This paper examines the relationships between research on journalism and cultural diversity and the political and ideological contexts for those policies.

Elected on the platform that it will advance Australia towards a digital economy, the new Federal Labor Government has committed to providing high-speed internet coverage to 98% of Australian households.1 As the official policy description explains, a Fibre To The Node (FTTN) network will enhance internet connectivity and 'increase speed to a minimum of 12...

In 2007/8 the authors became involved in the review of the mobile phone evidence used to convict Mr Phuong Ngo in 2000 for organising the murder of John Newman, a member of the NSW Parliament, in 1994. The case was dubbed 'the first political assassination3 in Australia'. Mr Ngo was convicted at his third trial...

We are living in a converged world. We can at last put behind us the debate over whether convergence is about one device, multiple devices or multiple distribution channels. And thankfully television is not dead. However, while convergence offers flexibility and convenience, we may have in the process of getting to convergence reduced our ability...

It is increasingly apparent that the old models of consumer consultation in the Australian communications industry are struggling in today's fast-paced, converging wireless and IP networking world. In the past, consumer representation tended to focus on what was considered to be bad about telecommunications services, and solutions were largely seen to lie with the service...