850 NBN staff paid more than $200,000 amid government pay crackdown

850 NBN staff paid more than $200,000 amid government pay crackdown

There are 877 NBN workers earning about the same or more than the base salary of a federal backbench MP.

  • byJennifer Duke andRob Harris

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Having a tough time contacting your internet provider? You are not alone

Having a tough time contacting your internet provider? You are not alone

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an almost 1500 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of complaints from consumers.

  • byJoel Gibson
Telstra lays down 5G gauntlet for NBN Co with fixed-wireless product

Telstra lays down 5G gauntlet for NBN Co with fixed-wireless product

Telstra is launching a 5G fixed-wireless product to selectively use its 5G mobile network to steal customers away from the national broadband network.

  • bySupratim Adhikari
Commonwealth to embark on major digital upgrade of government services

Commonwealth to embark on major digital upgrade of government services

Digital government services will get significant upgrades in the federal budget,including face verification technology.

  • byRob Harris
Equating Wi-Fi and speed is just the start of the problem
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Equating Wi-Fi and speed is just the start of the problem

What came first? The leghorn or the eggcorn?

While Scott Morrison stays true to form,China is setting itself up for the future

While Scott Morrison stays true to form,China is setting itself up for the future

It looks like we won't be getting a reform budget next month after all.

  • bySean Kelly
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The NBN upgrade isn't a backflip,it's a forward roll

The NBN upgrade isn't a backflip,it's a forward roll

NBN Co has announced a massive new investment in upgrading the speeds of the network but it's not an embarrassing backflip to Labor's original all-fibre plan.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
'Dramatic change':Ex-NBN Co executive says 5G is behind government NBN upgrade

'Dramatic change':Ex-NBN Co executive says 5G is behind government NBN upgrade

A former NBN Co executive has argued that NBN Co's upgrade plans are designed to fight against the growth of 5G wireless services.

  • byZoe Samios andLisa Visentin
NBN bonuses to executives to be decided by board:Paul Fletcher

NBN bonuses to executives to be decided by board:Paul Fletcher

NBN Co is poised to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to its senior management,including chief executive Stephen Rue,despite its plans to cut hundreds of staff and a government crackdown on public service pay.

  • byRob Harris andJennifer Duke
NBN executives eye bonuses despite government pay crackdown

NBN executives eye bonuses despite government pay crackdown

The national broadband network will not rule out paying millions of dollars in bonuses to its senior management.

  • byJennifer Duke andRob Harris
Two million homes to get access to NBN fibre-to-the-home in $3.5b plan

Two million homes to get access to NBN fibre-to-the-home in $3.5b plan

A new fibre rollout is tipped to create 25,000 jobs and start within months,with two million eligible premises able to demand fibre-to-the-home.

  • byLisa Visentin