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A productivity-enhancing reform agenda ought to be the focus in this year’s political campaigns.

Back to (or building) the future?

It is both ironic and appropriate that Peter Dutton has chosen to copy the New Zealand Nationals’ election slogan of “Back on track”.

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Telstra and Musk ink deal to bring texting to Australia’s dead zones

Musk’s Starlink satellite will allow Telstra customers to communicate from almost anywhere in Australia.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Former prime minister Paul Keating was the initial funder of Boost Mobile.

Paul Keating set for $40 million windfall from Telstra deal

The former prime minister co-founded a budget telco in 2000, and is now set for a massive payday.

  • David Swan
The 3G network shutdown has affected the real-time monitoring of firetrucks as well as access to Fire Rescue Victoria stations.

Firefighters locked out of their stations after ‘farcical’ 3G shutdown

Firefighters say they were not warned about the access and vehicle-tracking issues despite Fire Rescue Victoria having years to prepare for the 3G shutdown.

  • Broede Carmody and Brittany Busch
Myki readers have been glitching.

Myki meltdown: Trams, buses hit by glitches linked to end of 3G

Up to 200 trams and 2500 buses could be affected by a myki reader outage, despite Victoria spending millions to prevent it happening.

  • Patrick Hatch
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When honesty is the blast policy

And baseball is a series of parochial events.

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RCS will be ‘SMS on steroids’ for iPhones, adding features similar to iMessage.

Telcos in talks to roll out ‘SMS on steroids’

Telstra, Optus and TPG are in talks to implement an SMS replacement that could slash the rate of spam messages.

  • David Swan
Scammers tricked Fran into providing all her bank login details and quickly stole her money.

Beware the ‘Microsoft support’ scam – it cost Fran $30,000

Want a chance of getting scam compensation from one of the big banks? There’s one simple rule to follow.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
The AFL’s new radio deal came after protracted negotiations.

The radio war that dealt the AFL a big reality check

The AFL’s new radio rights agreement is a far cry from the $4.5 billion, seven-year broadcast deal, with the prospect of losing Triple M proving untenable for the league.

  • Caroline Wilson
The National Audit of Mobile Coverage visualiser shows the array of cell towers across Sydney (black squares) and highlights the Tennyson Point patch of lower-quality 5G coverage.

The Sydney suburbs where 5G struggles – and why reception bars lie

NSW is blighted by 4000 mobile black spots, including one that seems to rob commuters of cellular data as trains cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

  • Angus Dalton

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