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A troubling 20 per cent of Aussies also believe the government is covering up the health risks associated with the 5G wireless network, including that it is being used to spread the coronavirus.
The roll-out of 5G networks in Australia began in June 2019, with technology using a similar frequency to existing 3G and 4G networks.
The only difference with 5G is it can work at faster speeds as it uses a higher band. Any suggestions that there is a link between 5G and coronavirus are utterly baseless, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said in 2020, when the theory gained traction. There is no evidence that the use of these radio waves in mobile networks is harmful to health or related to the current health pandemic.
NBN Co to pay down govt debt with $2B US bond raise
NBN Co to pay down govt debt with $2B US bond raise
The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of NBN Co’s federal government loan and to fund future capital expenditure plans. Credit: NBN Co
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) builder, NBN Co, has undertaken its inaugural finance raising effort in the United States capital markets, pricing a US$2 billion bond issue.
The issue was made up of a five-year bond of US$750 million and a 10-year bond of US$1.25 billion. The network builder said the five-year bond would mature in May 2026, while the 10-year bond is set to mature in May 2031.
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New CASA boss Pip Spence. Image: WEN
A changing of the guard at Australia’s aviation safety regulator has seen the national government appoint a departmental deputy secretary as the agency’s first female chief executive.
Pip Spence is due to start as chief executive and director of aviation safety in the next few weeks after working as deputy secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.
The appointment to what has often been a controversial role is for up to five years.
She will be joined in August by Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, who will head the regulator’s board for a three-year term.
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