Nick Minchin downloads himself to the backbench
Former shadow communications minister and the man spearheading the Liberal party’s opposition to efforts to split Telstra and roll out the NBN, Nick Minchin, will quit politics.
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Minchin hits back at Conroy jibes
Liberal Senator Nick Minchin has hit back at jibes by communications minister Stephen Conroy over the delay of the Telstra separation bill.
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Minchin uses NZ broadband study to call for NBN cost benefit analysis, again
Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Nick Minchin has used the publication of a new report into the productivity of high speed broadband to reiterate his call for a full-cost benefit analysis of the NBN.
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Coalition to try and delay Telstra separation bill
The coalition will try to delay any legislation that aims to force the structural separation of Telstra (ASX:TLS).
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Polly Talk: Conroy vs Minchin
Communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy and shadow communications minister Nick Minchin recently squared off at the CommsDay summit in Melbourne on the Telstra separation and the NBN. As usual the politicians had sharply varying views and squawked load and long. Here are the key, cracker-sized squawks from each minister on the issues.