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Fifield Says NBN Management Advised Him Of Federal Police Leaks Referral

May 21, 2016

The Minister for Communications, Senator Mitch Fifield, says he was advised by National Broadband Network management that leaks of sensitive information had been referred to the Australian Federal Police.

Fifield says he “did not instruct nor request them to do so”.

Text of statement from the Minister for Communications, Senator Mitch Fifield.

Last year there were leaks of commercially sensitive information from NBN.

The senior management of NBN initiated an internal review, which identified matters of concern.

The NBN senior management subsequently referred these matters to the AFP.

I was advised by NBN that the matter had been referred to the AFP. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Broadband, Turnbull Tagged With: , ,

Karl Bitar Analyses Result Of 2010 Federal Election (Sort Of…)

Nov 09, 2010

Leaks and Mark Latham were primarily responsible for the ALP’s near-miss in the 2010 election, according to the ALP National Secretary, Karl Bitar.

Addressing the National Press Club in Canberra, Bitar said a belief that Labor would win the election, combined with disillusionment about the government’s performance, also contributed to the ALP’s campaign problems. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2010 Federal Election, A.L.P., Audio, Electoral Behaviour, Gillard, Rudd Tagged With: , , , ,

FuelWatch: Wayne Swan And Chris Bowen Respond To Petrol Leak

May 28, 2008

This is the audio of the joint press conference held by Treasurer Wayne Swan and Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen.

The two ministers dealt with a leak concerning official advice criticising the just-introduced FuelWatch program.

They were questioned about whether FuelWatch is just a stunt by the government to show that it cares about something it can do little about. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Audio, Rudd Tagged With: , , ,