13th February 2009

Industry claims about cable broadband capacity warrant Labor response

11th February 2009

False start for Labor's internet filtering trials

5th February 2009

Labor's big spend on web site self-promotion

4th February 2009

Senate calls for government to release broadband reports

4th February 2009

Conroy naive to say: I hope to sign broadband contract 'by March'

22nd January 2009

Public confidence in Labor broadband hits rock bottom

22nd January 2009

Big brother filter plan insults parents - Opinion Piece for Sydney Morning Herald on Labor's plan to introduce mandatory internet filtering

20th January 2009

Labor should release expert panel's broadband report

18th January 2009

Labor promised fixed fibre to 98%, but now suggests wireless will do for many

14th January 2009

Senator Judith Troeth

13th January 2009

Labor axes optional free computer filter program and moves towards a compulsory regime

6th January 2009

Conroy must release ACCC broadband report

31st December 2008

2008 - a year of broadband stagnation under Labor

24th December 2008

Conroy's internet filtering trials must not remain secret

23rd December 2008

Conroy keeps damning internet filtering report buried

15th December 2008

Conroy's broadband farce sinks to new levels

14th December 2008

Broadband panel hears from proponents now the public must hear from Conroy

8th December 2008

ALGA’s broadband attack on Coalition baseless

5th December 2008

$10 million admin cost blow-out for Labor's troubled National Broadband Network

5th December 2008

Coalition Amends Digital-TV Bill

4th December 2008

Conroy must commit to broadband due diligence

3rd December 2008

Minchin urges Government to embrace Coalition safeguards for Australian television viewers

3rd December 2008

Leading economic body seriously questions Labor's troubled broadband approach

2nd December 2008

Conroy deluded over broadband prices

1st December 2008

Conroy snubs Auditor General's advice over non-compliant broadband bids

26th November 2008

Conroy misleads Senate to cover up broadband fiasco

26th November 2008

Opposition moves to protect interests of Australian television viewers

26th November 2008

Telstra bid snub exposes Labor's broadband con

25th November 2008

Labor's arbitrary internet filter plan misguided and deeply unpopular

25th November 2008

Conroy's extraordinary arrogance in relation to broadband bid confirmation

24th November 2008

Gillard: Broadband outcome will be public by week's end

24th November 2008

National Broadband Network tender process a joke without Telstra bid

23rd November 2008

Labor's year of broadband failure and broken promises

20th November 2008

Labor's broadband tender a farce as bid d-day approaches

17th November 2008

South Australians betrayed by Rudd Labor on broadband

12th November 2008

Senator Fielding's select committee proposal

12th November 2008

Telstra exposes fatal flaws in Labor's National Broadband Network

11th November 2008

Despite the spin Conroy and Rudd will appoint whom they like to ABC and SBS boards

11th November 2008

New code for mobile premium services good news for consumers

10th November 2008

Conroy leaves stuctural separation of Telstra on the table

6th November 2008

iiNet delivers damning attack on Labor's National Broadband Network proposal

6th November 2008

Is $4.7 billion still on table for troubled National Broadband Network?

5th November 2008

Senator the Hon Nick Minchin Address to the Broadband World Australia Conference 2008 - Labor's National Broadband Network Proposal

5th November 2008

Labor's National Broadband Network proposal - a cruel and cynical hoax

28th October 2008

Allan Scott

27th October 2008

National broadband network bid process becoming a farce: Minchin

24th October 2008

Conroy office must stop bullying critics of labor internet 'clean feed' censorship plan

23rd October 2008

Government treats Senate Estimates with contempt

22nd October 2008

Coalition welcomes negligible rise in the cost of telecommunications in the year to September

20th October 2008

Labor admits no cost / benefit analysis of $4.7 billion spend on broadband

20th October 2008

Senate Estimates confirm further delays in National Broadband Network

15th October 2008

Conroy refuses to deny that the National Broadband Network could take 13 years

23rd September 2008

Labor's contempt for the Senate

22nd September 2008

Coalition to push for urgent consideration of Pension Bill

22nd September 2008

Minchin welcomes communications appointment



Media Releases - Archive to 22 September 2008 as Shadow Minister for Defence, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate

17th September 2008

Retirement of Chris Ellison

17th September 2008

New leader of the Nationals in the Senate

12th September 2008

More reason to release the air combat capability review

10th September 2008

Rudd endorses coalition defence policy but where's the fourth air warfare destroyer?

4th September 2008

Labor treats the Senate - and car workers - with contempt

3rd September 2008

Coalition introduces Lower Lakes Assistance Fund Bill

3rd September 2008

Afghanistan casualties

3rd September 2008

Greens / Labor deal - cut BMW tax, increase Aussie cars tax

28th August 2008

Defence contradicts Fitzgibbon - Not once, but twice

26th August 2008

Rudd crying wolf on surplus

26th August 2008

Wong opposes assistance to Lower Lakes

22nd August 2008

Coalition supports building 4th destroyer

20th August 2008

Minchin deplores French casualties in Afghanistan

19th August 2008

Minchin commends Australian Special Forces

11th August 2008

Fitzgibbon wrong on defence vehicle acquisition

30th July 2008

Deployment of Australian troops to Pakistan

26th July 2008

Liberal and National merger in Queensland

15th July 2008

Report into the 2006 Black Hawk accident

14th July 2008

Is Fitzgibbon in favour of the JSF or isn't he?

10th July 2008

JSF on time and on budget

9th July 2008

Death of soldier in Afghanistan

8th July 2008

Defence funding

4th July 2008

Air Combat Capability Review must be released

3rd July 2008

Alexander Downer's retirement

3rd July 2008

Minchin pays tribute to retiring defence service chiefs

30th June 2008

Three proud years for the coalition in the Senate

30th June 2008

Retiring and new coalition Senators

26th June 2008

Government is lying on cost of Senate scrutiny

20th June 2008

Labor must stop bullying the Senate

18th June 2008

New VIP aircraft - Questions remain on cost and capability

18th June 2008

Senate refers key bills to senate committee for examination

4th June 2008

Fitzgibbon buries air combat review

2nd June 2008

Iraq

30th May 2008

Cluster munitions outcomes include necessary amendments

27th May 2008

$3 Billion accounting trick

27th May 2008

Rudd blows $26,000 on party for climate change mates

27th May 2008

Revelations at Senate estimates - Monday 26 May 2008

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