Report of the independent media inquiry released *

Australia - June 14 2012
Stephen Conroy, the Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has released the Report of the Independent Media Inquiry.

Co-authors: Anne-Marie Allgrove.

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Australia's IP regime set for significant reforms *

Australia - June 14 2012
On 20 March 2012, the Australian Parliament passed The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2012.

Co-authors: Anne-Marie Allgrove.

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Copyright infringement of database coding and macros *

Australia - June 14 2012
CA Inc (CA) is an international IT software management company that produces large scale database systems.

Co-authors: Anne-Marie Allgrove.

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Satellites to deliver high-speed broadband to the regions *

Australia - May 17 2012
The Australian government recently announced that NBN Co, the Australian government-owned corporation tasked with designing, building and implementing the National Broadband Network (NBN), has signed a contract worth approximately AUS$620 million with US company Space Systems/Loral.

Co-authors: Anne-Marie Allgrove.

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New penalties reinforce key consumer protection safeguards *

Australia - May 11 2012
Senator Stephen Conroy (the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) has set harsh new penalties for breaches of some of the key telecommunications consumer safeguards.

Co-authors: Anne-Marie Allgrove.

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