Just like Australia has a new political party in power, we also have a new Communications Minister. Senator Stephen Conroy has been appointed Australia’s new Communications Minister under Kevin Rudd’s Cabinet lineup. Perhaps Senator Conroy’s most important task as the new Minister will be overseeing the development of the Federal Government’s new national fibre-to-the-node Broadband network. One thing is for certain, Mr Conroy will also need a suit of Armour to keep telco giant ‘Telstra’ in check along with the arduous task of building a new Broadband network for Australians.
Australia now has a minister for broadband, under Kevin Rudd’s new cabinet lineup. Senator Stephen Conroy will be the minister for broadband, communications and digital economy.
Given that a central part of conservative political theory is light-touch, non-interventionist government and letting the free market operate, it speaks volumes that the former conservative government thought it so important to strongly regulate Telstra.
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