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• Turnbull reiterates need for NBN Co transparency

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

• Quigley says decision to split with NBN Co was mutual

  Departing NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley said he has no hard feelings about the political vitriol surrounding the high-speed network he was tasked.

• Grantly Mailes to drive Coalition ICT strategy in Victoria

  The former first CIO of the South Australian government has been named the first 'chief technology advocate' of Victoria.

• What does running IT have to do with politics?

  The odds weren't in Republican John Albers' favor when he decided to run for Georgia State Senate from District 56 in May 2009. "I was the underdog in the race," recalls Albers, CIO at Ronald Blue, a financial-management firm. "In fact, when the race first started out, most people said I wouldn't get one percent of the vote."

• GetUp! uses social media, SMS to boost election campaign

  Political lobby group GetUp! has shared insights into how email, social media and SMS were crucial to the success of its recent election campaign.

• Greens drop Net filter in cyber safety policy

  A national broadband network is a necessity, but Australian's don't need a mandatory Internet filter to decide what is appropriate to view online, according to the Greens which announced its cyber safety policy today.

• Coalition policy "a blast from the past": Conroy

  Labor and the Greens have opened fire on the Coalition's rival broadband policy revealed this morning, in an ICT sector election debate that at times saw Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and his shadow Tony Smith at each others' throats.

• Coalition issues $6bn broadband policy

  The Coalition has unveiled its $6 billion rival broadband policy to Labor's National Broadband Network (NBN) project, with the central planks being a competitive backhaul network, regional and metropolitan wireless networks and an ADSL enrichment program that will target telephone exchanges without ADSL2+ broadband.

• Saudi Arabia puts pressure on RIM with renewed threat of ban

  Saudi Arabia's telecom regulator stepped up the pressure late Saturday on Research In Motion (RIM) by giving three local telecommunications operators up to the end of Monday to ensure that the BlackBerry service meets with its regulations.