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Quicker and Cheaper: Too Simple an Election Promise?
How can you lose when your proposition is that you’ll offer the same thing, more or less, but spend less and deliver it that much quicker. That’s the essence of the policy the Liberal party seem set to take to the next election. Even though they say
Security on hold?
Last July the government announced an inquiry into National Security Legislation. There was a discussion paper, a month for interested parties to submit a response, followed by a series of hearings by the Joint Parliamentary Committee. Since then we’ve
Fire, Flood and Phones
2013 has got off to one hell of a start, with major fires and floods across eastern Australia. This week on CrossTalk we look at how the telecommunications industry coped - and helped - with these significant weather events. Grant Nicholson, Director Net
New Zealand's Fairly Laissez-Faire Approach to Fibre
In this first episode of CrossTalk, Phil Dobbie compares the two approaches, helped by Rohan MacMahon, Strategy Director at Crown Fibre Holdings and economist Arron Schiff from consulting firm Covec. Dr Stephen Gale, the telecommunications commissioner at