Cross Talk

Cross Talk


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Quicker and Cheaper: Too Simple an Election Promise?
February 13, 2013

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?
February 06, 2013

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
January 30, 2013

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
January 24, 2013

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

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