<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy - Media Releases</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases</link><description>Media release listing for the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in RSS 2.0 format. </description><language>en-AU</language><copyright>Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy</copyright><webMaster>webmail@dbcde.gov.au</webMaster><generator>MySource Matrix</generator><image><title>Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy - Media Releases</title><description>Media release listing for the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in RSS 2.0 format. </description><url>http://web.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media_centre/media_releases</url><link>http://web.minister.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0006/121488/minister_thumbnail.jpg 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improved regional telecommunications, says independent committee</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/075</link><description>Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has today released the 2011-12 Regional Telecommunications Review Committee report.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:51:11 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>Stay Smart Online winners and ABC2 TV’s Good Game hosts to promote cybersafety</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/074</link><description>The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the winners of the 2012 National Cyber Security Awareness Week Stay Smart Online agents’ competition.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:00:51 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>ACCAN Review finds Gillard Government has increased consumer advocacy in the telecommunications industry</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/072</link><description>The Minister for Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy today released the Mid-term Review of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 13:59:50 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>Talking Set-Top Box Rollout</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/073</link><description>Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the rollout of talking set-top box technology</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:15:59 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>Improved services for children with disability in regional and remote Australia</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/070</link><description>A new service will put children with disability living in regional and remote Australia in touch with specialists in the city, through a $4.1 million investment from the Gillard Government.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:56 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>Two great Australian educational films win international awards</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/069</link><description>The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today congratulated the makers of Tagged and Quiet Signs of Love for winning first prize at two international film festivals.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:17:40 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>Fast, affordable, and reliable broadband coming to North and mid-North Coasts of NSW</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/067</link><description>People living in areas surrounding Coffs Harbour, Taree, and Port Macquarie will have access to fast, affordable, and reliable broadband, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced today.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:12:11 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>61 new telework partners sign on as NBN takes off</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/066</link><description>A further 61 organisations across Australia have signed up to promote telework and participate in National Telework Week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:49:24 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>Up to 400 new jobs in Victoria thanks to NBN</title><link>http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2012/064</link><description>Senator Stephen Conroy, and Minister for Regional Australia Simon Crean, today announced that up to 400 new jobs will be created in Victoria thanks to the rollout of the National Broadband Network.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:27:50 +1000</pubDate></item><item><title>Bourke selected as an essential NBN 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