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108-682: The Climate Commission was announced by the Gillard Labor government in February 2011. The chief commissioner was Professor Tim Flannery , and other commissioners included Professor Veena Sahajwalla , Professor Lesley Hughes, Professor Will Steffen , Roger Beale , and Gerry Hueston. The commission was projected to cost $ 5.4 million over four years. The Commission released a number of reports on climate change science, health impacts, international action and renewable energy, as well as holding public events around Australia. The Critical Decade ,

216-464: A government-owned corporation . Internet service providers , known under NBN as retail service providers or RSPs, contract with NBN to access the data network and sell fixed Internet access to end users . Rationales for this national telecommunications infrastructure project included replacing the existing copper cable telephony network that is approaching end of life , and the rapidly growing demand for Internet access. As initially proposed by

324-628: A hung Parliament in which Gillard secured the support of the Australian Greens and three independents to form a government. Leadership challenges occurred intermittently between Gillard and Rudd resulting in Labor leadership spills in February 2012 , March 2013 and June 2013 , the last of which ended her prime ministership. Major policy initiatives of the Gillard government included,

432-607: A tax on mining , the failure of the government to secure passage of its Carbon Trading Scheme, and debate about immigration policy, significant disaffection had arisen within the Labor Party as to the leadership style and direction of Kevin Rudd. According to the ABC's 7:30 Report, the seeds for a push for Julia Gillard to challenge Rudd came from "Victorian Right factional heavyweights" Bill Shorten and Senator David Feeney , who secured

540-518: A 159% increase in NBN complaints with nearly 40% of NBN customers dissatisfied. In response to the imminent broadcast of a critical documentary, Turnbull stated that NBN was a failure, but blaming the earlier Rudd and Gillard governments . The documentary noted significant issues with the rollout and complaints regarding performance of the NBN. Following the Prime Minister's acknowledgment of

648-438: A 3 GB per month data allowance and a total price to the end customer of no more than $ 2,500 over three years. To provide these services NBN Co bought managed satellite services and satellite capacity from Optus for $ 200 million and additional satellite capacity from IPstar for $ 100 million. Five areas comprising around 14,000 premises were chosen as the "first mainland sites", each representing rollout challenges

756-534: A 76–74 minority government. Governor-General Bryce swore in the second Gillard Ministry on 14 September 2010. Following the August 2010 election , Julia Gillard signed a formal agreement with the Australian Greens and secured the support of three independents in relation to confidence and supply within the Australian House of Representatives , thus enabling the Gillard government to return to office as

864-510: A Labor MP until late April 2012. Presiding secretary of the HSU, Kathy Jackson , said in February 2012 that as the investigation had taken four years, she suspected the government had intervened to stall the inquiry. A by-election caused by a conviction of a member of parliament could result in the minority Gillard government losing its majority. When FWA handed down a report on the HSU alleging 181 breaches (including 76 criminal breaches) related to

972-428: A New South Wales Police investigation was investigating broader allegations of fraud involving Thomson and former HSU boss Michael Williamson. Thomson was arrested on 1 February 2013, and charged with 150 counts of fraud. He was found guilty of obtaining financial advantage by using his Health Services Union (HSU) credit card to pay for sexual services and making cash withdrawals on 18 February 2014. In September 2012,

1080-467: A by-election – a move which could cost Labor government. At Labor's 2011 conference in Sydney, Prime Minister Gillard mentioned every Labor Prime Minister since World War Two with the exception of Kevin Rudd. The speech was widely reported as a "snub" to Rudd. Amdist ongoing poor two-party preferred polling results for the government, and following the loss of Independent MP Andrew Wilkie 's support on

1188-455: A carbon tax; her East Timor and Malaysia Solution plans for asylum seekers; her written agreement with Andrew Wilkie on poker reforms and twelve months of low polling as key failings of Gillard's time in office. National Broadband Network The National Broadband Network ( NBN ) is an Australian national wholesale open-access data network. It includes wired and radio communication components rolled out and operated by NBN Co ,

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1296-563: A centralised model with only 14 points of interconnect (PoIs); however, that was overruled by the Federal Government on the advice from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC considered the plan to be " mission creep " and would have given NBN Co a monopoly over backhaul; however, NBN Co said centralised model would have allowed smaller RSPs to connect without going through

1404-419: A cessation of his weekly meetings with the Prime Minister following a dispute over her handling of Tasmanian forestry. New South Wales country independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor and Tasmania independent Andrew Wilkie also reached agreement with Gillard. Oakeshott and Windsor, both estranged former members of the conservative National Party announced their support in a joint conference. Windsor cited

1512-453: A female member of the opposition. Gillard's Attorney General, Nicola Roxon , was briefed on the texts in June, but publicly maintained that the sexual harassment claims were vexatious. On 9 October Tony Abbott rose in parliament with a motion to have Slipper removed as Speaker over the sexist comments. Gillard refused to back the move and proceeded to link Abbott's remarks to those made in

1620-529: A fixed price period operating as a tax. Prior to the election, Gillard had ruled out the introduction of a carbon tax while promising to put a price on carbon. This apparent breach of an election commitment proved to be one of the most controversial policy decisions of the government thus far announced. The plan secured its passage through Parliament in late 2011 as part of the Clean Energy Bill 2011 . In January 2012, Greens leader Bob Brown announced

1728-516: A key commitment to him regarding poker-machine reform saw Wilkie withdraw his guarantees on confidence and supply in January 2012. In November 2011, the Gillard government had its Speaker Harry Jenkins resign and installed Liberal-National defector Peter Slipper in the Chair. The manoeuvre was described as "a big win for Gillard" for boosting her numbers on the floor and on 21 January, the government

1836-400: A leadership change "because I believed that a good government was losing its way" and that Labor was at risk at the next election. She assured the public that her government would restore the budget to surplus in 2013 and said that it would build community consensus for a price on carbon and open negotiations with the mining industry for a re-vamped mining profits tax. She praised Kevin Rudd as

1944-508: A less "stage-managed" campaign, saying: "I think it's time for me to make sure that the real Julia is well and truly on display, so I'm going to step up and take personal charge of what we do in the campaign from this point": Gillard met Opposition leader Tony Abbott for one official debate during the campaign. Studio audience surveys by Channel 9 and the Seven Network suggested a win to Gillard. Unable to agree on further debates,

2052-576: A man of "remarkable achievement" and Wayne Swan as an outstanding Treasurer who would guide Australia to surplus. In the aftermath of the leadership challenge, Bill Shorten , former trade union leader, and key Parliamentary member of the ALP Right Faction, nominated the government's handling of the insulation program ; the sudden announcement of change of policy on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme ; and

2160-550: A minority government. Key to the arrangement was the ongoing support of four non-Labor members of the House of Representatives. The Labor-Greens agreement resulted in the Greens offering to "ensure supply and oppose any motions of no-confidence in the government from other parties or MPs" in return for a range of policy undertakings from Gillard and an agreement to allow Greens leader Bob Brown and lower house MP Adam Bandt to meet with

2268-449: A period and calculates the likelihood of a particular temperature rise. For example, to have a 75% change of keeping temperature increase to below 2 degrees, the world can emit no more than 1000 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide between 2000 and 2050. The report was reviewed favourably by leading Australian climate scientists, including Professor David Karoly , Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Professor Steven Sherwood. The Climate Commission

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2376-405: A period of "paralysis" and that Rudd was operating along "difficult and chaotic work patterns". In their initial responses to the announcement, senior ministers launched stinging attacks on Rudd's legacy as Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan lambasted Rudd as "dysfunctional"; cabinet colleague Tony Burke said of Rudd's term in office that "the stories that were around of the chaos, of

2484-457: A project when we came into government in 2013," and argued that the NBN might never make a profit. Turnbull commented on New Zealand's program "They basically ensured the incumbent telco, the Telstra equivalent, split its network operations away from its retail operations. And then that network company in effect became the NBN. The virtue of that was you actually had a business that knew what it

2592-483: A proposal; however, NBN Co suspended the process on 1 April 2011, as the prices were unacceptably high. The first FTTP customers were connected in July 2010. The Gillard government was elected at the 2010 Australian federal election . As a minority government priority was given to regional and rural areas, areas from which supporting cross-bench MPs were elected. An increase in the peak speed to one gigabit per second

2700-432: A reporter on the night of the challenge if indeed a challenge was on, replied: "Complete garbage. ABC have lost all credibility." As he was being deposed, Rudd suggested that his opponents wanted to move Labor to the right, saying on 23 June: " This party and government will not be lurching to the right on the question of asylum seekers, as some have counselled us to do." Upon becoming leader, Gillard explained her actions on

2808-496: A speech using the slogan "moving forward". In the early stages of the campaign, a series of leaks were released by purported Labor Party sources, indicating apparent divisions within Cabinet over the replacement of Kevin Rudd by Gillard. Midway through the campaign, Gillard offered journalists a self-assessment of her campaign by saying that she had been paying too much attention to advisers in her strategy team, and she wanted to run

2916-540: A wholesale aggregator. ACCC recommended 121 Pols after public consultation . Internode criticised the "insane" number of POIs and after its pricing announcement warned it might have to charge more in regional areas because of the increased costs. In response Turnbull said the "government can't deliver on a crucial promise" of "national uniform pricing"; however, Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy said that they "guaranteed uniform wholesale pricing" not retail pricing. Internode (in 2010) warned that increasing

3024-675: A year beforehand. Telstra was not required to separate retail and wholesale operations, instead agreeing to disconnect its Internet customers from the copper and hybrid fibre-coaxial networks in areas where FTTP has been installed and agreed to lease dark fibre , exchange space and ducts to NBN Co. Telstra would not be able to market their mobile network as an alternative to the NBN for a number of years. NBN Co signed an agreement with Optus on 23 June estimated to be worth $ 800 million post-tax net present value over its hybrid fibre-coaxial network. Following low take-up rates in Tasmania,

3132-640: The Australian Labor Party would occur on the morning of 24 June 2010, with the candidates being himself and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard . This followed weeks of speculation that senior members of the ALP were beginning to lose confidence in Rudd and would back Gillard in replacing him if necessary. By the eve of the election, it was obvious that Rudd didn't have enough support to remain ALP leader and prime minister. Rudd withdrew his candidacy and resigned as party leader, leaving Gillard to take

3240-597: The Clean Energy Bill 2011 , asylum seeker policy, Mineral Resource Rent Tax , National Broadband Network , schools funding following the Gonski Review and the National Disability Insurance Scheme . Management of the Labor Party's alliances with the Greens and Independents were an ongoing issue following the 2010 election. In late 2011, the government secured the defection of a Liberal member Peter Slipper to serve as Speaker of

3348-669: The Hawke-Keating government , and replaced them with the Fair Work Bill . The bill established a single industrial relations bureaucracy called Fair Work Australia (FWA), in addition to the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), and both became operational on 1 July 2009. In 2009, Gillard oversaw the government's " Building the Education Revolution " programme that allocated $ 16 billion towards

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3456-495: The Liberal/National Coalition opposition leading up to the 2013 election. These focused on the estimated cost and timeline for implementation. The build cost had been a key point of debate. Turnbull and Abbott stated that they would take an "agnostic" approach. They argued that the demand for such a service was not significant, and thus that the estimated cost was too high and the timeline for implementation

3564-622: The Rudd government in 2009, wired connections would have provided up to 100 Mbit/s (later increased to 1000 Mbit/s), although this was decreased to a minimum of 25 Mbit/s in 2013 after the election of the Abbott government . As the largest infrastructure project in Australia's history, NBN was the subject of significant political contention and has been an issue in federal elections . The Liberal government initially stated that

3672-612: The leadership of the Australian Labor Party on 26 June 2013 and commenced the second Rudd government . Before mounting her successful 2010 challenge to Rudd's leadership, Gillard had served as Deputy Prime Minister in the first Rudd government. With Treasurer Wayne Swan as her Deputy, Gillard went on to lead her party to the 2010 Australian federal election against the Liberal-National Coalition led by Tony Abbott . The election resulted in

3780-487: The "Multi-Technology Mix" (MTM) would be completed by 2016, however this was changed after the election to 2019 and then again to 2020. The project cost jumped from the Liberal Party's estimated $ 29.5 billion before the 2013 federal election, to $ 46–56 billion afterwards. In 2016 NBN Co. said it was on target for $ 49 billion, but by late 2018 the estimated final cost was $ 51 billion. A fast broadband initiative

3888-517: The 2013 Federal Election, but was found guilty on multiple counts. Thomson was already under investigation at the time of the 2010 Election. Under questioning from the Opposition, Gillard told Parliament on 16 August 2011, "I think he is doing a fine job representing the people of his constituency in this place... I look forward to him continuing to do that job for a very long, long, long time to come." Gillard maintained her support for Thomson as

3996-657: The 722,031 premises passed were classed as being "service class zero"—"the Service Class that applies to a Premises that is not NBN Serviceable for the purposes of the NFAS but is in the footprint of the NBN ;Co Fibre Network." Turnbull became Prime Minister and Mitch Fifield became the Minister for Communications. At 30 June, NBN Co had passed 2,893,474 premises across all technologies. Company annual revenue

4104-525: The Coalition members of the committee released a dissenting report strongly defending the NBN and NBN Co. In 2017, Morrow wrote a public blog post arguing that the New Zealand program Ultra-Fast Broadband operated in a different policy setting, with Telecom New Zealand separated into Chorus (wholesale) and Spark (retail). On 23 October, Turnbull said, "The NBN was a calamitous train wreck of

4212-666: The Commonwealth, as first respondent in the Slipper case, agreed a settlement with Peter Slipper's staffer whereby it would pay $ 50,000 and improve training in relation to sexual harassment. However, the Attorney General, Nicola Roxon, repeated her claim that Slipper's staffer did not have a case. However, the case lead to release of communications used in evidence including lewd text messages sent by Slipper. The texts included denigratory remarks about female body parts and

4320-405: The Greens was one of the worst strategic decisions in the past 50 years of Labor history". In February 2013, Greens leader Christine Milne announced that, while her party would continue to guarantee confidence and supply, the Greens would be ending their alliance with Labor, on the basis that the government was not taxing "big miners" enough via its MRRT mining tax. The government's numbers in

4428-636: The House of Representatives . Slipper resigned as speaker in October. In early 2012 the government lost the support of independent Andrew Wilkie . In May 2012 it suspended backbencher Craig Thomson from the ALP as evidence mounted that he had defrauded the Health Services Union . The Greens ended their formal alliance with Labor in February 2013 over taxation policy, but continued to offer confidence and supply. Gillard became deputy leader of

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4536-458: The House of Representatives and would be supporting Rudd because he believed the manner in which he had been replaced in 2010 was wrong. Prime Minister Gillard refused to accept Albanese's resignation. Gillard portrayed Rudd as a "chaotic" manager and would-be celebrity who led a "paralysed" government. Rudd portrayed Gillard as untrustworthy and unable to win an election. Rudd nominated Gillard's actions in relation to her promise not to implement

4644-579: The House of Representatives were affected by the resignation of Peter Slipper from the Liberal National Party in order that he could serve as a Labor aligned independent and as Speaker of the House of Representatives; as well as by the eventual suspension of Labor back bencher Craig Thomson from the ALP, who was long the subject of allegations of fraudulent conduct during the Health Services Union expenses affair . Slipper ultimately resigned as Speaker for inappropriate conduct and returned to

4752-638: The Labor Party's National Broadband Scheme as "critical" to securing his support along with "stability" in government. For his part Oakeshott described his decision as "line ball" and announced that he had secured an undertaking for a "taxation summit" and that Labor's broadband and climate change policies appealed to him. During negotiations, a third ex-National rural MP, Bob Katter , had operated closely with Oakeshott and Windsor, however his support fell behind Tony Abbott, as did West Australian National Tony Crook . Andrew Wilkie also initially backed Julia Gillard as prime minister; however, her subsequent breaking of

4860-543: The Labor opposition during the final term of the Howard Coalition government in December 2006. The appointment came after a challenge to the leadership of Kim Beazley by Kevin Rudd . Rudd and Gillard defeated Beazley and his deputy Jenny Macklin in a caucus vote for the party leadership. The Rudd-Gillard ticket then defeated the long-serving Howard government at the 2007 election . The first Rudd Ministry

4968-542: The Liberal-National Coalition. After FWA's findings against Thomson were made public (alleging that he had misused $ 500,000 in union funds to purchase prostitution services, as well as to aid his political campaign for Parliament and for personal cash withdrawals) the MP addressed Parliament from the crossbenches, and in an emotional speech in May 2012, claimed to be the victim of a conspiracy perpetrated by former colleagues and accused

5076-658: The Liberal-National opposition, and some controversial policy decisions by Julia Gillard contributed to an environment in which leadership tensions within the Labor Party were to remain a major issue. As late as May 2010, prior to challenging Rudd, Julia Gillard was quipping to the media that "There's more chance of me becoming the full forward for the Dogs than there is of any change in the Labor Party". Consequently, Gillard's move against Rudd on 23 June appeared to surprise many Labor backbenchers. Daryl Melham when asked by

5184-617: The NBN expected to face during an Australia-wide rollout. The first services went live on 19 April 2011. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon blocked Huawei from seeking a supply contract for the National Broadband Network, on the advice of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation . The Australian government feared Huawei would provide backdoor access for Chinese cyber espionage . Significant attacks were made by

5292-637: The NBN's failure, Rudd noted that, on assuming government in 2013, Turnbull, as Minister for Communications in the Abbott government, radically changed the network's technical aspects. The ACCC began an inquiry into the NBN in November 2017, to investigate whether regulation was needed to improve outcomes for consumers. In November 2017 NBN Co temporarily suspended the rollout of its HFC network due to performance issues, costing Telstra close to $ 600 million AUD of its 2018 profits. In February 2018, Turnbull

5400-590: The NBN: most of the NBN Co board was asked to resign; Ziggy Switkowski was appointed Chairman; and rollout was moved from FTTP to "alternative technologies" such as fibre to the node. The government limited the rollout of FTTP to those areas already in development. Later implementation of the Multi-Technological Mix (MTM) began with the promise of earlier completion and significant cost savings compared to

5508-433: The Opposition and Crossbenchers for Slipper to step aside for the duration of any civil investigations. On 29 April, Gillard announced that she wanted to dispel a "dark cloud" hanging over Parliament and wanted Labor MP Craig Thompson to suspend his membership of the Labor Party and for Speaker Slipper to maintain his suspension from the role of Speaker until all the completion of investigations. Labor MP Anna Burke took up

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5616-433: The Prime Minister each week while Parliament is sitting to work on the legislative agenda. Among the policy undertakings announced by the parties was the abandonment of the Gillard government's plan for a "citizens assembly" to discuss climate change policy and its replacement with a "climate change committee" to consider a price on carbon. That committee, chaired by Gillard, announced a carbon pricing scheme that would include

5724-595: The Tasmanian Government's submission to the RFP. A forced structural separation of Telstra was threatened but not completed. NBN Co was established on 9 April 2009 and Mike Quigley appointed chief executive officer on 25 July. An implementation study was commissioned in April 2009 and released on 6 May. In April, NBN Co issued a request for tender (RFT) for the major FTTP rollout. Fourteen vendors submitted

5832-435: The aftermath of these programs which, saw Labor MP Darren Cheeseman call on Gillard to resign, while his colleague Steve Gibbons called Rudd a "psychopath with a giant ego". Amidst the controversy, an expletive laden video of out-takes of an intemperate Kevin Rudd attempting to record a Chinese language message during his time as prime minister was released anonymously on YouTube, apparently aimed at discrediting his push for

5940-404: The backbench over the past month on the level of support for him. This followed a Herald/Nielsen poll which showed the government would lose if an election were held then" and that "Rudd's action was regarded as a sign that he did not trust the repeated assurances by Ms Gillard that she would not stand". On 23 June 2010, Kevin Rudd called a press conference announcing that a leadership ballot of

6048-414: The basis that she believed that the Labor government had "lost its way", but did nominate asylum seeker policy, along with carbon pricing and the mining tax as priorities of her agenda. Leadership tensions were a feature of Labor's 2010 election campaign, with a series of damaging leaks apparently emanating from people connected to the Rudd government 's inner Cabinet circle. Following the election, Rudd

6156-408: The building of new school accommodation, such as classrooms, libraries and assembly halls. The programme was part of the government's economic stimulus response to the 2007–2008 financial crisis and its expense became controversial. After an initial period of popularity, by mid-2009, following the failure of the government's insulation program and amidst controversy regarding the implementation of

6264-408: The catalyst for his resignation. Prime Minister Gillard called a leadership ballot for 27 February. In doing so, she attempted to see off a "two-stage" strategy by declaring she would return to the backbenches and renounce any future leadership bid, and asking Rudd to do the same. She also expanded upon the reasons for her original challenge of Rudd's leadership, saying that his government had entered

6372-409: The commission's first report, summarised the current state of climate science, the likely impacts and the urgency for action. The report found: The third and final chapter of the report uses a budget approach to estimate the level of greenhouse gas emissions reductions required to keep global temperature below 2 degrees. The budget approach looks at the amount of additional greenhouse gas emissions over

6480-522: The construction of the NBN in Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT by Silcar, a company joint-owned by Siemens and Thiess . The agreement includes the option of a two-year extension with an additional value of $ 740 million. NBN Co signed an agreement with Telstra on 23 June estimated to be worth $ 9 billion post-tax net present value , building upon the signing of a financial heads of agreement

6588-424: The cross bench, while police investigations were ongoing in relation to Thomson. Extensive allegations were brought before Fair Work Australia (FWA), concerning mis-use of union funds during his time as a leader of the Labor affiliated Health Services Union (HSU), prior to his entry to Parliament. Thomson pleaded not guilty to 145 charges of theft and deception relating to the alleged misuse of Union funds following

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6696-490: The duties of Speaker. The development left Labor with 70 seats on the floor of the House of Representatives, to the Liberals 71 – with two independents aligned to Liberal-National Coalition; Andrew Wilkie acting as a non-aligned independent; and with Slipper, Thompson, a Green and two further independents remaining Labor aligned. Soon after, West Australian National , Tony Crook announced that he would sitting and voting with

6804-464: The earlier approach. The predominant change was the adoption of a mixed copper-optical technology with fibre to the node (FTTN). Studies and a strategic review were commissioned. As of 3 November 2013, construction of the network had passed 354,793 premises and 109,862 customer services were active. In areas where the FTTP network was rolled out, a similar agreement with Optus was in place. Following

6912-404: The election of the Abbott government , NBN Co reassessed financial forecasts and progress of the NBN roll-out and published a strategic review in December 2013. On 12 December, the NBN Co board appointed Bill Morrow as NBN Co's new CEO, replacing Quigley. Telstra asserted its intention to retain the $ 11bn value it generates from the previous government's deal. Delays occurred when work

7020-651: The existing copper network by constructing a new national network combining fibre to the premises (FTTP), fixed wireless and satellite technologies. The first Rudd government had proposed to develop a modern optical fibre telecommunications network to provide broadband access to 93% of the Australian population at 100 Mbit/s, with those areas and people outside the network footprint to be provided broadband access through fixed wireless and geosynchronous telecommunications satellite. The cost estimate rose to $ 43 billion and later revised to $ 37.4 billion. The project

7128-451: The first hung parliament since the 1940 election . Both major party leaders sought to form a minority government . Six crossbench MPs held the balance of power . Four crossbench MPs, Greens Adam Bandt and independents Andrew Wilkie , Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor declared their support for Labor on confidence and supply , in return for some legislative concessions, allowing Gillard and Labor to remain in power with

7236-803: The floor of the Parliament, and an Australia Day security scare in which Gillard's office had been implicated in "tipping off" a rowdy protest emanating from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, senior Labor figures were openly discussing the question of Rudd's desire to lead the party in the media. Simon Crean told radio 3AW: "[Rudd] can't be leader again... People will not elect as leaders those they don't perceive as team players". Treasurer Swan told ABC TV in February that "Sure, there's one or two individuals out there who are disgruntled, they are feeding some of these stories" but that

7344-399: The focus of the news story with "an impressive set of insults". Within a week, a YouTube version of the speech had had one million hits. The context of the Labor Party's support for Peter Slipper however meant that commentary from domestic journalists was far more critical, with Michelle Grattan writing "it sounded more desperate than convincing", Peter Harthcer that Gillard "chose to defend

7452-453: The government adopted an opt-out model in which users are assumed to want the service unless they explicitly opt-out. Fourteen second-release sites comprising 54,000 premises in all states and territories were announced on 8 July 2010 with construction commencing in August. Telstra allowed NBN Co to use its exchanges and ducts in the second release sites before agreement with Telstra

7560-408: The government, initially as a backbencher. Following the 2010 election, Gillard appointed Rudd as foreign minister in her minority government. The unusual circumstances of Rudd's replacement by his own party prior to completion of his first term in office, the subsequent circumstances of Labor operating without an outright Parliamentary majority, persistent two-party-preferred polling results favouring

7668-399: The indefensible" and Peter van Onselen that the government had "egg on their collective faces". The public reaction was also polarised: approval ratings of Gillard and Abbott both improved following the speech. Julia Gillard mounted a leadership challenge against Kevin Rudd as leader of the Australian Labor Party and Prime Minister of Australia in June 2010. Rudd remained within

7776-667: The leaders went on to appear separately on stage for questioning at community forums in Sydney and Brisbane. An audience exit poll of the Rooty Hill RSL audience indicated an Abbott victory. Gillard won the audience poll at the Broncos Leagues Club meeting in Brisbane on 18 August. Gillard also appeared on the ABC's Q&A program on 9 August. On 7 August, Gillard was questioned by former Labor leader turned Channel Nine reporter Mark Latham . Labor's campaign

7884-624: The leadership of the ALP prior to her challenge to Rudd in 2010. A day later ABC TV's 7:30 revealed that the Unionist sent by Gillard's media office to advise Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters of Abbott's location prior to the Australia Day security scare had both misrepresented Abbott's own remarks regarding the Tent Embassy and repeatedly denied she had done so in subsequent interviews. A breakdown in party discipline followed in

7992-480: The leadership unopposed. Gillard was then sworn in as Australia's 27th prime minister by Governor-general Quentin Bryce and became Australia's first female prime minister on 24 June 2010, with Treasurer Wayne Swan being appointed deputy prime minister. In her first press conference as Labor Leader on 23 June, Gillard said that after three and a half years of "most loyal service", she had asked her colleagues to make

8100-486: The leadership. While Rudd said publicly only that he was "happy as foreign minister", media commentators widely declared that a leadership challenge was "on" and Independent MP Andrew Wilkie told journalists that Rudd had met with him in November and discussed the leadership issue. Rudd announced his resignation as foreign minister on 22 February, citing a lack of support from Julia Gillard and character attacks launched by Simon Crean and "a number of other faceless men" as

8208-427: The majority of caucus supported Gillard. The Greens leader Bob Brown also continued to support Gillard, telling journalists in February that ongoing criticism of her was "sexist and unfair". Gillard's appearance on ABCTV's Four Corners in mid-February ignited a further storm of leadership speculation in the Labor Party and the national media, and cast doubt on Gillard's insistence that she had not actively sought

8316-401: The media and opposition of seeking to "deny him his right to the presumption of innocence " and called Tony Abbott "unfit" to sit in Parliament for having pursued the matter. Fair Work Australia launched civil action against Thompson in October 2012, alleging misuse of funds and breaches of workplace laws. A Victorian Police investigation was ongoing regarding misuse of funds by Thomson, while

8424-514: The node (FTTN) and reach approximately 98% of premises in Australia by June 2016 . A new satellite network would be built to reach the rest of the country. An initial request for proposal (RFP) to build the NBN was issued but not executed. Organisations lodging compliant proposals were neither able to meet the requirements nor able to raise the necessary capital. A non-compliant proposal was received from Telstra and they were excluded from consideration. The Rudd government announced it would bypass

8532-433: The node), FTTB (fibre to the building or basement) and most recently FTTdp (fibre to the distribution point); and HFC (hybrid fibre coaxial) in metropolitan areas. Regional and remote areas were mainly unchanged as a result of the strategic review and typically receive a service using either fixed wireless, using LTE technology, or satellite . After the 2013 election, the Abbott government announced immediate changes to

8640-549: The number of POIs was likely to lead to consolidation in the ISP industry. Following this warning the industry consolidated, resulting in four major RSPs ( Telstra , Optus , TPG Telecom and Vocus Communications ) who accounted for the majority of the market share. The Parliament passed the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011 and a related bill on 28 March . The RFT of April 2010

8748-530: The opposition leader Tony Abbott called on Gillard to expel Thompson from her government and for the Australian Federal Police to raid FWA's offices to be able to use the contents of the report for a brief of evidence. Civil and criminal allegations were made against Speaker Slipper in April 2012 and he announced an intention to step aside pending conclusion of the criminal investigation. The Gillard government initially resisted calls from

8856-408: The past and present Labor leaders as they discussed campaign tactics". Gillard officially "launched" Labor's campaign in Brisbane five days before polling day, outlining Labor policies and using the slogan: "Yes we will move forward together". Labor and the Coalition each won 72 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives , four short of the requirement for majority government , resulting in

8964-494: The recent Alan Jones shame controversy and said that "every day in every way" Abbott was sexist and misogynist. The Australian Greens and two independents combined to block the motion for Slipper's removal, however later that day, Peter Slipper resigned from his position of his own accord. Slipper returned to the crossbench and soon after was appointed to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade committee. The speech

9072-481: The size of a pension rise". Kevin Rudd and outgoing federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner denied responsibility for the leaks. On 7 August, in the first reported face-to-face meeting of the pair since the leadership change, Gillard and Rudd appeared together in Brisbane with senior campaign advisers including John Faulkner , to discuss Rudd's role in the last two weeks of the campaign. The Australian newspaper reported: "The brief footage showed no eye contact between

9180-495: The support of "New South Wales right power broker" Mark Arbib . Feeney and Arbib went to discuss the matter of leadership challenge with Gillard on the morning of 23 June and a final numbers count began for a leadership challenge. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 24 June that the final catalyst for this move was "sparked by a report in [the Herald of 23 June] that Mr Rudd had used his chief of staff, Alister Jordan, to sound out

9288-788: The temperament, of the inability to have decisions made, they are not stories"; Nicola Roxon declared she could not work with Rudd again; Stephen Conroy said that Rudd had had "contempt" for his colleagues, the Parliament and the public. Ministers Tanya Plibersek and Stephen Smith were more circumspect, but supported Gillard. Labor Senator Doug Cameron and Immigration Minister Chris Bowen came out in support of Rudd and called on their colleagues to show him respect. Labor Ministers Robert McClelland and Martin Ferguson also declared for Rudd, saying Gillard could not win against Tony Abbott . In an emotional address, Minister Anthony Albanese announced that he had offered his resignation as Leader of

9396-626: The union's finances to the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in early April 2012, the DPP announced that it could not investigate the breaches because FWA had not provided a "Brief of Evidence". The Australian Council of Trade Unions suspended the HSU. Kathy Jackson said that it appeared that the FWA was trying to protect Thomson and the government. Gillard repeated her confidence in Thompson, while

9504-602: The way in which they had "introduced the debate" about the Resource Super Profits Tax as the key considerations which had led to a shift in support from Kevin Rudd to Julia Gillard as leader of the party. On 17 July 2010, 23 days after becoming prime minister and after receiving the agreement of the Governor-General Quentin Bryce , Gillard announced the next federal election for 21 August 2010. Gillard began campaigning with

9612-563: Was $ 421 million compared to $ 164 million in 2015 financial year, with approximately 1,100,000 active user at 30 June. NBN Co found no significant demand for wired connections above 25 Mbit/s (despite public surveys indicating otherwise) and upgrading the network would not be considered until demand for high-bandwidth services was proven. A 2017 report by the Joint Standing Committee on NBN found significant technology issues and company performance. All but one of

9720-524: Was able to announce that it would not be proceeding with controversial poker machine reform promised by Gillard to independent Andrew Wilkie . In mid-2012, dissent within the ALP organisation over the ALP-Greens coalition become public, with moves by party officials to change election preferencing arrangements with the Greens. Veteran political journalist Paul Kelly described the debate within Labor as "belated recognition that Gillard's 2010 deal with

9828-584: Was abolished in September 2013 by the newly elected Abbott Liberal government , as a stated streamlining and cost-cutting measure. Less than a week later the commission was relaunched as an independent non-profit organisation called the Climate Council , which was to be fully funded by public donations. Gillard government Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Prime Minister of Australia [REDACTED] The Gillard government

9936-467: Was announced in response to Google Fiber developments in the USA. After the election Opposition Leader Tony Abbott appointed Malcolm Turnbull as Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband , stating that he believed the NBN to be a white elephant and that Turnbull had "the technical expertise and business experience to entirely demolish the government on this issue". NBN Co's business plan

10044-445: Was announced in the run-up to the 2007 federal election by the Labor opposition with an estimated cost of A$ 15 billion including a government contribution of $ 4.7 billion that would be raised in part by selling the Federal Government's remaining shares in Telstra. The Labor Party Rudd government was elected on 24 November 2007 and initial planning commenced. The NBN was originally to deliver its wholesale service through fibre to

10152-449: Was criticised by some professional Australian journalists but attracted widespread interest and much positive attention in blogs and social media. Expat Chloe Angyal wrote for Britain's The Guardian that the speech tackled "sexism head-on" and was a "masterful, righteous take-down" and similar opinions were expressed by other expatriate Australian journalists. Britain's Daily Telegraph women's editor said that Gillard had cleverly shifted

10260-586: Was criticised for connecting The Lodge to the NBN using FTTC technology while neighbours had FTTN, and for having a 100 Mbit/s plan, when he had previously stated that most Australians would not need those speeds. During the South Australia state election, Jay Weatherill promised funding for an alternative network for Adelaide if re-elected. In April 2019, the ACCC released a report stating that consumers were paying more for basic internet access under

10368-456: Was damaged by a series of leaks apparently emanating from a person or persons connected to the Rudd government 's inner Cabinet circle. On 15 July, at her National Press Club address, Gillard was quizzed by Channel Nine journalist Laurie Oakes on details of her discussions with Rudd during her leadership challenge. Subsequently, it was reported that government sources said that Gillard "argued in cabinet against paid parental leave and questioned

10476-543: Was doing, that was up and running, that had 100 years of experience getting on with the job." Morrow admitted that 15% of end users receive poor service through NBN and are "seriously dissatisfied". In addition, Morrow indicated that in July, prices and performance for end users were suppressed through a "price war" between RSPs. However, despite this comment, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman released its annual reporting showing

10584-437: Was estimated that the NBN construction would require A$ 27.5 billion in government equity and raise an estimated A$ 13.4 billion in debt funding without government support; a total funding requirement of A$ 40.9 billion up to FY2021. Financial forecasts for NBN Co assuming a 7% internal rate of return (IRR) expect the government and debt equity will be fully repaid including accrued interest by FY2040. Originally, NBN Co planned for

10692-496: Was finalised. NBN Co launched interim satellite services on 1 July , providing up to six megabits per second . Due to the limited satellite capacity, these services were given to customers who did not have access to alternative "metro comparable" services, similar to the Federal Government's Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) program which ended on 30 June . The criteria for alternative "metro comparable" services were minimum data speeds of at least 512 kilobits per second ,

10800-786: Was finalised. Initial costs and timing for the Coalition NBN were $ 29.5 billion of public funding to construct by 2019. In May NBN announced that it would be targeting premises that were already serviced with fibre by rival TPG. Quigley publicly attacked the NBN and the MTM, noting cost blowouts and delays that he said were the fault of changes made by the Coalition government. As of 30 June, 1,011,973 premises were able to order services, 571,527 brown fields. 180,796 greenfields premises were able to order fixed-line services, 220,917 fixed wireless, and 38,743 interim satellite service. 485,615 users were active. As of 31 March, 64,102 premises of

10908-402: Was released on 20 December 2010 , including forecasts and network design incorporating these priorities. Tasmania was selected as the first state for a three-stage trial FTTP rollout. Stage one was announced in July 2009. The first customers were connected a year later. Stages two and three were announced on 21 October 2009 and 1 March 2010, respectively. Under the 2010 NBN Co corporate plan, it

11016-402: Was returned to the front bench as Foreign Affairs Minister. Speculation as to Rudd's desire to return to the leadership of the party became a near constant feature of media commentary on the Labor Party. Minority government complicated Labor's response to the issue. In October 2011, Queensland backbencher Graham Perrett announced that if Labor replaced Gillard with Rudd, he would resign and force

11124-438: Was stopped for several weeks on sites where asbestos was found in Telstra pits. Turnbull announced the MTM approach promising significant savings and earlier completion. The MTM added fibre to the node (FTTN) as the preferred technology; and kept hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) (previously planned to be shut down). In April 2014, The Australian newspaper judged the Tasmania rollout as shambolic and abysmal. The final MTM approach

11232-558: Was suspended process on 1 April 2011 , as the prices were unacceptably high. NBN Co contracted with Ericsson on 1 June to design, build and operate the network with options to extend the contract for up to 10 years at a total cost of $ 1.1 billion. Construction commenced in 2011, with the first five locations announced as the regional and rural communities surrounding Geraldton , Toowoomba , Tamworth , Ballarat and Darwin . NBN Co entered into an agreement worth up to $ 380 million with Silcar on 1 June . The agreement covered

11340-545: Was sworn in by Governor General Michael Jeffrey on 3 December 2007, with Gillard appointed deputy prime minister. Gillard was also assigned the portfolios of Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, and Minister for Social Inclusion. In her role as a minister, Gillard removed the WorkChoices industrial relations regime introduced by the Howard government, as well as some earlier reforms of

11448-477: Was the Government of Australia led by the 27th prime minister of Australia , Julia Gillard , of the Australian Labor Party . The Gillard government succeeded the first Rudd government by way of the Labor Party leadership spill , and began on 24 June 2010, with Gillard sworn in as prime minister by the governor-general of Australia , Quentin Bryce . The Gillard government ended when Kevin Rudd won back

11556-399: Was to be financed by a combination of a Federal Government investment of $ 30.4 billion and private investment for the remainder. Dividends were to be paid after completion in 2021 to the federal government, with the government's contribution repaid by 2034. A return on investment of 7.1% was expected on revenue of $ 23.1 billion by 2021. Tasmania was selected for a trial deployment based on

11664-509: Was too long. The Multi-Technology Mix (MTM) was selected as the approach to broadband provision by the Liberal–National coalition in the lead up to the 2013 Australian federal election . That is, response to what the coalition stated to be excessive performance specifications and costs they moved from a model which previously focused on FTTP (fibre to the premises) to a multi-technology mix model using FTTx , including FTTP, FTTN (fibre to

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