Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
31st July, 2008

The starter's gun for the race to win a $4.7 billion cheque from the Federal Government to build a national broadband network could happen early next month.

Source: ACTU
29th July, 2008

Unions have called for workers’ rights to meet with union officials to be strengthened following reports that access to workplaces has been prevented by over-zealous employers.

Source: ABC Online
25th July, 2008

The head of an independent review team looking into telecommunications in the bush says he is confident the Federal Government will act to improve services.

Source: ABC Online
23rd July, 2008

WA's peak union body is planning to lobby the state's Federal Labor MPs over the next month to encourage them to wind back more of WorkChoices.

Source: The Age
23rd July, 2008

Vodafone Australia added about 70,000 customers in the June quarter for a total of 4.1 million as users were attracted to the mobile carrier's cheaper plans.

Source: ABC Online
21st July, 2008

The Workplace Ombudsman has rejected claims that Telstra forced workers to sign Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs).

Source: ACTU
21st July, 2008

Official company documents revealed today show a secret strategy used by Telstra management to get 15,000 employees onto AWAs ahead of a ban on them which came into force in March.

Source: ACTU
21st July, 2008

Telstra’s Human Resources department should take responsibility for a finding today that a Telstra manager applied duress to several employees to sign AWAs.

Source: ABC Online
21st July, 2008

The ACTU is accusing Telstra of unethical behaviour in the month before Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) were scrapped earlier this year.

Source: The Age/AAP
21st July, 2008

Trade unions have accused Telstra of conducting a dirty tricks campaign to force 15,000 workers into signing AWAs just days before a government ban.

Source: ACTU
18th July, 2008

Telstra workers will be very disappointed with the decision taken by the company’s Human Resources managers to call off talks with unions.

Source: ABC Online
18th July, 2008

Telstra has told its workforce it is calling off pay negotiations with the unions.

Source: The Australian/AAP
18th July, 2008

Telstra has ended discussions with unions about a new enterprise agreement, after accusing them of putting forward prohibited content as part of a side agreement.

Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
18th July, 2008

Telstra is set for a protracted battle with unions after breaking off enterprise bargaining negotiations because of what it described as demands for an "unlawful side deal".

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
18th July, 2008

Kevin Rudd could face increased pressure to expedite his promise to scrap WorkChoices after one of the country's major employers declared it would no longer negotiate pay deals with unions.

Source: SMH
16th July, 2008

Optus says it may consider compensating some businesses for the loss of mobile, landline and internet services.

Source: Australian IT - Andrew Ramage
15th July, 2008

A major telecommunications fault shut down mobile and landline phone calls and internet connections in Queensland and some parts of New South Wales for four hours today.

Source: ABC Online
15th July, 2008

There are major network problems for Optus customers who have landline and mobile phones throughout Queensland.

Source: SMH - Phillip Coorey
15th July, 2008

Unions will increase pressure on the Rudd Government to modify its IR laws, by citing polling showing voters are becoming impatient about getting rid of Work Choices.

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
15th July, 2008

Telstra's ability to block competitors from installing their own broadband equipment in Telstra telephone exchanges has been curtailed by a new policy from the competition regulator.

Source: ACTU
9th July, 2008

The $21.66 minimum wage rise will provide some relief for working families from spiralling petrol, housing and grocery costs, but does not bridge the gap in living standards under two years of WorkChoices.

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
8th July, 2008

A separation of Telstra would not be a "silver bullet" for Australia's telecommunications industry and could instead stifle the expansion of broadband.

Source: The Sunday Age - Josh Gordon
7th July, 2008

Taxpayers could be left with a multimillion-dollar bill as one of the Federal Government's biggest technology contractors, Commander Communications, founders under its high debts and diminished earnings.

Source: ABC Online
3rd July, 2008

Telstra says it needs hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies to extend high-speed broadband to the Northern Territory's remote communities.

Source: ABC Online
2nd July, 2008

The Member for Hume, Alby Schultz says he has written to the federal Communications Minister asking him to penalise Telstra for disabling internet access at a Southern Highlands' hospital.

Source: The Land
2nd July, 2008

Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, has released new program guidelines to enhance the Australian Broadband Guarantee to ensure the bush is adequately serviced.

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
2nd July, 2008

Any telco that invests in the national broadband network must not be allowed to have any formal involvement in the joint-venture company that will own and operate the network, Optus believes.

Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
1st July, 2008

Hopes of Optus and Vodafone of an iPhone-fuelled sales edge over Telstra have been dashed by the No. 1 telco finally reaching a deal with Apple.