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• NBN Co to test Aurora fibre plan in Tasmania

  NBN Co will soon trial a proposal by Aurora in Tasmania to string fibre along power lines to reach homes, according to NBN Co chairman Ziggy Switkowski.

• Youth Advisory Group on Cybersafety program unveiled

  The Youth Advisory Group (YAG) on Cybersafety program for 2013 has been launched with the first online discussion forum taking place with primary school students in the Northern Territory, South Australia and West Australia tomorrow.

• Rural and regional Aussies to get better broadband from space

  Communications minister Stephen Conroy claims two satellites, to launch in 2015, will offer broadband services to the bush that will be faster than most people receive in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney on the current copper network today.

• Adobe CEO dodges IT pricing issue at office opening

  Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen, was today quizzed over the Australian pricing of Adobe software products at the launch of the software company's new office in Sydney.

• Federal Govt flags e-health trial for chronically ill veterans

  The Federal Government has flagged a trial of in-house telemonitoring technology for chronically ill veterans via the National Broadband Network (NBN), kicking off in July 2012.

• NBN Co opens new facilities in Melbourne

  Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has opened up the doors to NBN Co’s new operations and demonstrations facilities in Melbourne’s Docklands, dubbed the “nerve centre” for the National Broadband Networking (NBN).

• NBN switched on in Townsville

  The latest mainland test site of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has been switched on, with Townsville becoming the first Queensland location to be connected to the network.

• NBN the answer to disability and disadvantaged: Conroy

  Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has sought to position the National Broadband Network (NBN) as a means to connect those who are digitally isolated as a result of age, illness or disability.
  

• Conroy unveils first release sites for NBN's fixed wireless service

  Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, today revealed the first regions that will receive the National Broadband Network's 12 megabits per second (12Mbps) fixed wireless service.

• OPEL would be serving bush broadband today: Turnbull

  Federal opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has used his National Press Club address to argue the decision to scrap the Howard government’s OPEL network for an NBN has denied the bush broadband services over the past three years.

• NBN costs 'thousands less' than today's fibre: Quigley

  At the launch of the next trial site of the National Broadband Network in Kiama, NSW today, NBN Co chief Mike Quigley said concerns about pricing for Internet access are unfounded as fibre connections cost "thousands" already.

• 800MHz public safety broadband would waste time and money

  Using the 800MHz spectrum instead of the 700MHz spectrum for public safety broadband use would be extremely costly and could delay plans for an emergency services broadband network by up to 10 years.

• Conroy outlines online services push

  Communications minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, yesterday told an IBM Smart Government conference in Canberra that research by his department indicates people prefer to access government services online.
  

• Conroy launches $17.1m Digital Local Government project

  Communication minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced a $17.1 million Digital Local Government program dedicated to improving local government services through broadband.

• Gillard praises home work options at NBN launch

  The NBN will enable more people to "work where they live", according to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who attended the opening of the NBN Co network on the mainland in Armidale today where the home work possibilities were showcased at length.