‘Security incident’ forces MPs to reset passwords
A ‘security incident’ has hit the parliamentary computing network, the system used by MPs, senators and their staff.
A ‘security incident’ has hit the parliamentary computing network, the system used by MPs, senators and their staff.
Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has used the appointment of Malcolm Turnbull as Shadow communications minister to rubbish the National Broadband Network (NBN) as an "icon of waste and incompetence".
Malcolm Turnbull has been appointed as the Federal Opposition’s new communications minister, replacing Tony Smith.
A Coalition Government will spend $90 million on PC-based Internet filtering software and the expansion of Australian Communication and Media Authority’s (ACMA) cyber-safety outreach program.
The Opposition’s decision to rely on a mix of technologies to deliver faster broadband infrastructure as part of its recently-announced policy could create major integration headaches for both telecommunications and ICT companies.
A Coalition Government will spend up to $6.25 billion of public and private funding on an alternate broadband policy to the Gillard Government’s $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN).
Shadow communications minister, Tony Smith, has agreed to go head to head against his political opponents on ICT issues at the National Press Club on 10 August.
There were mixed reactions from politicians, industry and lobbyists on Friday to communications minister, Stephen Conroy’s revelation that the Government’s controversial internet filtering legislation would be delayed for a year while a review was held into the Refused Classification category of content which the filter would block.
The Federal Opposition has committed itself to outlining an alternative policy to the Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN) before the next election.
A Liberal-dominated Senate select committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has echoed existing calls from the Opposition to scrap the Federal Government's $43 billion project in its final report.
The Opposition communications minister Tony Smith has suffered a minor embarrassment with his official personal website today taken offline by its hoster, Network Solution.
Shadow communications minister Tony Smith’s new policies for the next Federal election are unlikely to be outlined by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in a planned speech this week, according to a spokesperson for the shadow minister.
The chorus of voices critiquing the Federal Government’s mandatory ISP-level filtering plans has grown larger with the Greens and Electronic Frontiers Australia joining the likes of the Federal Opposition and Google in opposing the filter.
The new shadow Communications Minister, Tony Smith, has called for an independent audit of the Federal Government's controversial ISP-level content filtering trial results released today.
The first priority of the new shadow communications ministers, Tony Smith, should be to consult with industry and develop positive, constructive policies on the National Broadband Network (NBN), according to telecommunications analyst, Paul Budde.