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Is the rot setting in at NBN Co?
Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:33pm

NBN head of construction Flannigan quits

On Tuesday 5 April 2011, 12:42

Patrick Flannigan has quit as NBN Co Ltd's head of construction, the national broadband network developer has confirmed.

An acting head of construction has been appointed, Dan Flemming, who was until now the company's general manager of construction, design and planning, a spokeswoman told AAP on Tuesday.

"We are disappointed with his decision to resign as he was a valuable member of the leadership team," the spokeswoman said.

"We wish him all the best for the future."

According to the NBN Co website, Mr Flannigan was the founding managing director and chief executive of Service Stream Ltd, a major provider of infrastructure, construction and maintenance services to the telecommunications sector and broader utilities sectors.

He also founded and was non-executive chairman of Australasian Maintenance Services Company and has held general manager and senior management positions in publicly listed contract labour company Skilled Group Ltd.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Is the rot setting in at NBN Co? Reply #1 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:34pm First they've had to shred all the tenders, now they lose the head construction guy. What a disaster this NBN is for the country and its taxpayers and the people who will be dragooned into using it.
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sir prince duke alevine Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23619 Gender:	Re: Is the rot setting in at NBN Co? Reply #2 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:35pm Curious - how is the rot setting in at NBN Co because a person resigns? People aren't allowed to resign anymore?
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Reply #3 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:36pm

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:33pm:

NBN head of construction Flannigan quits

On Tuesday 5 April 2011, 12:42

Patrick Flannigan has quit as NBN Co Ltd's head of construction, the national broadband network developer has confirmed.

An acting head of construction has been appointed, Dan Flemming, who was until now the company's general manager of construction, design and planning, a spokeswoman told AAP on Tuesday.

"We are disappointed with his decision to resign as he was a valuable member of the leadership team," the spokeswoman said.

"We wish him all the best for the future."

According to the NBN Co website, Mr Flannigan was the founding managing director and chief executive of Service Stream Ltd, a major provider of infrastructure, construction and maintenance services to the telecommunications sector and broader utilities sectors.

He also founded and was non-executive chairman of Australasian Maintenance Services Company and has held general manager and senior management positions in publicly listed contract labour company Skilled Group Ltd.

I can smell a costs blow-out $60bil anyone or how about $50bill with the cost said to be $36bill.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Online OzPolitic Posts: 41727 Gender:	Re: Is the rot setting in at NBN Co? Reply #4 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:36pm why, cause they have operated in a shroud of secrecy ? endlessly changed plans ? wasted millions and a year. achieved nothing financially viable wasted the resources of aussie coys they short listed that then quoted for them ? if I quoted again, it'ld be through the roof
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Reply #5 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:37pm

progressiveslol wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:36pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:33pm:

NBN head of construction Flannigan quits

On Tuesday 5 April 2011, 12:42

Patrick Flannigan has quit as NBN Co Ltd's head of construction, the national broadband network developer has confirmed.

An acting head of construction has been appointed, Dan Flemming, who was until now the company's general manager of construction, design and planning, a spokeswoman told AAP on Tuesday.

"We are disappointed with his decision to resign as he was a valuable member of the leadership team," the spokeswoman said.

"We wish him all the best for the future."

According to the NBN Co website, Mr Flannigan was the founding managing director and chief executive of Service Stream Ltd, a major provider of infrastructure, construction and maintenance services to the telecommunications sector and broader utilities sectors.

He also founded and was non-executive chairman of Australasian Maintenance Services Company and has held general manager and senior management positions in publicly listed contract labour company Skilled Group Ltd.

I can smell a costs blow-out $60bil anyone.

and yet so far they've saved $7 billion. It's pretty shameful to wish for a blow out Sad

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Reply #6 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:40pm

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:37pm:

progressiveslol wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:36pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:33pm:

NBN head of construction Flannigan quits

On Tuesday 5 April 2011, 12:42

Patrick Flannigan has quit as NBN Co Ltd's head of construction, the national broadband network developer has confirmed.

An acting head of construction has been appointed, Dan Flemming, who was until now the company's general manager of construction, design and planning, a spokeswoman told AAP on Tuesday.

"We are disappointed with his decision to resign as he was a valuable member of the leadership team," the spokeswoman said.

"We wish him all the best for the future."

According to the NBN Co website, Mr Flannigan was the founding managing director and chief executive of Service Stream Ltd, a major provider of infrastructure, construction and maintenance services to the telecommunications sector and broader utilities sectors.

He also founded and was non-executive chairman of Australasian Maintenance Services Company and has held general manager and senior management positions in publicly listed contract labour company Skilled Group Ltd.

I can smell a costs blow-out $60bil anyone.

and yet so far they've saved $7 billion. It's pretty shameful to wish for a blow out Sad

I can invisage a cost blow-out of atleast $20bil when all is said and done.

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Reply #7 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:41pm

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:34pm:

First they've had to shred all the tenders, now they lose the head construction guy.

What a disaster this NBN is for the country and its taxpayers and the people who will be dragooned into using it.

maybe so, but look at the huge salaries they paid themselves up to now ??

mr flannigan did the right thing, leave a sinking ship.
it's the best thing for his own career.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Is the rot setting in at NBN Co? Reply #8 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:42pm Yep, won't be long before the $36b is back up to $47b and it's all blue sky from there.
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Reply #9 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:44pm

progressiveslol wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:40pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:37pm:

progressiveslol wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:36pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:33pm:

NBN head of construction Flannigan quits

On Tuesday 5 April 2011, 12:42

Patrick Flannigan has quit as NBN Co Ltd's head of construction, the national broadband network developer has confirmed.

An acting head of construction has been appointed, Dan Flemming, who was until now the company's general manager of construction, design and planning, a spokeswoman told AAP on Tuesday.

"We are disappointed with his decision to resign as he was a valuable member of the leadership team," the spokeswoman said.

"We wish him all the best for the future."

According to the NBN Co website, Mr Flannigan was the founding managing director and chief executive of Service Stream Ltd, a major provider of infrastructure, construction and maintenance services to the telecommunications sector and broader utilities sectors.

He also founded and was non-executive chairman of Australasian Maintenance Services Company and has held general manager and senior management positions in publicly listed contract labour company Skilled Group Ltd.

I can smell a costs blow-out $60bil anyone.

and yet so far they've saved $7 billion. It's pretty shameful to wish for a blow out Sad

I can invisage a cost blow-out of atleast $20bil when all is said and done.

envisage? u? How can you? U're conservative? Conservatives don't envisage... conservatives just sit there and groan about how life is changing and stuff Sad

I guess everyone can try new things - just learn how to envisage first. Maybe then you won't make baseless statements

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Reply #10 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:45pm

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:42pm:

Yep, won't be long before the $36b is back up to $47b and it's all blue sky from there.

I'd really like to see some actual evidence to justify your hypothesis.

And wishing for extra government waste is purely stupid - at the end you need to be helping keep them to account to make sure they delvier within the $36B. Not sit there cross your fingers and hope for over-expenditure so you can say, "I told you so."

Pathetic and immature.

Ooh... that's a great conservative slogan!

"Conservatives. Pathetic and immature... yet looking and feeling like we're 100 years old"

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Reply #11 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:47pm

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:45pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:42pm:

Yep, won't be long before the $36b is back up to $47b and it's all blue sky from there.

I'd really like to see some actual evidence to justify your hypothesis.

And wishing for extra government waste is purely stupid - at the end you need to be helping keep them to account to make sure they delvier within the $36B. Not sit there cross your fingers and hope for over-expenditure so you can say, "I told you so."

Pathetic and immature.

Ooh... that's a great conservative slogan!

"Conservatives. Pathetic and immature... yet looking like we're 100 years old"

Grin

Government contracts. Need you say more.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Is the rot setting in at NBN Co? Reply #12 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:48pm The evidence is all around us in the most wasteful govt in Australian history. The hard evidence will be shredded in Labor's end days.
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Reply #13 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:48pm

progressiveslol wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:47pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:45pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:42pm:

Yep, won't be long before the $36b is back up to $47b and it's all blue sky from there.

I'd really like to see some actual evidence to justify your hypothesis.

And wishing for extra government waste is purely stupid - at the end you need to be helping keep them to account to make sure they delvier within the $36B. Not sit there cross your fingers and hope for over-expenditure so you can say, "I told you so."

Pathetic and immature.

Ooh... that's a great conservative slogan!

"Conservatives. Pathetic and immature... yet looking like we're 100 years old"

Grin

Government contracts. Need you say more.

Yep, you do. And until such a time as you can work out what else to say, it's currently $36Billion, and as voters we need to be sitting there keeping an eye on things and making it known we will not stand for a blow out. Not sit here and pray for one.

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Reply #14 - Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:51pm

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:48pm:

progressiveslol wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:47pm:

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:45pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 1:42pm:

Yep, won't be long before the $36b is back up to $47b and it's all blue sky from there.

I'd really like to see some actual evidence to justify your hypothesis.

And wishing for extra government waste is purely stupid - at the end you need to be helping keep them to account to make sure they delvier within the $36B. Not sit there cross your fingers and hope for over-expenditure so you can say, "I told you so."

Pathetic and immature.

Ooh... that's a great conservative slogan!

"Conservatives. Pathetic and immature... yet looking like we're 100 years old"

Grin

Government contracts. Need you say more.

Yep, you do. And until such a time as you can work out what else to say, it's currently $36Billion, and as voters we need to be sitting there keeping an eye on things and making it known we will not stand for a blow out. Not sit here and pray for one.

Like you did with the schools program. What a wasteful piece of labor legislation that was.

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