{"id":90390,"date":"1999-12-31T00:57:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/come-on-malcolm-pm-urged-to-speed-nbn-construction\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:57:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:57:00","slug":"come-on-malcolm-pm-urged-to-speed-nbn-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/come-on-malcolm-pm-urged-to-speed-nbn-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Come On, Malcolm: PM Urged To Speed NBN Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is being urged to fast-track construction of the National Broadband Network, bringing Australia closer to the advantages being enjoyed by Internet users in connected cities such as Singapore and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Under the two-year Abbott Government, Australia has actually not only fallen behind other OECD countries in the rankings for Internet-enabled offices and homes, but has lagged behind the &#8211; admittedly not very fast &#8211; construction schedule of the previous Australian Labor Governments, urged on as they were by then Comms Minister Stephen Conroy.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Laurie Patton, CEO of Internet Australia, a peak body representing Internet suppliers, yesterday called on the new PM to fast-track construction as a matter of urgency.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;Over the past two years&#8221; &#8211; in which Turnbull has been in charge &#8211; &#8220;Australia has fallen behind other OECD countries in the rankings for Internet-enabled offices and homes. We cannot allow this to continue,&#8221; said Patton.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">He also said Internet Australia is concerned that ad hoc legislative changes designed to address specific issues &#8211; such as site blocking &#8211; are at odds with good policy making &#8220;because they risk unintended consequences that can impact on the trust and the efficiency the underpins the Internet.&#8221;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;We believe that blocking access to international Web sites will be largely ineffective, being relatively easy to bypass. The costs to the Internet industry &#8211; and ultimately passed on to consumers &#8211; will be significant, disproportionate and unjustifiable,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">These matters were presumably not high on the new PM&#8217;s mind yesterday, as he underwent the swearing in ceremony at Government House and mulled over the likely make over of his ministry.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">But they will increasingly become major issues in the months ahead. 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