http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters Telstra corporate blog by Rhonda Griffin. Starting as a journalist for a regional newspaper, Rhonda has more than 20 years experience as a communications professional including stints in Federal politics, PR and business. en-au ? Telstra Corporation Limited. All rights reserved. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:30:00 GMT Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:30:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/over-the-moon-about-unified-communications Blogger Rhonda Griffin discusses the pace of innovation and change from the race to the moon to new developments in communications that are merging services and applications from the mobile and PC worlds. Rhonda Griffin 8f70ed09-e8ff-4907-a3c9-d7e2dc381450 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:15:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/living-for-the-moments-blog-action-day-on-poverty Blog Action Day 2008 - Poverty: Blogger Rhonda Griffin believes poverty is both an absolute condition, and a state of mind. Rhonda says "loneliness, regret, grief, isolation are surely all a type of poverty of the soul. More than ever in these times of wildly gyrating markets, predictions of recession or depression, job loss, inflation - even the most sanguine of us can be gripped by fear of poverty. What if I lost my job, my house, my health, my family?" Rhonda Griffin 33c5329a-a631-45a7-81e8-dcb6e13cfff3 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:45:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/battling-to-be-a-little-aussie Blogger Rhonda Griffin discusses how Australians love the underdog, the “little Aussie battler” who muddles through and manages, despite all that life throws at him/her but questions ... what if the battler becomes highly successful? Rhonda Griffin 72e35a91-da6b-4edb-8c55-f0477fc98723 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:30:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/accc-a-player-not-an-umpire Blogger Rhonda Griffin argues the ACCC does so much more than simply “umpire”. As the ACCC becomes embroiled in policy, politics and PR, it has moved from position of umpire onto the field of play. When you engage in the hurly-burly of the game, you are going to take knocks – and get your hands dirty. Rhonda Griffin 7f54f418-c77b-4edb-ba7c-db75c7fdd475 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/rhetoric-structurally-separated-from-reality Blogger Rhonda Griffin says despite being repeatedly told that “separation” has worked in the UK, NZ and Ireland - the fact is that none of these countries have undertaken “structural separation”. Rhonda Griffin 7e787625-e2c8-47c3-94c0-733deaecbf55 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:45:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/all-the-broadband-you-can-eat-in-your-sleep With much hoo-ha Primus this week announced the “Big Kahuna” broadband plan offering 200 Gigabytes of data a month for just under $80. But experience has taught me that if something sounds too be good to be true, it usually is, and this plan has one mighty catch … Rhonda Griffin 8b35e767-fe20-40af-befa-43205cfdaf90 Fri, 30 May 2008 15:45:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/terria-the-broadband-dog-in-the-manger Blogger Rhonda Griffin says the consortium TERRiA (formally-known-as-G9) is simply a spoiler. Clearly it doesn’t want to build the network, it just doesn’t want Telstra to build it. Rhonda Griffin 8afb4220-0843-4bea-9759-d2f7c83dbf79 Fri, 23 May 2008 16:15:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/helen-coonan-still-doesnt-get-it It didn't surprise blogger Rhonda Griffin to read Helen Coonan say in an interview with CommsDay this week that she didn't think there was a need for a $4.7 billion contribution to a National Broadband Network (NBN). Rhonda argues Senator Coonan would clearly favour a patchwork of piecemeal programs that have very little to show for themselves. Rhonda Griffin 5df410bb-fe26-4d0c-bf2b-8ed2c3b1d8cb Fri, 16 May 2008 16:45:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/weve-all-been-dreamin Rhonda Griffin talks about Hugh Mackay's address at the recent Australian Foreign Press Association lunch where he argued Australians have fallen in love with rules and regulations. Rhonda Griffin 15f53c8e-e127-4d1e-9f65-5e720cc38627 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:30:00 GMT http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/blogs/media-matters/dog-gone Media speculation about the future of OPEL, which Senator Conroy called a “dog of a product” while in Opposition, has proved correct. Rhonda Griffin 1f2b1016-446e-4de0-a0d8-858a21ac3a7a Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:30:00 GMT