Source: Herald Sun - Fleur Leyden
27th June, 2008

Telstra has slammed the formation of a special Senate committee to investigate the Rudd Government's $4.7 billion national broadband network tender.

Source: The Age - Scott Murdoch
26th June, 2008

An uneasy truce in relations between Telstra and the Government has existed since the election, but now there are signs a return to the nasty days of political brawling could be about to erupt.

Source: Herald Sun - Fleur Leyden
25th June, 2008

Telstra's rivals have used an open letter to demand Communications Minister Stephen Conroy refuse to accept Telstra's bid in the Government's $4.7 billion national broadband network tender

Source: The Age - Anne Davies and Ben Schneiders
25th June, 2008

The union movement should not expect the Government to go further than "bringing the industrial relations pendulum back to the dead centre", Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard warned yesterday

Source: ABC Online
25th June, 2008

Telstra says thousands of people are without telecommunication services on the New South Wales mid-morth coast after fibre optic cables were cut.

Source: SMH - Jacob Saulwick
25th June, 2008

The national auditor has lifted the lid on the cost of the Government's third sale of Telstra shares, revealing uncompetitive tenders, inflated hotel bills and shoddy account keeping.

Source: The Age - Kevin Morgan
24th June, 2008

Investors regard Telstra as the only credible broadband bidder. In the past week the bid for a national broadband network by the Optus-led Terria group has been dealt a double blow.

Source: SMH - Jesse Hogan
24th June, 2008

Labor's election pledge to appoint a national broadband network builder by the end of the year is in tatters because of another extension of the bid deadline and suggestions of a trebling of the expected construction costs.

Source: Herald Sun - Fleur Leyden
24th June, 2008

Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie has accused the Federal Government of "sending mixed signals" over whether it will force a split of the telco's business units.

Source: ABC Online
24th June, 2008

Senator Kate Lundy has used Parliament to launch a scathing attack on Telstra and one of its workers.

Source: SMH - Ross Kelly
23rd June, 2008

Terria, the Optus-led consortium that wants to team up with the Federal Government to build a national high-speed broadband network, is confident of securing funding for the debt component of its bid.

Source: ABC Online
23rd June, 2008

The ACTU is again ramping up its campaign to finally scrap WorkChoices, with a new TV ad focusing on the value of collective bargaining.

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
19th June, 2008

Telstra should not own and operate a national broadband network because that will increase its ability to obstruct its rivals' growth, a visiting telecommunications expert says.

Source: ACTU
17th June, 2008

The Labor Government's new National Employment Standards are an important step towards plugging the gaps in workers’ rights and entitlements that have been left by WorkChoices say unions.

Source: ACTU
16th June, 2008

The latest decision of the Remuneration Tribunal will add more than $5,000 a year to the pay packet of Professor Ian Harper, the part-time head of the Fair Pay Commission, lifting it to $124,990 a year.

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
16th June, 2008

Sol Trujillo's attempt to censor his entry in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has attracted an unexpected ally — the website's founder, Jimmy Wales.

Source: Brisbane Times - Tom Arup
13th June, 2008

A Telstra spokesman has described comments that were posted on chief executive Sol Trujillo's Wikipedia entry as "highly defamatory and offensive personal comments".

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
11th June, 2008

Telcos in Australia worried about setting a precedent by giving up a portion of their revenue from iPhone users should benefit from Apple's decision to change its sales model.

Source: ABC Online
10th June, 2008

Apple Inc has unveiled a next-generation iPhone with faster internet access that will run on advanced wireless networks and sell for $US199 - half the current price.

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
10th June, 2008

Telstra has quietly shelved its first venture into making money from user-generated content after its attempt to clone YouTube degenerated into something more like "BlueTube".

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
10th June, 2008

An influential telecommunications executive has backed the Federal Government's preference for a fibre-to-the-node broadband network.

Source: Herald Sun - Fleur Leyden
6th June, 2008

Consumers and the economy would be $897 million worse off if Telstra builds a national broadband network, according to an economic report.

Source: ABC Online
6th June, 2008

Telstra has rejected a report that says consumers will pay 15 per cent more for broadband services if Telstra wins the rights to operate a new national network.

Source: Brisbane Times
6th June, 2008

More than 1,200 Adelaide Telstra workers were evacuated as overflowing sewage poured through five floors of their city office block yesterday.

Source: Herald Sun - Fleur Leyden
3rd June, 2008

Telstra has assured staff that jobs are safe despite plans to outsource call centre work to the Philippines.