Stephen Conroy
News and interviews on Stephen Conroy including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Inquiry into IT pricing could be a win for consumers, say analystsFriday, 25 May 2012
The Federal Government is going ahead with its inquiry into the pricing of information technology products, with analysts saying the investigation will be a win for consumers as Canberra starts putting pressure on companies to distribute software at a fairer ...
NBN to confirm more construction delays, but analysts say Coalition win no threat
Thursday, 24 May 2012
The National Broadband Network is falling behind and has suffered a number of construction delays, chief executive Mike Quigley is expected to confirm in front of Parliament later tonight. ...
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Get the glitches out of your system
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Facebook floated last week, but that wasn’t the only tech story of the day – Nasdaq suffered a major technical glitch that stopped investors from being able to buy shares. ...
Conroy pushes for tax on tech giants
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has warned technology giants that the Federal Government will be coming after them, saying at the CeBIT conference in Sydney it has plans to start taxing Google and other international companies at a much higher ...
ACCC warns of carbon tax price gouging: Midday roundup
Friday, 11 May 2012
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has already come across businesses using the imminent introduction of the carbon tax to price gouge consumers. ...
Conroy confirms developers won’t have to pay to connect homes to NBN
Friday, 10 December 2010
Property developers have welcomed an announcement from communications minister Stephen Conroy confirming developers will not be forced to carry the cost of connecting new houses to the National Broadband Network. ...
Conroy launches new site to convince businesses of NBN benefits
Thursday, 09 December 2010
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has released a new website featuring tools to help businesses go online, as part of the Government's campaign to convince businesses of the economic benefits of the National Broadband Network. ...
Conroy's two tier TV strategy still protects free-to-air moguls: Bartholomeusz
Friday, 26 November 2010
Stephen Conroy's proposal for a revised anti-siphoning list may still be heavily compromised by the desire to protect and pander to the free-to-air networks but it is, at least, less compromised than the status quo. ...
What happens next with the National Broadband Network? A SmartCompany Q&A
Thursday, 25 November 2010
After what seems like an eternity, the Government is finally set to pass legislation needed to construct the National Broadband Network, and a long-awaited reform package will split telco behemoth Telstra into two separate entities. ...
Telstra will pay a big price for Conroy’s NBN victory: Gottliebsen
Thursday, 25 November 2010
When Stephen Conroy became Minister for Communications in the Rudd government he has an overriding aim – he wanted to be remembered as the person who delivered a national broadband network for Australia. And despite vigorous opposition he pursued that goal ...
Gillard defies Senate order on NBN and refuses to deliver business case
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Senate MPs have rebuked Prime Minister Julia Gillard after she deliberately ignored a Senate order mandating the Government turn over the business case for the National Broadband Network before Parliament votes on critical telco legislation. ...
Experts defend NBN after Government admits just 11% take-up rate in Tasmania
Friday, 22 October 2010
The Government has admitted the take-up of the National Broadband Network in Tasmania is a lower-than-expected 11%, fuelling criticism the network is too expensive and unnecessary for current mainstream broadband requirements. ...
Graeme Samuel is wrong – there can and should be an NBN cost/benefit analysis: Bartholomeusz
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Graeme Samuel argues in our latest KGB TV interview that it isn't possible to conduct a cost-benefit analysis on the national broadband network because no-one would be able to assess the benefits of a high-speed broadband network even five or ten years out, ...
Conroy issues warning to SMEs on phone scams
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has warned SMEs to watch out for an increased number of scam telephone calls targeting businesses. ...
A plea to the independents on rural broadband: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
I am not sure whether Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor are among my regular readers, so I am relying on rural Australia to forward the following message from the business leaders assembled at the ADC Australian Leadership Retreat. ...
ELECTION 2010: Coalition promises to provide tax receipts for government spending as Abbott’s “win” in town hall talkfest is probed
Thursday, 12 August 2010
What's an election without a good prop? The Opposition has again attempted to attack the Government for its wasteful spending practices by promising to produce personal tax receipt statements to show individual tax payers where their tax dollars have been spent. ...
Abbott’s NBN confusion: Kohler
Monday, 09 August 2010
The national broadband network appears to have vanished from Tony Abbott's post-election "to do" list. ...
Experts say internet filter plan is dying after Coalition says it will block legislation
Friday, 06 August 2010
Activists and politicians say Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy now has little chance of seeing his internet filter plan come to light after Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey confirmed the Liberals will join the Greens and vote against the ...
Conroy delays mandatory internet filter
Friday, 09 July 2010
The Government's proposed mandatory internet filter will be delayed for at least another year while a review on content that is refused classification is undertaken, communications minister Stephen Conroy announced this morning. ...
New roll-out locations for next stage of National Broadband Network announced
Friday, 09 July 2010
Communications minister Stephen Conroy yesterday announced the second round of locations for the rollout of the National Broadband Network. ...
