Labour

Extraordinary secrecy surrounds decisions new Information Technology Minister Amy Adams faces in the next six months, calling into question her judgement and her Government’s arrogance and lack of transparency, says Labour’s ICT spokesperson Clare Curran.

Labour's Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran is supporting calls by InternetNZ to defer key decisions regarding the future of the 700MHz "digital dividend" spectrum, which will be available for new uses once New Zealand moves to fully digital television broadcasting in 2013.

Labour will introduce a Bill within 90 days of taking office to remove the so-called ‘termination clauses’ from the Copyright Act, says Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran.

New Zealand Internet Service Providers should consider lifting caps on data, now that there will be stronger competition in the international bandwidth market, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today.

The Speaker must hold Steven Joyce to account for his deliberate obfuscation around a letter from Telecom boss Paul Reynolds about the Government’s ultrafast broadband project, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran says.

Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran has laid a complaint with Speaker Lockwood Smith over whether Communications Minister Steven Joyce deliberately misled Parliament by not revealing the existence of a crucial letter from Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds on the ultrafast broadband project.

Communications Minister Steven Joyce’s absurd attempts to fudge the part he and the National Government played in discussions with Telecom over its ultrafast broadband scheme suggest the entire contracting process was a sham, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran says.

“The negotiation process has been shrouded in secrecy since day one.

The Government’s controversial broadband scheme is facing potential conflict of interest issues again with news that China's Huawei Technologies is set to be named a "preferred supplier" of equipment for its ultrafast broadband rollout, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran says.

The Government looks to have seriously under-estimated the processing costs of its new copyright law and the number of infringement notices expected as a result of it, Labour’s Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran says.

Mr Speaker. In 2008 this government was elected on a promise. A fairly big promise. It was No 2 in its pledge card to the NZ public and it was to deliver ultrafast broadband to 75% of NZers in their homes in 10 years. For $1.5 billion.