The Election: NBN makes running on media policy

While media policy is so toxic it brings hardened political strategists out in hives, the National Broadband Network continues to fuel the promise machine. Dr O'D casts a bemused eye over the options.
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While media policy is so toxic it brings hardened political strategists out in hives, the National Broadband Network continues to fuel the promise machine. Dr O’D casts a bemused eye over the options.

It was inevitable that the calling of the Federal election would return the spotlight to the National Broadband Network (NBN), although the policy positions of Labor and the LNP coalition had stabilised months ago.

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Dr Vincent O`Donnell
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Dr Vincent O`Donnell is a historian who produces `Arts Alive`, the national arts and culture current affairs radio program, an honorary fellow of RMIT University School of Media & Communication, and the University of Melbourne`s School of Historical and Philosophical Studies.