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• Dimension Data to ramp up cloud services for federal government

  Global systems integrator, Dimension Data, is expanding its presence in Canberra with the launch of managed cloud services exclusively for Federal government agencies.

• Data retention is necessary red tape: Turnbull

  Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he's aware of the costs a mandatory detention scheme will place on the telecom industry.

• Government introduces data retention bill to Parliament

  The Australian government today introduced a bill for mandatory data retention that will require telcos and ISPs to retain records of people's telephone and internet communications for two years.

• No one group should govern Internet, says Turnbull

  Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged world leaders to maintain a multi-stakeholder model for governance of the Internet as the United States releases its stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

• Former Telstra official slams Labor's NBN

  “NBN Co was not fit for purpose,” according to the Coalition government’s latest report on the National Broadband Network.

• Malcolm Turnbull throws Australia Post a lifeline

  A three-day letter delivery system, rather than five, could help reduce Australia Post’s letter business operating costs, according to Federal Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull.

• Budget 2014 - NBN funding goes private after FY2017

  The National Broadband Network will have to rely on private funding after the 2017-18 financial year, according to the 2014-15 budget released last night.

• NBN: Good-bye FTTP, we hardly knew ye

  The Coalition government today signed the death warrant for the roll out of a predominantly fibre-to-the-premises-based National Broadband Network.

• Turnbull talks challenges with open data in government

  The government’s push for more open data and transparency no doubt opens the doors for private sector organisations to be more innovative, but it doesn’t come without its challenges.

• Union slams latest fibre-to-premise trial in Tasmania

  The Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) has accused Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull of “wasteful duplication” over his commitment to a new trial of overhead electricity infrastructure to deliver a fibre-to-the-premise NBN in Tasmania.
  

• New website identifies NBN blackspots

  The Coalition government has unveiled a new website that lets Australians view the quality and availability of high-speed broadband services in local areas.
  

• Tasmanian premier 'scaremongering' over NBN: Turnbull

  A war of words has erupted between communications minister Malcolm Turnbull and Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings over the state of the NBN in Tasmania.
  

• Turnbull says he was fully briefed on Huawei

  Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has denied media reports that he did not receive a security briefing about Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei.

• Turnbull reiterates need for NBN Co transparency

  The Coalition government has refuted parts of an NBN Co annual report tabled in Parliament today.

• Government confirms Huawei NBN ban stands

  The federal government will continue the ban on Chinese firm Huawei supplying networking equipment for the National Broadband Network (NBN), saying no decision has been made to change the existing policy introduced by Labor.