DRP 2010

"This principle of free carriage of publicly funded content should be included in the public interest objectives of the NBN company and the company should be legislatively obliged to devise an effective mechanism for implementing it." The ABC's submission proposed the federal government establish a list of internet addresses that the NBN would exempt from download charges for ISPs. The savings would then be passed on to consumers.

Dumping free, state-sponsored news on the market makes it incredibly difficult for journalism to flourish on the internet," he said. "Yet it is essential for the future of independent digital journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it."

The redesign "won't just be an external, cosmetic change but something deeper", Trivino says. "Right now it is a very confused time. The internet is just a transitional stage in something that is happening. At News Corp we are trying to deliver the brands through any kind of platform. So it is the right time to rethink, what are the core values of The Australian, and how are we going to deliver the paper as a consistent brand?"

Google's digitized book service will tear down barriers for people living in low-income areas, added Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.