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Steve Wozniak “Woz” is the co-founder of Apple Computer.
He received the President’s National Medal of Technology in 1985 for his “contribution to the invention of the personal computer” and the Isaac Asimov Science Award in 2011.


‘The NBN is a great model…When I was here a few years ago, the attitude [in terms of broadband] was ‘Telstra is letting us down! It’s expensive and slow and the company is not making Australia number one in the world… I think the Australian Government finally recognised that recently and that is why it is putting in this network”

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Alan Kohler Alan is a 40-year veteran financial journalist for several Australian and UK newspapers, and is a former editor of the Australian Financial Review and The Age.


“After reading the NBN business plan it’s actually a bit hard to remain aloof and unexcited. This is a magnificent, awe-inspiring undertaking: there has never been anything like it, not in this country and probably not anywhere in the world.”

“Not only will the NBN not be a white elephant it will almost certainly prove to be a great investment. In fact, without wishing to get carried away (too late do you think?) it could represent, on its own, a huge national savings plan. When it’s finished the asset will be worth several times the government’s investment of $27.5 billion