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Conroy to hold midday NBN report press lockup

update The office of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will today exclusively reveal the contents of the controversial National Broadband Implementation study to the Canberra press gallery in a budget-style lock-up lasting from 12 midday to 1:30pm.

Multiple sources confirmed the timing, although the Minister’s office has not returned calls or emails asking for confirmation that a budget-style press lock-up would be held today. It is unclear which news outlets have been invited to the lock-up and which have not — Delimiter has not been invited.

According to an email invite to the event seen by Delimiter after this article was first posted and issued to press at 9:16AM this morning, the briefing will be run by McKinsey partner Angus Dawson, the lead advisor on the report.

Invited press will receive a briefing about the report, as well as having time to read it and quiz the powers that be in a question and answer session. The event will be held in Parliament House’s Main Committe Room.

“No cameras, recording devices or mobiles phones will be permitted in this briefing and reporting will be embargoed until 1:30pm. Laptops will be allowed in but you are asked not to bring wireless cards or to disable remote wireless,” the invite states. “Reporting of the Implementation Study is embargoed until 1:30pm.”

The Minister has been promising to release the report for six weeks, but only this week confirmed that the report’s release was imminent.

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