Questions remain on Broadband: Where is the other $600 million?
01-Mar-2010
Important questions remain unanswered about $600 million in funding for the NBN roll-out in Tasmania, despite today’s announcement of a $100 million equity injection into the Tas NBN Co., according to Liberal Senator Guy Barnett."The NBN roll-out in Tasmania is estimated to cost $700 million. If today's $100 million injection will take the NBN to ...
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Senate Inquiry Proves Policy on the Run. Waste and mismanagement piling up
26-Feb-2010
The Government's $41 million home insulation industry rescue package was a knee-jerk reaction and another example of policy on the run, a Senate inquiry has heard today.Chairman of the Coalition Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee, Senator Guy Barnett, said a senior Government official at the Senate Environment Committee inquiry today confirmed ...
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Senate report demands answers on Tasmanian NBN Rollout
26-Nov-2009
The Senate Select Committee Report on the National Broadband Network released today has demanded answers to questions by 31 December 2009, Senator Guy Barnett said today.
“The Senate Report has recommended “that the Government release a detailed business plan for Tasmania by 31 December 2009 that includes:An implementation plan that details which ...
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State Government, Major Players, Run for Cover on Tassie Broadband
04-Oct-2009
The Tasmanian NBN Company, the state Labor Government and Aurora Energy have all refused to appear before the Senate Select Committee into the National Broadband Network hearing to be held in Hobart next week, said Liberal Senator Guy Barnett.
“These main players have all been invited to appear, but have refused. It is a disgrace if they think ...
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Another Broadband Launch, But Questions Still Need Answering
24-Sep-2009
Today’s announcement by Premier David Bartlett and Federal Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy that construction of the Tasmanian NBN link to Midway Point in the State’s south has commenced is yet another media stunt on a project without answers, according to Liberal Senator Guy Barnett.
“How many media launches can you have for a ...
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Tas NBN Company documents show conflict
26-Aug-2009
“The Federal Labor Government appears conflicted over its National Broadband Network roll-out plans for Tasmania,” Liberal Senator Guy Barnett said today following his release of the Tasmania NBN company’s Constitution.
“The objectives of the new Tasmania NBN company include delivering affordable broadband services and setting prices, which ...
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Broadband rollout: questions need answering
21-Aug-2009
Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has refused to answer how much Federal funding had been allocated to the Tasmanian NBN project to date and in future years.
“The $700 million estimated cost of the broadband rollout in Tasmania is a lot of money, yet we don’t know who is paying and exactly how much – the State or Federal Government,” ...
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Tasmanian NBN Company Directors Revealed
14-Aug-2009
Liberal Senator Guy Barnett has today revealed the names of the newly appointed directors of the Tasmania NBN Company after Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, failed to do so under questioning in the Senate.
‘Following the Minister’s refusal to disclose the names of the board members, I did my ...
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Conroy deflects attention from broadband "rollout"
11-Aug-2009
Minister for Broadband and Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, is trying desperately to deflect attention from the detail of the Government's National Broadband Network 'roll-out', according to Liberal Senator, Guy Barnett.
"Senator Conroy has named me in the Senate today as being supportive of better broadband services for Tasmania – which of ...
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30% of Tasmanians miss out on OneHD
30-Jul-2009
Liberal Senator Guy Barnett has written to Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy seeking his assistance to do whatever is necessary to see that Tasmanians in regional and remote communities do not miss out on the One HD 24 hour sports channel which starts in Tasmania today.
“This new sports channel will be rolled out to our capital city, ...
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Tender documents reveal only 4% of cable will be underground
17-Jul-2009
Both the Federal and State Governments have tried to hide the fact that only 4% (or 20km) of the 580km of broadband optic fibre cabling will be placed underground, Liberal Senator Guy Barnett said today.
‘Hidden in tender documents released yesterday by Aurora Energy (see attached) is the fact that 560km of the 580km of broadband cable will be ...
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Conroy "Minister for Delays"
16-Jul-2009
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is the ‘Minister for Delays’ according to
Liberal Senator Guy Barnett.Senator Barnett’s comments came after Senator Conroy visited Tasmania to announce little more than the beginning of a tender process that will not see high speed broadband available to Tasmanian homes and businesses until April next year at ...
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