Posts tagged "internet access"

The federal government has today announced a $4.5 billion investment that will give approximately 700,000 businesses access to fibre-to-the-premises internet connections, along with many Australian households. 

A sizeable proportion of the population still lack access to the internet.

Despite large investments in the National Broadband Network, the “digital divide” in Australia remains largely unchanged, according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

By Dominic Powell and Emma Koehn.

Tobacco giant Phillip Morris has been ordered to pay the Australian government millions of dollars afte…

By Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne

Internet and broadband connectivity are the foundation of the networked ec…

By John Rice, University of New England and Nigel Martin, Australian National University

This week the Productivity Commission released …

 From satellites, to autonomous solar-powered drones, or balloons, there have been plenty of ideas recently on how to connect up the wo…

Internet connections are so common they should be classified as a legally protected human right, according to one technology expert. Cy…

Over 75% of people across the world believe access to the internet is a right, a BBC poll has revealed. The survey, which gathered resp…