Nick Minchin

Liberal Senator for South Australia

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Senator the Hon Nick Minchin

PO BOX 2141
Kent Town SA 5071

36 Grenfell Street
Kent Town SA 5067

Phone:	08 8362 8600
Fax:	08 8362 8579
Toll Free:	1300 301 647

(Toll free in South Australia only,
for the cost of a local call)

Parliament House

Canberra ACT 2600

Phone:	02 6277 3004
Fax:	02 6277 5703

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How many "number one" priorities does one PM need?

If Kevin Rudd made a New Year’s resolution he could have done worse than vow in 2010 to only say something is his number one priority if indeed he really means it. But to do so would throw a spanner in the works of the Labor spin machine, which ...

NBN likely to be a huge white elephant

This article was published in The Australian on 4 November 2009: Telstra's scale and capacity as a fully integrated telecommunications company enables it to make the necessary margins to support the provision of ...

Political necessity driving break-up

This article was published in The Australian on 23 September 2009: The Australian public should not be deceived into believing that the main objective behind the Rudd government's move to break up Telstra is to ...

Look, up in the sky! There's an ugly downside to Labor's broadband project

by Nick Minchin The uproar sparked by the unfettered installation of unsightly aerial pay TV cables in the 1990s was the catalyst for the formation of lobby group Sydney Cables Down Under and others like it. This group now has a new fight on ...

Conroy's joy flight going nowhere

This article appeared in 'The Australian' on Thursday 28 May 2009.

BROADBAND'S LOSERS COULD VOTE LABOR OUT - Glenn Milne in 'The Australian'
Broadband's losers could vote Labor out by Glenn Milne As published in The Australian on Monday 27 April 2009 The political debate surrounding Kevin Rudd's nationalised ...

ABC CHILDREN'S CHANNEL IDEA STOLEN FROM COALITION
ABC CHILDREN'S CHANNEL IDEA STOLEN FROM COALITION Published in The Australian Financial Review , Friday 24 April 2009 Kevin Rudd’s claim that the establishment of a new dedicated children’s ...

RUDD PUTS MEGA BITE ON TAXPAYERS
Rudd puts mega bite on taxpayers The PM is in danger of being a debt builder rather than a nation builder From The Australian , Page 20, Thursday 16 April 2009 Just like water, ...

WHAT THE ANALYSTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LABOR'S LATEST BROADBAND PLAN
WHAT THE ANALYSTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BUSINESS CASE FOR LABOR'S LATEST BROADBAND PLAN AAPT CEO Paul Broad: "Like everybody else I was staggered by [the announcement], I've never seen anyone prove, in ...

Digital switch-over challenges ahead
Letter to the Editor, Australian Financial Review, 23 February 2009 Digital switch-over challenges ahead Research conducted by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's own agency, the Australian Communications and Media ...

Blankety blanks?
TELEVISION viewers must not be left in the dark. If the Rudd Government botches the switch-over from analogue to digital television, viewers of rural and regional South Australia will be among the first in the nation to be left with blank ...

Conroy should go back to the old drawing board
The Government must review its plans for a national broadband upgrade, insists Nick Minchin THERE are occasions in politics when an embattled minister is forced to put on a brave face, hold the line and try to sound tough and decisive, despite ...