2003 Media

	12 December 2003 - National Institutions an endangered species as ScreenSound is torn to shreds
	11 December 2003 - Howard Government Asserts Control over National Museum of Australia
	10 December 2003 - Labor Puts Recreation back on the sports agenda
	4 December 2003 - DCITA’s $4 million web site down for 24 hours: still waiting… waiting…
	2 December 2003 - Labor Supports Passage of Spam Legislation
	28 November 2003 - Senate supports Labor’s spam improvements
	27 November 2003 - Howard Government plays politics with spam
	26 November 2003 - Steve Waugh Retirement
	25 November 2003 - AUSFTA May be Final Curtain Call for Film Industry
	24 November 2003 - Minister must allow ATSIC and Sports Commission to work together for Indigenous sport.
	17 November 2002 - Another $14.4 billion ICT deficit
	13 November 2003 - Australian Artists deserve more than poverty
	13 November 2003 - Consumers lose as Telstra slows ADSL to protect Foxtel
	12 November 2003 - Howard Government obfuscates scrutiny of ICT expenditure
	12 November 2003 - $160 M of Government ICT contracts lost to local industry
	4 November 2003 - Besley commitment siphoned off to pay for Estens commitment
	3 November 2003 - Victims of Telstra email pain get a measly $12.50
	3 November 2003 - Inexplicable security breach leads to rubbish dump hunt
	30 October 2003 - Minister must fix regional performing arts mess
	30 October 2003 - BITS Incubators start to fall - but where is the new Minister?
	29 October 2003 - Labor seeks to improve spam legislation
	28 October 20023 - Telstra still deploying broadband-blocking technology
	24 October 2003 - National Museum chases funds to politicise exhibitions
	24 October 2003 - Red alert for new media industry
	21 October 2003 - Regional access to the arts decimated
	20 October 2003 - Howard Government can’t remain silent on cover-up of “a serious breach of IT security”
	17 October 2003 - More Howard Government Security Lapses
	15 October 2003 - Sport Minister can’t read, can’t count
	13 October 2003 - Labor commits $25 million to tackle obesity
	8 October 2003 - Labor will protect consumers and improve anti-spam legislation
	6 October 2003 - Alston’s final gift: more lip service
	3 October 2003 - Emerging Indigenous artists must be protected
	2 October 2003 - Future-proofing a scam: Telstra Inquiry
	30 September 2003 - Minister Kemp Drowning in a Sea of Unkept Promises
	29 September 2003 - Good riddance to a bad minister: Tuckey
	29 September 2003 - Alston: Three strikes and you’re out
	26 September 2003 - Art exhibition: From the sublime to the digital
	26 September 2003 - Bailout is Soccer’s last chance
	26 September 2003 - Alston abandons Framework for the Future
	25 September 2003 - Alston takes another swing
	18 September 2003 - Procrastination on spam costs Australians
	17 September 2003 - Howard Government Sloth No Cure for Obese Australia
	16 September 2003 - Rally reminds everyone of childcare responsibility
	15 September 2003 - Gutless Tuckey, Vanstone use artists as scapegoats to scrap controversial ‘Red Fan’
	15 September 2003 - Another nail in Tuckey’s coffin: ‘Fan’ referred to Cabinet
	15 September 2003 - Jackson’s Success: A Call to Action
	10 September 2003 - Labor announces resale rights for artists
	9 September 2003 - Kemp’s Excuses Can’t Excuse the Facts
	9 September 2003 - Telstra does it again on broadband access
	4 September 2003 - BITS program has created 757 new jobs…but Alston wants to axe it
	4 September 2003 - Mr Howard, Time To Move To Canberra
	3 September 2003 - Coalition advocates sending local jobs overseas
	2 September 2003 - Running and Rowing take centre stage
	2 September 2003 - Staff pay the price for Opera Australia woes
	28 August 2003 - National Museum faces further destabilisation
	27 August 2003 - Labor will do more for ACT University Students
	13 August 2003 - Industry body joins Labor's call for ICT industry action
	12 August 2003 - You may be Minister for the Arts, Senator Kemp, but you can't embroider the truth
	10 August 2003 - Howard's spiteful sabotage of the National Museum of Australia
	5 August 2003 - Grave Concerns For Arts Production
	5 August 2003 - ABC Sports Coverage Slashed
	4 August 2003 - Release of the McLeod Inquiry Report (ACT Bushfires)
	28 July 2003 - The Coalition’s cultural divide
	23 July 2003 - Coalition flicks ICT procurement problems to SMEs to solve
	18 July 2003 - Cathy Freeman: Thankyou for the memories and the inspiration
	15 July 2003 - Museum Review a time warp back to the 1950’s
	8 July 2003 - What happens after incubation?
	6 July 2003 - An Australian Inspiration: Mark Philippoussis
	4 July 2003 - Film censorship concern.
	4 July 2003 - Coalition only paid lip-service to Open Source alternative
	2 July 2003 - The Arts Portfolio enters a new era
	1 July 2003 - Women and Families dudded by Howard Government
	30 June 2003 - World Cup Soccer blow a wake-up call to Soccer Australia Board
	26 June 2003 - Broadband Competition Inquiry gets Senate tick
	25 June 2003 - More dollars won’t fix broadband
	25 June 2003 - Gungahlin telephony moves from backwater to average
	24 June 2003 - The case for ICT industry development: Australia’s “stagnating” adoption of ICT
	23 June 2003 - Labor initiates broadband Inquiry
	20 June 2003 - Minister Tuckey out of line in Tent Embassy Fiasco
	20 June 2003 - Broadband growth rate mirrors Minister’s broadband interest - flat
	19 June 2003 - Coalition’s response to two-year-old report means nothing for IT small businesses
	18 June 2003 - Telstra’s tactics push Australia down the global broadband rankings
	5 June 2003 - Doubts over John Howard's Promise to build new Defence HQ
	4 June 2003 - Alston mute as Telstra plays games with ADSL
	3 June 2003 - Step up to the blocks, Minister
	30 May 2003 - Gungahlin yet to emerge from broadband backwater
	29 May 2003 - Alston’s dot.com fantasy: $4M is just the start
	28 May 2003 - Sports Commission should be tough on sports too
	27 May 2003 - $2 billion: the cost of Telstra’s neglect
	26 May 2003 - Alston and Telstra: working together to give you slower internet
	21 May 2003 - Canberra’s own and world’s best - Michael Milton awarded Laureus
	20 May 3003 - Senator Kemp and friends out of touch again
	19 May 2003 - Canberra Capitals to represent Australia at World Cup in Russia
	14 May 2003 - Funding for internet education body slashed
	14 May 2003 - ICT gets nothing from the 2003 budget
	3 May 2003 - Senator Lundy launches Broadband Survey for Gungahlin and Dunlop
	28 April 2003 - Canberra Raiders on top of table, but not on TV
	24 April 2002 - Alston caught napping as broadband project under-funded
	22 April 2003 - Local Libs just johnnie-come-latelies to Gungahlin’s broadband woes
	17 April 2003 - Soccer needs genuine independent board - not Liberal hacks
	16 April 2003 - Desperate Minister pulls spam out of hat
	16 April 2003 - Alston missing in action as Nelson hacks into ICT university places
	15 April 2003 - PM must rule out 'Paris option' for Alston
	15 April 2003 - Alston’s policy message to ICT industry: Would the last company to leave please turn out the lights?
	14 April 2003 - Australian company wins Government IT outsourcing contract! - Am I dreaming? Pinch me!
	7 April 2003 - Senator Alston must take responsibility for his department
	7 April 2003 - Crawford Report sets a high bar for Soccer Australia
	3 April 2003 - $4 million = a house in Toorak or a Government website?
	2 April 2003 - Coalition uses sneaky deals to abandon ICT industry development
	1 April 2003 - Junior Australian Football season about to kick off
	28 March 2003 - Critical Infrastructure - Australia at Risk
	27 March 2003 - Local industry loses out to Government IT Outsourcing – Report
	26 March 2003 - Seven reports in seven years: Alston’s last chance
	11 March 2003 - Senator Alston continues head-in-the-sand approach to ICT industry
	6 March 2003 - World Anti-Doping Code only the first step
	6 March 2003 - Coalition ignores net education - NetAlert to be wound up
	4 March 2003 - Fridge magnets will not prevent unwelcome porn
	3 March 2003 - Internet user education the key to protection from unwanted porn
	28 February 2003 - Senator Lundy to Kick off Canberra’s Clean Up Australia Day Activities
	26 February 2002 - Athletes need consistent approach to Anti-Doping
	25 February 2003 - Security and Privacy can co-exist
	25 February 2003 - A single National Anti-Doping Tribunal the way forward
	25 February 2003 - ACCC investigation into Internet interconnection inequities inspires hope
	24 February 2003 - ACCC investigation into Telstra’s contract tactics welcome
	24 February 2003 - Zimbabwean Cricketers Should Be Given The Chance To Play In Australia
	22 February 2003 - Capitals win inspires Canberra
	21 February 2003 - Alston in a corner over Coalition inaction
	21 February 2003 - Alston defence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) employment figures full of holes
	19 February 2003 - O’week in Canberra: Students brace for cost increases
	17 February 2003 - NOIE Open Source seminar must be backed up with action
	15 February 2003 - Barassi Aussie Rules Youth Tournament Fantastic Initiative for Youth
	12 February 2002 - Alan Jones comments on drug testing unacceptable
	11 February 2003 - Alston abandons small business

	24 January 2003 - Rural and Regional Australians are entitled to broadband
	22 January 2002 - Broadband: Government must commit to timeframe
	21 January 2003 - Emergency and relief workers are to be congratulated
	17 January 2003 - The time for talk is over - Minister Alston, what is happening with the Framework for the Future Committee and the Broadband Advisory Group?