Following questions from the Liberals, Education Minister Nick McKim has been forced to admit that there isn’t a single school in Tasmania connected to the NBN. In fact, the closest many students come to the NBN is a single lonely computer lab in Smithton connected to the NBN in December 2010 as a trial.
Tassie losing NBN advantage
The Green-Labor Government must explain what it is doing to make sure Tasmania maintains its NBN advantage, following severe criticism from the business community in today’s Australian newspaper.
Westpac call centre closure: State’s technology sector slips further behind
The Tasmanian Liberals are increasingly concerned about the Labor-Green Government’s ‘do-nothing’ approach to the state’s economy and technology sectors. I had a briefing with Westpac today and they have told me that they will be closing one of their two call centres in Launceston. There will be no forced redundancies, but they’re expecting to reduce [...]
Still no business strategy for the NBN in Tasmania
A government brief on the NBN obtained by the Tasmanian Liberals reveals that yet again, the Premier David Bartlett has no idea how important it is to sell promised broadband infrastructure to Tasmanian and interstate businesses. The document reveals that Economic Development staff recommended that the Labor-Green Government instigate an NBN Investment Attraction Strategy – [...]
More questions over Tas NBN rollout
News that the Tasmanian NBN company (Tas NBN Co) Chairman Doug Campbell has resigned prompts even more questions about the NBN rollout in Tasmania. The NBN joint venture with Aurora has been axed, and now the Tas NBN Co Chairman has apparently jumped from the sinking ship.
