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News Archive - November 2008
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28th November, 2008 The Acacia consortium poked its head above the parapet yesterday to outline its plan to roll out broadband to 100 per cent of Australia's population.
Source: SMH
28th November, 2008 A $9 billion proposal was not enough to stop the shares sliding.
Source: ABC Online
28th November, 2008 ACT telecommunications company TransACT is talking up its bid for a local broadband network.
Source: ABC Online
28th November, 2008 Rival contenders for the national broadband network say the Government cannot consider Telstra's proposal as it stands.
Source: The Age - Dan Oakes
27th November, 2008 The stand-off between Telstra and the Federal Government over the national broadband network has intensified.
Source: The Age
27th November, 2008 While Telstra is proposing a roll-out that does not at this stage hit the Government's target of 98 per cent coverage, it is not automatically sidelined by that fact.
Source: The Age - Kevin Morgan
27th November, 2008 Key sticking points centre on the threshold issue of whether Telstra will be split, and fundamental flaws in the tender.
Source: The Age - Ruth Williams
27th November, 2008 Just to be clear: according to Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie, Telstra's broadband proposal is not a threat directed at the Government, nor is it a backdown.
Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
27th November, 2008 Telstra has increased the brinkmanship in its proposal to build a high-speed broadband network by submitting a tender to the Federal Government.
Source: Daily Telegraph - Fleur Leyden
27th November, 2008 Optus has lashed out at Telstra's proposal for the Government's $4.7 billion national broadband network tender, raising the prospect of legal action if its rival wins.
Source: The Age - Phillip Coorey and Matt O'Sullivan
26th November, 2008 The Telstra board will decide at an emergency meeting this morning whether to join the race to build the national broadband network.
Source: The Age - Ben Schneiders
26th November, 2008 The 575 pages of legislation introduced into Parliament yesterday are likely to set the framework for workplace relations and policy for decades to come.
Source: The Age - Michelle Grattan and Ben Schneiders
26th November, 2008 The Coalition has made its final retreat on the issue, giving a green light to Labor to sweep away WorkChoices.
Source: ACTU
25th November, 2008 Legislation to be introduced into Federal Parliament today will mark an historic turning point to restoring workers’ rights after a decade of attacks by the former Coalition Government.
Source: The Age - Kevin Morgan
25th November, 2008 With the Government's broadband tender, the senator is missing the point - why a structural split is a risk Telstra can't ignore.
Source: The Age - Michelle Grattan
25th November, 2008 Long-awaited legislation for Labor's industrial relations counter-revolution will not allow surviving statutory contracts to undermine safety net conditions.
Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
25th November, 2008 It's brinkmanship right down to the wire as bidding closes for a giant infrastructure project.
Source: The Age - Dan Harrison
25th November, 2008 A Canadian firm has emerged as a dark horse to build the national broadband network as Telstra gave its strongest signal yet that it will bid.
Source: The Age - Kenneth Davidson
24th November, 2008 Does the national broadband network tender reflect healthy competition or myopic meddling?
Source: The Australian/AAP
22nd November, 2008 Telstra has defended chief executive Sol Trujillo's $13.4 million annual pay packet.
Source: The Age - Matt O'Sullivan
22nd November, 2008 Telstra remains steadfast in its high-stakes game of brinkmanship with the Rudd Government, as it again refused to reveal whether it will bid for the right to build the national broadband network.
Source: The Age - Malcolm Maiden
22nd November, 2008 Telstra and the Rudd Government have reached an impasse compared to which Telstra's run-ins with the Howard government will look like a tea party.
Source: ABC Online
22nd November, 2008 Poor performing telecommunications providers will be named and shamed in monthly reports, in a bid to improve customer service.
Source: The Australian/AAP
22nd November, 2008 Telstra workers are voting on whether to take urgent industrial action over pay claims, as the company's annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders is held in Melbourne.
Source: The Age - Katharine Murphy and Ian McIlwraith
22nd November, 2008 Sol Trujillo and other high-flying chief executives should not be pocketing massive salaries when the world is dealing with the consequences of corporate excess, the Communications Minister says.
Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
21st November, 2008 The Government's game of chicken with Telstra over a national broadband network will go down to the wire, with bids for the project closing in just five days.
Source: The Australian/AAP
21st November, 2008 Complaints lodged with the telecommunications ombudsman will be logged daily, and telcos will be issued with public report cards, in a crackdown on poor customer service by the industry.
Source: SMH - Kelly Burke
21st November, 2008 Soaring complaints over customer service from telecommunications companies have prompted the Federal Government to crack down on the self-regulated sector.
Source: ABC Online
21st November, 2008 Telstra workers are voting on whether to take urgent industrial action over pay claims, as the company's AGM of shareholders is held in Melbourne today.
Source: ABC Online
21st November, 2008 Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has told the Telstra board it should reconsider its decision on executive pay.
Source: Herald Sun - Fleur Leyden
20th November, 2008 Sol Trujillo says Telstra's board has heeded last year's investor backlash over the telco's remuneration report.
Source: The Australian - Scott Murdoch
18th November, 2008 ANZ chief executive Mike Smith earned $13 million in the past year despite the bank's share price halving, bad debts soaring and hundreds of staff due to be sacked.
Source: The Age - Katharine Murphy
14th November, 2008 New federal workplace laws will create some scope for the industrial umpire to arbitrate in difficult disputes.
Source: SMH
13th November, 2008 The Seven Media Group confirmed this week its restructured TiVo operation is cutting partnership ties with another of Seven's investments, Unwired.
Source: The Age
13th November, 2008 Vodafone Australia says it is in "great shape" heading into the second half of its trading year, despite a fall in profit over the six months to September.
Source: The Australian/AAP
13th November, 2008 Optus net profit grew by 1.8 per cent in the second quarter of this financial year, as the number of mobile phone customers rose.
Source: The Age - Matt O'Sullivan
13th November, 2008 Optus has instituted a hiring freeze across most of its businesses and is taking a "prudent" approach to costs amid growing fears of a recession.
Source: SMH
13th November, 2008 Telstra has said it would not be participating in any part of the national broadband network project unless the notion of structural separation was taken off the table.
Source: ABC Online
12th November, 2008 Telstra has again refused to guarantee that it will put forward a bid to build the Federal Government's National Broadband Network.
Source: Daily Telegraph - Michelle Cazzulinol
12th November, 2008 When Bert Snedden died almost three years ago, his grieving family began the painful process of sorting through his affairs.
Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
11th November, 2008 The pay deal for Telstra's boss, Sol Trujillo - including perks such as travel and home-security services - is set to grab shareholder attention next week
Source: SMH - Miriam Steffens
10th November, 2008 Telstra has ruled itself out as a buyer of traditional media assets, looking instead to grow its mobile and online content distribution.
Source: ABC Online
10th November, 2008 It is hoped the approval of an Optus tower at Goolgowi will prompt Telstra to improve its Next G coverage in the area.
Source: The Age - Jesse Hogan
7th November, 2008 Telstra insists the slowing economy will not impede its vow to achieve full-year earnings guidance and generate at least $6 billion in annual free cash flow by financial year 2010.
Source: ACTU
7th November, 2008 Telstra management's aggressive and uncompromising stance is putting at risk thousands of jobs and could lead to a $11.9 billion drop in the company’s value.
Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
7th November, 2008 Telstra is refusing to back down from its demands for the Federal Government to rule out a split of its businesses.
Source: Herald Sun - Fleur Leyden
7th November, 2008 Telstra boss Sol Trujillo says shareholders should "shoot management" if it ever agreed to break-up the telco.
Source: ABC Online
6th November, 2008 The Federal Opposition says the Government's plans to roll out a national broadband network are looking increasingly like a pipedream.
Source: SMH - Matt O'Sullivan
5th November, 2008 Optus will take a $44 million hit to its quarterly pre-tax earnings because of the high subsidies the company has forked out to attract iPhone customers.
Source: ACTU
4th November, 2008 Telstra’s workforce needs a strong industrial umpire with dispute settling powers to break the long-running stalemate over a new collective agreement, unions said today.
Source: ABC Online
4th November, 2008 The union representing Telstra workers will today seek permission to take strike action next month.
Source: ABC Online
3rd November, 2008 The federal Labor Member for Bendigo, Steve Gibbons, is concerned telecommunications jobs in central Victoria are being moved overseas.
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