Turned to writing at 60, reckon that'll do for the next 30 years, then I'll become a musician - after that, who knows, maybe a wizard...

If anybody objects to the mobile marriage of Telstra and TPG … Optus, “Yes!”
The Labor government has yet to say how it'll "fix" the NBN, while the other telco giants are variously courting and badgering the ACCC about the use of mobile spectrum. It's the game that never ends in the land of Australian telecommunications, reports Kim Wingerei.

Final seat goes to Afghan refugee as the new Senate is confirmed
The election count is finished and Fatima Payman, an Afhgan refugee who came to Australia on a refugee boat in 1999, is the final candidate to have her Senate seat confirmed.

Patchy Connections: NBN Co rivals on the rise, Elon Musk and Amazon too, as debt mounts
The previous Government spent an additional $12 billion on the National Broadband Network (NBN) compared to the original plan, with little to show for it, while much of Australia still struggles with slow Internet connections.

ACCC highlights that the Lib-Nat Coalition did not fix the NBN
This post was first published in the Australian Financial Review on 30 May 2020. Immediately after the election had been put behind us the ACCC released NBN Co’s proposed new Special Access Undertaking which, if accepted, would govern the prices of fixed...

Change brings hope – but this is just the beginning
While the AEC is counting a preference flow going to independents and not to the major parties, the nation awaits a final result. It'll take days.

The change that refreshes: independents ring the changes in quest to renew Australian democracy
The polls point to the LNP losing their grip on power, but don't count on a Labor landslide. The big winners may well be found outside the traditional domain of party politics. Kim Wingerei with Cathy McGowan on the independents.

Guide Dogs charity says thank you with a flyer to support Frydenberg
CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria and resident of Kooyong, prints flyer and goes on social media in direct contravention of charity regulations.

Government’s largesse now Telstra’s mess. What’s the scam?
After the much lauded "strategic coup" helping Telstra strike a deal to buy Pacific telco Digicel in November last year, they now find themselves up against the tax collectors of the PNG Government. What's the scam?

Back to first principles: a blueprint to revive Australian democracy
Parliament is in recess and another year has gone without the Morrison government honouring its promise to establish a federal ICAC. It is clearly reluctant to do so at all, while rorts and scandals continue to erode trust in our politicians.

$1.6b handout to Telstra’s Andy Penn to head off the Chinese
Why was Telstra slotted $1.6b by the Morrison government to buy Digicel, and how is it Telstra shares slumped by one-third during the bull market? It’s corporate welfare on steroids. Another bizarre intervention in what Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg like to...