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• Conroy launches $17.1m Digital Local Government project

  Communication minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced a $17.1 million Digital Local Government program dedicated to improving local government services through broadband.

• Gillard praises home work options at NBN launch

  The NBN will enable more people to "work where they live", according to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who attended the opening of the NBN Co network on the mainland in Armidale today where the home work possibilities were showcased at length.

• BUDGET 2011: Government scraps ISP filter grants

  The Federal Government has scrapped plans to subsidise filtering methods implemented by internet service providers under its proposed mandatory internet filtering scheme.
  

• 600 a week tune in satellite TV amid digital switch

  During the switch to digital-only television, applications for satellite TV smart card activations are being processed at a rate of up to 600 every week indicating the move away from analog is not only to terrestrial broadcasts, but also to satellite.
  

• Regional Victoria switched to digital-only TV

  Another milestone in Australia’s transition to digital-only television broadcasts has passed with regional Victoria's remaining analog signals now switched off.

• Regional QLD to go digital by December

  The Federal Government has announced the digital switchover date for regional Queensland, with the switch to digital-only television to occur on the 6 December this year.
  

• NBN plan changed for Telstra: Conroy

  A Four Corners investigation into the National Broadband Network (NBN) has revealed the Federal Government changed its original, $4.7 billion plan to avoid having to compensate Telstra to the tune of $20 billion
  

• We need to do more on NBN communication: Conroy

  Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has flagged further attempts by stakeholders to improve take-up of National Broadband Network (NBN) services in Tasmania in coming months as the Federal Government moves to support clearer communication of the network’s technical aspects and wider benefits.
  

• Internode rebuffs Conroy on POI concerns

  Internode has firmly rebuffed claims made by Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, that the ISP’s concerns around the National Broadband Network (NBN)’s proposed Points of Interconnect (POI) should have been voiced earlier.

• Optus livid over NBN access amendments

  Optus has warned amendments proposed to National Broadband Network (NBN) legislation proposed by communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, last night would be a step backwards for the telecommunications industry.
  

• Aussies content with 4G-NBN equivalence: Poll

  Broadband deals from 4G wireless operators are unlikely to threaten viability of the National Broadband Network (NBN), with Australians indicating both technologies are necessary, according to broadband comparison website Compare Broadband.
  

• Conroy denies wireless threat to NBN

  Federal communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has denied the introduction of 4G wireless broadband technologies, such as the LTE network announced by Telstra this week, will pose any threat to the government's National Broadband Network (NBN).

• Conroy suggests fibre to reconnect disaster-affected customers

  With the apparent increased frequency of naturally disasters, communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has suggested Telstra should consider the use of fibre, rather than copper, to reconnect customers affected by Cyclone Yasi and the January floods.

• Greens to pursue Government on NBN Co FoI exemption

  Two key bills to be reintroduced to Parliament this week could result in increased pressure on the Federal Government to explain a number of decisions it has made on its National Broadband Network (NBN) in the past several months.
  

• Opposition to challenge NBN cherry-picking legislation

  As Federal Parliament returns in 2011, the opposition is set to challenge legislation that could prevent effective wholesale competition under the National Broadband Network (NBN).