NBN Co, the company building Australia’s National Broadband Network, lifted total revenue by 39% to $1.18 billion for the six months to the end of December 2019, with company chief Stephen Rue declaring the result “outstanding during a crucial time of the build”.

After the damning judgement finding against ACS management on 23 December, former president and founding fellow Professor Ashley Goldsworthy has also sent a letter to the ACS Management Committee, with copies to ACS state and territory Branch Committee members. The letter, which iTWire has obtained, does not pull any punches, calling the committee a disgrace.

Smartphone sales in Australia dropped by 5% to 4.3 million units in the second half of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, as the cost of premium handsets continued to weigh on buyers, according to a new research report.

Health, government and business software vendor InterSystems has enhanced its TrakCare unified healthcare information system to help screen and support patients with the novel coronavirus infection 2019-nCoV.

Westpac Bank has signed a settlement agreement with the New Zealand consumer watchdog, The Commerce Commission, admitting it breached the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003, and agreeing to make payments to customers totalling $3.7 million.

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