The Perth rally for the National Day Against Internet Censorship
The Perth rally for the National Day Against Internet Censorship
The Australian Greens say it's now up to the Federal Government to guarantee comprehensive broadband coverage for regional Australia, after the Senate last night voted to merge the now- defunct regional communications fund with a new Building Australia Fund.
"The Federal Government has abolished the existing $2 billion regional communications fund and the government must assure regional Australia this commitment to future-proof regional areas still remains," said the Greens Communications Spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam. Read more »
The issue of a national mandatory ISP-level Internet filtering system being introduced in Australia is of more than passing interest to North Coast Voices and many others in rural and regional areas.
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AS Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd has taken on a big task. Read more »
The Greens say the Federal Government must only award the tender for its broadband plan to a company that guarantees coverage in the regions, following the announcement of Telstra's exclusion this morning.
"In opposition Labor promised to provide broadband coverage to 98% of Australia - yet we've had a situation where Telstra was expressing interest in the network but talking about leaving more than ten per cent of the population out in the cold. " Read more »
The Australian Greens have called on the Federal Government to abandon its internet filtering trial as it's flawed and doomed to failure, while Telstra and Internode announce they're boycotting it.
"These internet service providers are sending a clear message to the Government - they don't think mandatory internet filtering will work and they don't want to participate in it," said the Greens Communications Spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam. Read more »
The Australian Greens are concerned the public may be the real losers under the new National Broadband Network and are calling on the federal government to explain how it will protect end-users from price hikes, as tenders for the project close today. Read more »
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Optus is making rather heavy weather of its plans to erect mobile phone towers across the Clarence Valley.
First they found themselves being seen-off by Iluka residents in a skirmish over there, with the local doctor threatening to close his practice and leave if the tower went ahead. Read more »
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