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PM: I am very much enjoying my morning here with Justine Elliot in her electorate, the electorate of Richmond. And we are here in Murwillumbah and joined by a lot of community members, and thank you very much for coming along. ...

  The Prime Minister today committed the Australian Public Service (APS) to achieving the goal of 12 per cent of APS employees regularly teleworking by 2020 at the launch of National Telework Week. ...

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy today announced the next round of high-speed satellite and fixed wireless broadband for regional and remote Australia. ...

Thank you very much to NICTA for showing me and Minister Conroy and Minister Albanese the applications of the National Broadband Network. It really has been an insight into the full power of this technology, whether you’re at home, whether you’re at work, whether...

More than 3.5 million homes, businesses, schools and hospitals will have construction of the National Broadband Network either commenced or completed within the next three years, under a new fibre rollout plan announced today. ...

PM: I’m here with Minister Conroy on what is a landmark day for telecommunications in our country. Today the ACCC, our competition and consumer watchdog, has given the approvals necessary for the structural separation of Telstra. ...

Final approval for the structural separation of Telstra has today been granted by the ACCC, in a major landmark for the nation’s telecommunications industry. This means for the first time in Australia’s history, telecommunications providers will compete on a level playing...

PM: Thank you very much, I’m joined this morning by our local Members, Sharon Bird and Stephen Jones and I’m also joined for the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese. We also have available to answer any technical questions the CEO of NBN Co, Mike...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced construction will commence over the next twelve months to connect almost half a million new premises to Australia’s world class National Broadband Network, providing massive economic and social benefits. In the biggest rollout of the...

HOST: Julia Gillard joins us now, good morning. PM: Good morning. HOST: Can you confirm that the NBN is coming to the Illawarra and we’re going to be the first major metropolitan area to be wired with fibre optic cable? ...