Copper, loopholes and probes dominate Coalition’s cut-down NBN launch

By Julian Bajkowski The Coalition has gambled large on reviving Australia’s ageing copper telecommunications network to supply broadband download speeds of between 25 megabits per second and 100 megabits per second to deliver a heavily pared-down and cheaper version of the National Broadband Network (NBN) it claims will be completed by the end of 2019. […]

Tasmania smartens electricity grid

By Paul Hemsley Tasmanian Minister for Climate Change Cassy O’Connor has talked up the state’s investment in ‘Smart Grid’ system for electricity infrastructure as a way for suppliers to deliver cheaper power to consumers and better control the electricity network during times of peak load.. The government plans to embed the Smart Grid technology, which […]

Archives sets digital deadline

By Paul Hemsley National Archives of Australia (NAA) Director-General, David Ficker, has inked-in 2015 as the final deadline for every government agency to deliver all electronically generated information in digital formats to the government’s official record keeper. The imposition of the deadline means that agencies will no longer be able to rely on printing out […]

More local government opportunites through NBN

By Lilia Guan   The minister for broadband communications and the digital economy has announced the north-west New South Wales town of Bourke as one of ten towns across Australia that will have a satellite ground station.   Bourke’s ground station will act as a satellite gateway to deliver broadband to rural and remote communities […]

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