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• Turnbull defends alleged conflict of interest

  Federal shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has been forced to defend potential conflicts of interest between private investments and his argument over the National Broadband Network (NBN).
  

• Quigley reveals business plan to willing MPs

  NBN Co will reveal key components of its forthcoming business plan to senators and cross-bench MPs when it briefs them on the National Broadband Network on Monday this week.

• Gershon has primed the Federal Government for the next phase in ICT policy: Reinecke

  An independent review into the progress of the Gershon Report on the Federal Government’s use of ICT, has found the “substantial” implementation has positioned the Government for the next phase in the evolution of ICT policy and practice.

• Parliament cannot discharge its duty: Turnbull

  Labor’s decision to withhold the release of the National Broadband Network (NBN) business case until December is resulting in the Parliament being unable to discharge its duty, according to Opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull.

• Tasmania Premier to introduce NBN opt-out legislation

  Tasmanian Premier, David Bartlett, is expected to introduce legislation to the State Parliament today, enabling Tasmania to adopt an opt-out model for the remaining roll-out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the state.

• NBN universal service obligation should cater for wireless internet users: Swinburne University

  Not including wireless broadband under the National Broadband Network's (NBN) universal service obligation (USO) plan means some users won’t be covered if services goes down, Swinburne University Smart Services senior researcher, Scott Rickard, has warned.

• Turnbull’s revamped broadband policy still a “bandaid solution”: IBES' Tucker

  The revamped alternative to the National Broadband Network (NBN) announced by shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, this week remains a “bandaid solution” that doesn’t address the problems of current telecommunications, according director of the Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society (IBES), Rod Tucker.
  

• Service Stream tendering for more NBN work

  Having designed the NBN rollout in two first-release towns, Service Stream (ASX:SSM) is tendering for more work for the project, according to its managing director

• Positive cost-benefit analysis a go for NBN: Turnbull

  Shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has confirmed he would support the National Broadband Network (NBN), should a proposed cost-benefit analysis from the Productivity Commission find in favour of its rollout.

• Turnbull endorses, then attacks, Labor's Telstra separation bill

  Opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has confirmed the Opposition will not immediately seek to block the Telstra separation bill introduced into Parliament today.
  

• ADSL emulation port too expensive, "one-off": Quigley

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has cited expense and lack of global standards as reasons why the originally planned ADSL emulation port was scrapped from the Network Terminating Units (NTU) to be installed at residents’ homes as part of the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout.

• NBN Co business case to precede implementation study response

  The imminent business case from NBN Co is expected to be delivered to government before an official response to the $25 million NBN Implementation Study from McKinsey & Co and KPMG is released, reversing previous statements from communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.
  

• Brisbane to forge ahead with sewer-based fibre plan

  Brisbane is to receive a new open access fibre to the home network, pitched as complementing the National Broadband Network (NBN), aimed at delivering 100 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband to every home and business within four years.

• ICT on track after Queensland Government Chief Information Office shakeup

  Three months on from its major restructuring, the Queensland Government Chief Information Office (QGCIO) remains tightly focused on ICT issues in the state, according to the agency.

• NBN to drive Australian business technology

  About 70 per cent of Australian organisations think the NBN will better enable their business, particularly in the areas of video conferencing, virtual desktops and IT as a service, according to IDC research.