NBN Co boss defends bonuses as revenue ticks over $4.6 billion

NBN Co boss defends bonuses as revenue ticks over $4.6 billion

NBN Co CEO Stephen Rue has defended the company’s decision to pay executives millions of dollars in bonuses,amid claims from Labor opposition that the payouts were tied to lowball targets.

  • bySupratim Adhikari

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21 suburbs in Sydney’s south-east lose power after major cable damaged

21 suburbs in Sydney’s south-east lose power after major cable damaged

Crews restored power to affected customers about two hours after an external party hit the underground supply cable while digging or drilling in Kingsford.

  • byJenny Noyes
Mobile tower sale could unleash Telstra’s imagination

Mobile tower sale could unleash Telstra’s imagination

The $2.8 billion sale of the 49 per cent interest in Telstra’s mobile tower network and a proposed corporate restructuring highlights an opportunity to release substantial value for shareholders.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
NBN Co may have to pay telcos millions for scheduling blunder

NBN Co may have to pay telcos millions for scheduling blunder

NBN Co is planning to pay telcos for every complaint made to the telecommunications ombudsman about a scheduling problem in addition to rebates for failure to appear at appointments.

  • byZoe Samios
NBN Co paid some bonuses ‘equivalent to 88 Cartier watches’
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NBN Co paid some bonuses ‘equivalent to 88 Cartier watches’

New NBN Co figures show more than 700 employees shared in average personal bonuses of $50,000 last year.

  • byRob Harris
Lowering the bar:Do we no longer expect the government do big things?

Lowering the bar:Do we no longer expect the government do big things?

The idea of our national government setting out to transform society and the economy has been in various forms of retreat for most of this century.

  • byShaun Carney
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Elon Musk’s Starlink poised to shake up Australia’s broadband

Elon Musk’s Starlink poised to shake up Australia’s broadband

The unpredictable entrepreneur stands on the cusp of disrupting Australia’s broadband business.

  • byChris Zappone
Telcos warn NBN pricing plans will lead to spike in internet bills

Telcos warn NBN pricing plans will lead to spike in internet bills

Telecommunications companies are warning proposed changes to NBN Co’s pricing structure will cost customers.

  • byZoe Samios
Telstra’s ‘Big Bang’ moment is looming

Telstra’s ‘Big Bang’ moment is looming

Telstra’s plan to radically reshape itself in a restructuring that could eventually transform the telecommunications sector is on track to be completed by the end of the year.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Vanstone’s ‘textbook’ bias taints defence of minister
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Vanstone’s ‘textbook’ bias taints defence of minister

Readers have reacted with anger and disappointment at Amanda Vanstone’s analysis of the Brittany Higgins rape allegation and its aftermath.

Secret figures show full fibre NBN may have cost $10 billion less than claimed

Secret figures show full fibre NBN may have cost $10 billion less than claimed

A gold-plated National Broadband Network may have cost $10 billion less than previously estimated by the Coalition government.

  • byRob Harris andJennifer Duke