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October 8, 2024 Michelle Grattan, _University of Canberra_ The Albanese government on Wednesday will introduce legislation to ensure the NBN remains in government ownership. June 27, 2024

John Quiggin, _The University of Queensland_ Public ownership is back in vogue, after the Coalition promised publicly owned nuclear plants in a decade. The problem is, the public service has

been hollowed out. March 6, 2024 Mark A Gregory, _RMIT University_ Australia’s NBN Co wants to offer services up to five times as fast at no extra cost. What’s the catch? April 10, 2022

Mark A Gregory, _RMIT University_ If the Coalition wins the election, Aussies can expect to continue to lag behind the rest of the world in terms of internet speeds and access. November 16,

2021 Michelle Grattan, _University of Canberra_ Labor says that suburbs and regions will benefit from a promised boost of the NBN if it wins government June 10, 2021 James Jin Kang, _Edith

Cowan University_ and Paul Haskell-Dowland, _Edith Cowan University_ When the weather gets wild, your internet connection can suffer. But other users are as much to blame as the wind and

rain November 13, 2020 Leon Gettler, _RMIT University_ Telstra is positioning itself to acquire a privatised NBN. That might be good for shareholders, but not for competition and consumers.

September 25, 2020 Michelle Grattan, _University of Canberra_ Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon September 23, 2020 Thas Ampalavanapillai

Nirmalathas, _The University of Melbourne_ Millions of households are expected to gain access to upgraded internet connections, with speeds of up to one gigabit per second (if you’re willing

to pay for the plan). May 22, 2020 Bill Corcoran, _Monash University_ A new “optical micro-comb” chip can squeeze three times the traffic of the whole NBN through a single optical fibre

March 18, 2020 Mark A Gregory, _RMIT University_ Telstra and Optus have already made arrangements to support customers with extra, free data during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what is the NBN

doing? September 18, 2019 Steven Conway, _Swinburne University of Technology_ Google’s Stadia and Apple Arcade will rattle the gaming world this year. Both aim to solve current limitations,

but as user experience improves, issues around connectivity and cost arise. May 7, 2019 Tooran Alizadeh, _University of Sydney_; Edward Helderop, _Arizona State University_, and Tony

Grubesic, _Arizona State University_ Around half of homes in three major Australian cities only have access to very old technology: hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC). For them, access to the NBN

fibre network remains only a fairy tale. April 10, 2019 Julian Thomas, _RMIT University_ Labor’s 2019 NBN election policy will disappoint those hoping for a fast-tracked return to that

party’s 2009 vision of high-speed fibre for (almost) everyone. December 6, 2018 Nicholas Biddle, _Australian National University_ and Matthew Gray, _Australian National University_

Random-controlled testing is widely accepted in medicine, and yet voters are not convinced this would be a good approach to testing out government policy before it is implemented. October

23, 2018 Chris Doucouliagos, _Deakin University_ and Tom Stanley, _Deakin University_ The internet has always been just about to deliver an enormous spurt of economic growth or productivity

growth A new meta-analysis of 59 econometric studies finds it is yet to do so. September 10, 2018 Rosalind Dixon, _UNSW Sydney_ and Richard Holden, _UNSW Sydney_ We are getting closer to

being able to apply private sector rigour to the examination of public sector projects with social benefits. August 29, 2018 Julian Thomas, _RMIT University_ and Chris K Wilson, _RMIT

University_ Tasmania’s digital inclusion increased dramatically and more than the national average from 2017 to 2018. This change is underpinned by a doubling of access to NBN in Tasmania in

that period. July 22, 2018 Mark A Gregory, _RMIT University_ The NBN is on track to be privatised after the infrastructure is completed, but there are a number of other options that would

retain the benefits of its disruption of the telecommunications market. June 26, 2018 Mark A Gregory, _RMIT University_ The new strategy is centred on investment in 5G while making Telstra

smaller and simpler. But 5G might not fill the A$3 billion hole caused by the NBN.