Laurie Patton

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Laurie Patton is an Australian public interest advocacy and communications practitioner, social commentator,[1][2][3][4][5] and a former journalist and media executive. He is currently Vice-President of the Telecommunications Society of Australia (TelSoc).[6][7][8][9]

Career

Now active in the non-profit sector Patton is a former CEO / Executive Director of Internet Australia,[10][11] the peak body representing the interests of Internet users and a chapter of the global Internet Society, where he initiated an ongoing campaign for #BetterBroadband.[12][13][14][15]

Shortly after joining Internet Australia Patton told a parliamentary inquiry the drafting of the controversial Date Retention Act (Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015) was "a monumental stuff-up" and “fundamentally flawed”.[16][17][18][19][20] He subsequently commented on matters such as digital literacy, broadband policy,[21][22][23][24] and the media.[25]

Patton is a former executive at the Seven Network.[26][27][28][28] He created the World Movies Pay-TV channel[26][11] and was founding CEO of community station TVS (Television Sydney).[29]

Patton has held for-profit and non-profit board roles, including at the National Heart Foundation of Australia[30] and the NSW Film & Television Office (now Screen NSW).[31] As deputy chair of the FTO he initiated and led the first official Australian delegation to the Shanghai International Film Festival.[32][33] He was a member of an expert panel for a review of the Indigenous broadcasting and media sector for the Australian Government.[34]

Since joining TelSoc Patton has continued to campaign for repair of the National Broadband Network (NBN)[35][36] and has advocated the allocation of government Coronavirus stimulous funding for the employment of retrenched workers to be deployed to upgrade the NBN.[37][38][39]

References

  1. ↑ "A virtual solution to 21st century government". 8 April 2020. https://www.themandarin.com.au/130213-a-virtual-solution-to-21st-century-government/. 
  2. ↑ "Op-ed: we wouldn't need inquiries if public administration wasn't so broken". 13 November 2019. https://www.themandarin.com.au/120312-op-ed-we-wouldnt-need-inquiries-if-public-administration-wasnt-so-broken/. 
  3. ↑ Laurie, Patton. "The Case For Mandating Governance Training For NFP Boards | PBA". https://probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2017/06/case-mandating-governance-training-nfp-boards/. Retrieved 9 April 2020. 
  4. ↑ "No balls: how Cricket Australia lost the media game". 3 April 2018. https://www.crikey.com.au/2018/04/03/no-balls-how-cricket-australia-lost-the-media-game/. 
  5. ↑ John Menadue (19 February 2020). "LAURIE PATTON. Sports rorts shows need for public sector re-think". https://johnmenadue.com/laurie-patton-sports-rorts-shows-need-for-public-sector-re-think/. 
  6. ↑ Peter Dinham (2019-12-03). "Australia 'falling behind' APAC in developing technologies, says Telsoc chief". iTWire. https://www.itwire.com/business-technology/australia-%E2%80%9Cfalling-behind%E2%80%9D-apac-in-developing-technologies,-says-telsoc-chief.html. Retrieved 2020-03-01. 
  7. ↑ "About Telsoc | Telsoc". Telsoc. https://telsoc.org/about. Retrieved 3 March 2020. 
  8. ↑ Manning, Paddy (4 April 2020). "NBN under pressure". https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2020/04/04/nbn-under-pressure/15859188009638. 
  9. ↑ John Menadue (28 January 2020). "LAURIE PATTON. Overexposed – let's hear from someone else!". https://johnmenadue.com/laurie-patton-overexposed-lets-hear-from-someone-else/. 
  10. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Directors and Staff - Internet Australia - A Chapter of the Internet Society". https://www.internet.org.au/team/26-about-us/62-roll-of-honour. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Andrew Colley. "TV exec named first CEO of ISOC-AU". itnews. https://www.itnews.com.au/news/tv-exec-named-first-ceo-of-isoc-au-398187. 
  12. ↑ "Multi-technology mess. Why the film and TV industry should be fighting for #BetterBroadband". https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2019/5/7/multi-technology-mess-why-the-film-and-tv-industry-should-be-fighting-for-betterbroadband. 
  13. ↑ Isabelle Lane (11 March 2020). "'Not up to operational standards': NBN HFC outages soar, TPG reveals". https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2020/03/11/hfc-outage-nbn-tpg/. 
  14. ↑ Dinham, Peter. "iTWire - Telsoc VP calls for govt to fund NBN Co to employ those retrenched due to COVID-19 crisis". https://www.itwire.com/strategy/patton-calls-for-govt-to-fund-nbn-co-to-employ-those-retrenched-due-to-covit-19-crisis.html. 
  15. ↑ "Is now the time to fix the NBN?". https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2020/is-now-the-time-to-fix-the-nbn-.html. 
  16. ↑ Hunt, Elle (11 January 2017). "Data retention law a 'monumental stuff-up', says internet users group". https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/12/data-retention-law-a-monumental-stuff-up-says-internet-users-group. 
  17. ↑ "17 September 2015 - NEWS RELEASE: Internet Australia says "fundamentally flawed" Data Retention Act needs urgent review - Internet Australia - A Chapter of the Internet Society". https://www.internet.org.au/news/136-17-september-2015-news-release-internet-australia-says-fundamentally-flawed-data-retention-act-needs-urgent-review. 
  18. ↑ "ISPs unhappy at data retention funding split". http://technologydecisions.com.au/content/it-management/article/isps-unhappy-at-data-retention-funding-split-1162633669. 
  19. ↑ John Menadue (10 February 2020). "LAURIE PATTON. The Data Retention Act. How not to introduce complex legislation.". https://johnmenadue.com/laurie-patton-the-data-retention-act-how-not-to-introduce-complex-legislation/. 
  20. ↑ Hunt, Elle (6 December 2016). "Data retention black hole: no one knows how many ISPs Australia has, say experts". https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/07/data-retention-isps-australia-counter-terrorism-laws-advocates. 
  21. ↑ Dylan Bushell-Embling. "nbn connections grow to 6.6m in Dec quarter". https://www.technologydecisions.com.au/content/networking/news/nbn-connections-grow-to-6-6m-in-dec-quarter-833948398. 
  22. ↑ "Opinion: Sports rorts shows need for public sector re-think". 19 February 2020. https://www.themandarin.com.au/125569-opinion-sports-rorts-shows-need-for-public-sector-re-think/. 
  23. ↑ https://www.technologydecisions.com.au/content/networking/article/opinion-oh-dear-what-can-the-matter-be--883223376 March 2020/https://web.archive.org/web/20200310134216/https://www.technologydecisions.com.au/content/networking/article/opinion-oh-dear-what-can-the-matter-be--883223376 Archived March 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine.]
  24. ↑ "Telstra puts a bell on the broadband cat and spays NBN Co". 16 March 2020. https://www.themandarin.com.au/127522-telstra-puts-a-bell-on-the-broadband-cat-and-spays-nbn-co/. 
  25. ↑ Hague, Corey (23 December 2015). "Project Thunder: The Aussie rival to Netflix that never was". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-23/how-project-thunder-could-have-changed-australian-television/7050546. 
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Robert McKnight. "OPINION | James Warburton needs to stamp out the arrogance at SEVEN". https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2019/8/22/opinion-james-warburton-needs-to-stamp-out-the-arrogance-at-seven. 
  27. ↑ "Laurie Patton — Authors". https://tvblackbox.com.au/authors/tag/Laurie+Patton. 
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Jill Singer (20 February 2017). "Laurie Patton: 7.30 got it wrong on Today Tonight and Kennett -- and refuses to correct the record". https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/02/20/laurie-patton-7-30-got-it-wrong-on-today-tonight-and-kennett/. 
  29. ↑ "TVS' Laurie Patton signs off". 28 April 2010. https://www.if.com.au/tvs-laurie-patton-signs-off/. 
  30. ↑ "Archived copy". https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/images/uploads/publications/HFN0865_HF_AnnualReview_15_170516_F_LLR.pdf. 
  31. ↑ https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/images/uploads/main/About_us/NSW-Annual-Report.pd
  32. ↑ reporters2002-11-27T04:05:00+00:00, Staff. "China assesses co-production potential with South Africa, Australia". https://www.screendaily.com/china-assesses-co-production-potential-with-south-africa-australia/4011383.article. "While Patton and FTO chief executive Jane Smith are trying to create a channel for distributors of Australia films - Chinese films screen in Australia commercially, in festivals, and on television - they are as interested in cultural exchange, including the development of co-productions." 
  33. ↑ "NEW SOUTH WALES FILM AND TELEVISION OFFICE ANNUAL REPORT 2001/2002". 2002. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify |archiveurl=, you must also specify |archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20200304022531/https://media.opengov.nsw.gov.au/pairtree_root/16/11/8d/de/d2/e0/34/57/9a/08/05/94/a7/19/ab/d3/obj/document.pdf. Retrieved 2020-04-11. "The Deputy Chair, Laurie Patton, led a delegation of Australian filmmakers to the Shanghai International Film Festival and TV Market, on behalf of the Premier." 
  34. ↑ "Review of Australian Government Investment in the Indigenous Broadcasting and Media Sector". First Nations Media. 2010. https://firstnationsmedia.org.au/sites/default/files/files/Stevens-Review-2010-review-broadcasting-investment.pdf. "The Deputy Chair, Laurie Patton, led a delegation of Australian filmmakers to the Shanghai International Film Festival and TV Market, on behalf of the Premier." 
  35. ↑ "NBN won't be finished on time or within budget, telco experts say". 11 February 2020. https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2020/02/12/nbn-budget-deadline-2020/. 
  36. ↑ "The Minister and the elephant: a broadband tale". http://theluckygeneral.biz/2020/03/31/the-minister-and-the-elephant-a-broadband-tale/#more-3310,%20http://technologydecisions.com.au/content/networking/article/the-minister-and-the-elephant-a-broadband-tale-1173218937. 
  37. ↑ "An opportunity for the Prime Minister's National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to prove its mettle". 25 March 2020. https://www.themandarin.com.au/128618-an-opportunity-for-the-prime-ministers-national-covid-19-coordination-commission-to-prove-its-mettle/. 
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  39. ↑ "It's never been more important to close the digital divide". 6 April 2020. https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/04/06/nbn-digital-divide-australia/. 

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