Mr Abbott has campaigned upon a platform of economic responsibility having built up a formidable armoury of bullets to fire against the Rudd/Gillard Government after a number of costly project fiascos. However, he appears to have badly misjudged the mood of the electorate on the issue of the NBN.

 Ben Shipley, the managing director of Brisbane-based telco Comscentre, typifies the mood of the powerful and influential Australian telecoms industry when he describes the Abbott Coalition plan as being from the “dark ages”.

“We’ve got a very clear and concise plan from the Labor Party but we’ve got nothing from the opposition except a threat to shut down the NBN,” Mr Shipley said.

“Are they going to throw away the billions that have already been spent and take us back to a Telstra monopoly, or are they going to do nothing and leave Australia like a Third World country?

 

It is truly in your hands! Will billions be wasted? No. Will the Coalition halt further development? Possibly. Will they follow their cause and sell off the assets to let business reap the benefits? Probably.

My question is, so what? Siimply through sensible competitive legislation and operational telecommunications frameworks, the work and investment being made by existing telcos will see Australia reach the milestones that the NBN have as its aims.

Can the Coalition deliver this? Of course. So can Labor. So what is the deal? Labor had the opportunity to fight the sale of Telstra many many years ago. Labor will reinvent existing notions, but then sell it off anyway. What? You don't think? Its in the NBN Business plan folks. Its a part of the framework.

But.

The real difference?

Censorship.

Labor will censor your access. And, if they succeed, it won't be repealed. It won't be taken back. Labor fought the introduction of GST at one point. Have they rolled it back? No. Of course not.

Want fast but censored internet? Or do you want to let business do its job? The fight is there, but don't be pushed in the wrong direction. Again!

Non NBN trials are already underway in real-world tests, using consumers, with consumer grade technology, including paired-DSL, cable and wireless. In some cases these tests are already seeing speeds of around 100Mbits/second. This is without the NBN in place.

Keep the internet you have? Or get the internet they want you to have? Its your choice.

Sylvestor

A POLL shows a majority of voters approve of the Rudd Government's handling of the global economic crisis and support the continued spending of stimulus money.

The AC Nielsen poll, conducted to mark the first anniversary of the meltdown, shows 59 per cent approve of the Government's handling of the crisis, 46 per cent want the spending to continue as planned and 10 per cent say it should be increased.

The only comment I want to make about this is that its good to see that a random sample chosen by AC Nielsen just happened to be expert at macro-economics in relation to managing a countries financial situation. Of course the sample are expert enough to rate success of the currrent Government.

Or maybe they just approve of $900 bribery? Just my opinion.

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TUESDAY'S Federal Budget will invest more than $25 billion in key road, rail and port projects, including a heavy rail freight corridor linking Melbourne and Brisbane, aimed at hauling the nation out of recession.

The biggest overhaul of national infrastructure since the end of World War II - shifting the Rudd Government's fiscal strategy from short-term stimulus to boosting long-term productivity - will be funded by a variety of sources, The Australian reports.

KRuddonomics is back! This time presenting a Swan Lake Budget! Let's hope we don't all drown...

...it seems that I will be foregoing a few more (substantial) dollars every fortnight to both the Federal and State governments to help fill in the pot-holes in the highways and freeways of the Eastern states...yet again. This annoys me!

Once again, it is without a doubt that the wealth and sustainability of Western Australia will heavily subsidise this government's mis-management of the countries finances.

And lets hike cigarette taxes to boot!

Thanks KRudd, I guess I can sit back and relax and feel good about the fact I did not vote him in! Yeh thanks everyone else...where's your economic conservative now???

Thank you to those suckers who will see their future slowly fade away into deficit oblivion...Kevin-o-seven...yeh yeh!

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