MEDIA RELEASE – Labor’s looming nbn backflip
4 April 2016 After two and half years in Opposition, Labor still do not have an nbn policy and appear to be preparing to backflip from their long held…
MEDIA RELEASE – AFTRS Council re-appointments
21 March 2016 The Australian Government has re-appointed Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAHA as Chair of the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) Council for a period of…
MEDIA RELEASE – Communications accessibility: 2016 and beyond
24 March 2016 The Australian Government has released a consultation paper aimed at improving communication options for Australians with disability and ensuring the sustainability of the National Relay Service…
MEDIA RELEASE – Copyright Tribunal Appointment
29 March 2016 The Government today announced the appointment of the Honourable Justice Andrew Greenwood as President of the Copyright Tribunal of Australia for a three year term commencing on…
TRANSCRIPT – Melbourne Press Club Address Q&As with Mark Baker
30 March 2016 1.35 pm E & OE BAKER: The Minister has agreed to take questions. Our custom at the Press Club is that working journalists come first. I’d…
TRANSCRIPT – ABC Brisbane with Steve Austin
8.35am 23 March 2016 E & OE AUSTIN: You’d know that we have a de facto election campaign underway, one hundred odd days god help us, because of a…
MEDIA RELEASE – Redcliffe Peninsula first to catch cable broadband wave
23 March 2016 Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield joined Member for Petrie, Luke Howarth MP at Woody Point today to announce Redcliffe Peninsula residents will be the first in…
MEDIA RELEASE – Careless Clare’s NBN confusion continues
16 March 2016 Labor’s spokesperson for Communications Jason Clare has again revealed his limited understanding of the nation’s largest infrastructure project, the National Broadband Network. Careless Clare continues to provide…
TRANSCRIPT – Doorstop interview
Parliament House, Canberra. 8.00am 17 March 2016 E & OE Subjects: Senate, ABCC, safe schools JOURNALIST: Do you expect a late finish tonight? FIFIELD: The Senate is…
TRANSCRIPT – ABC AM
with Michael Brissenden 16 March 2016 7.10am E & OE Subjects: Senate, Budget, safe schools BRISSENDEN: I’m joined live in the studio by the Manager of Government Business in the…