Quote of the week!
I'm not interested in perceptions of style -- never have been, never will be," Mr Rudd said. "I'm interested in substance -- what we deliver.
Me and my profession
As a qualified educator, and educator of the educators, I am a communications expert; understanding how and why information delivery works and doesn't work. I have experience with technology and consider myself an information-futurist. I am a dreamer!
Now, enough of that wank and onto some more...I have been a teacher of modern English and literature, taught people the skills of learning, teaching and communicating. A can look at big and little pictures and advise on getting from point A to point B. I can read maps!
I am an excellent facilitator, negotiator and have, on many occasions in the past, presented to small and large groups alike. I am a talker!
My experience in commercial enterprise has helped me take a leap from the structure and politic of government back into the real world. I am a thinker!
But I am a teacher; was a teacher of skills and knowledge, and now, like most of us, just a teacher.
Specialties:
Information and communication developer, reviewer and planner, advice on learning, elearning and services online. I see the past and dream the future. I can use smart and dumb tools. A sharer and a listener. A strategist and a dreamer. I can negotiate with people from all walks. I know where I am at and where you want to be. I can read maps!
I'm not interested in perceptions of style -- never have been, never will be," Mr Rudd said. "I'm interested in substance -- what we deliver.
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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Funds wrangle hits NBN rollout
Mitchell Bingemann | July 07, 2009
THE spearhead of the federal government's $43 billion national broadband project appears to have been blunted as the likelihood of construction starting in Tasmania this month slips away while government costing negotiations drag on.
When the government announced on April 7 it would scrap the original national broadband network tender and replace it with a state-owned enterprise that would construct a fibre-to-the-home network, Tasmanian residents were tipped to be the first to get a taste of the new super-fast network.
At the time, federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said negotiations had begun between the federal and Tasmanian governments and a construction timeline would soon be finalised.
Although negotiations were expected to be finalised in the months after the April announcement, the government said construction of the network would begin this month through the state government-owned power utility, Aurora Energy.
Politically, it was a smart move. Despite its small and compact geography, Tasmania has the lowest percentage of broadband coverage in Australia, at about 38 per cent, and was seen as the perfect testbed for the ambitious national rollout.
But three months later Tasmanians are still twiddling their thumbs while the government continues to drag its feet in negotiations with Aurora and the state government.
It would seem that NBN is not exactly about doing things 'fast'. Wasting literally millions of dollars on a process that cost all Australians equally millions of wasted dollars.
Wake up! This Government is NOT intent on providing quality service - just more spin! What was deemed as "our future" will simply go on being the funding black-hole it started out to be.
Let's not hold our breath for super-fast-internet provision! Oh wait, don't we already have broadband? Oh that's right! YES! Stop wasting MY taxpayer dollars KRudd!
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PM Kevin Rudd dancing the morning after Budget '09.
Just remember folks...YOU voted for this!
Sinking feeling ... John Howard spent recklessly by boosting 'middle class welfare', says the Treasurer. / File.
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WAYNE Swan has promised help for the poor in a "very Labor" Budget tomorrow, but will also use the economic blueprint to demolish what he describes as John Howard's contentious system of middle-class welfare.
The Treasurer has also appealed to voters to accept that the global recession is so severe it has forced Labor to shift direction on key policies it took to the 2007 election campaign.
Two days before delivering his second Budget at a time of unprecedented global economic upheaval, Mr Swan yesterday told The Australian his efforts to deal with the recession-driven, $200 billion collapse in revenue had been complicated by a legacy of reckless spending by the previous government.
Well this is an interesting take on history Mr Swan. I didn't realise John Howard and the former coalition Government were responsible for the current economic situation in Australia.
Of course it has had nothing to do with the billions of dollars of surplus that this current Government has flounced about the country in what can only be described as Krazy-KRuddonomics...stimulating? No!
Give it up Swan! You will give Australian's a sad and sorry budget this year. Middle income earners, the stable work horses of this nation will be hit hardest, and few of the so-called election "promises" will be fulfilled.
Don't blame me! I didn't want this fiasco! Onya Kev!
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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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