Conroy green-lights ISP filter and $4.7B broadband plan at first industry address

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 at 7:22 am to iTNews by Mitchell Bingemann

Senator Stephen Conroy gave his first major address to the IT industry as the new Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy at a gala dinner event Thursday night where he outlined the Government’s future ICT goals including its fibre-based broadband plans, digital education reform and ISP-level filtering.

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