Infrastructure
PAUL BUDDE: Biden calls for $100 billion national broadband plan for America

The new Biden Administration in the USA laid out a $100 billion proposal for broadband investment ...  
ALAN AUSTIN: Australia's low infrastructure spend, despite record debt

The latest official figures show Australia’s infrastructure investment has plummeted, reports ...  
ABUL RIZVI: Predictions for Josh Frydenberg's Intergenerational Report

With the forthcoming 2021 Budget in May, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will also likely release the ...  
Telstra restructures amid pressure from digital giants

Telstra has finally announced its proposed restructuring, but in this declining telco market, Paul ...  
Australian Government falling behind on world broadband scale

The Australian Government has been stalling in our nation's broadband progress, especially when ...  
Macquarie Group is set to shake up the digital infrastructure market

Investment giant Macquarie Group has made a bid to take over telco Vocus, a move that could make ...  
What 2021 will have in store for the ICT industry

With technology being relied upon more than ever due to 2020's pandemic, Paul Budde takes a look ...  
A new resolution could solve the housing emergency in Europe

A new resolution could remove many constraints and kickstart an economic aid plan to eliminate the ...  
Treasury’s latest population projections seem hard to believe

While the Treasury’s December 2020 population forecasts seem unrealistic, they're still more ...  
New European legislation aims to control digital platforms

Europe is taking the lead in digital market regulation with new proposed legislation designed to ...  
#2 TOP IA STORY OF 2020: Telstra is going on to take the NBN monopoly

Our brilliant tech columnist, Paul Budde, had three articles in IA's top ten, two of which were ...  
Manipulated collective memory makes most Australians much poorer

A missed anniversary raises the matter of how well Australians are informed about their society. ...  
Population growth and the economy: Challenging the dogma

News of a fall in net overseas migration has been greeted with doom and gloom from politicians ...  
NBN battle between the ACCC and the Government

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has issued a Statement of Expectation to the ACCC over their ...  
Budget like it’s 2019

The 2020 Budget has been met with an underwhelming reception largely due to the backward-thinking ...  
No certainty 2020-21 Migration and Humanitarian Programs will be delivered

Along with the recent Budget, announcements were made regarding the Migration and Humanitarian ...  
From boom to bust: The Treasurer’s population forecasts

The 2020 Budget will include the biggest reversal in any Australian government’s forecast of ...  
The Coalition protection racket: Why Tudge won't budge

Tudge, Colbeck and Fletcher are the latest Morrison Cabinet ministers to be mired in scandal, but ...  

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