CSIRO's Robot Project to Let Children Visit National Museum through Internet
Submitted by Amarinder Sekhon on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 11:03
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has launched CSIRO's Robot project, which will enable children use broadband to visit the National Museum without going out of their classrooms. The government announced a funding of AU$2.4 million for the project in last year's budget.
CSIRO has developed two robots in order to provide remote tours of the Australian National Museum in Canberra to schoolchildren across the country.
Telcos Need to Improve its Customer Services
Submitted by Anil Dayal on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 08:40
It’s better if Telcos gets activated and improves its customer care services because recently it has been announced by the Broadband and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy on Wednesday that very soon, a new industry code of conduct will be released.
ISP Filter Undergoes Assessment for Ensuring Lucidity
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 10:20
Internet filtering is again making the headlines. No one has a problem with restriction on obscene content but when the legitimate content too is held back, that calls for trouble.
A proposal to authorize the filter, blocking child pornography and other abhorrent Internet content in Australia, has been postponed so that the Government gets enough time to review the matter.
Conroy Refuses to Attack on Google
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Mon, 06/07/2010 - 14:36
After the federal police called by the Government to probe the internet giant over suspected privacy breaches, Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy has denied to indulge in any kind of dispute against Google.
TV License Decision Defended by Communications Minister
Submitted by Amandeep Menon on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 20:49
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy defended his decision to cut $250 million in fees to the three big television networks, by saying that there were "grave concerns" that stations would not meet their local content quotas, despite the content being enshrined in the networks' licence conditions.
Senator Conroy is accused, since his ski-slopes meeting with Seven boss Kerry Stokes was first detected.
Government will be forced to Introduce New Regulations if TIO Services Do Not Improve - Conroy
Submitted by Surjit Singh on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 14:52Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has warned that the Government would have no choice but to impose new regulations and laws for the telecommunications sector if service levels of the same do not improve soon.
The large number of complaints which have been reported by users for both mobile and landline phones and internet services all throughout last week have been described by Senator Conroy as "an absolute shocker".
