Darren Andrews has withdrawn from contesting the seat of Sturt after revealing to a channel 7 news reporter that he had previously been convicted of a child sex offence.

Dan Harrison and Phillip Coorey in Hobart write in the SMH about the difference in policy between the major parties on broadband and about the coalition's plans for computers in schools.

Paul Budde writing in the Business Spectator analyses how the coalition's broadband could be provided and points out that the costings will be insufficient to deliver 12MBPS to anything like 97% of the population.

This ‘policy’ appears to be thought out, badly, on the back of an envelope using numbers that simply don’t add up – a band-aid to solve a vision impairment.

The SMH reports on reaction to the announcement of the coalition's broadband plan and Tony Abbotts appearance at a "town hall" session at Rooty Hill RSL.

The Australian reports that the increase in speed to 1GBPS of the national broadband network will not increase the cost of the network.