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NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross.
Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:38pm

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NBN labelled a waste to set Labor back years
Peter Martin
April 5, 2012

IT MAY be popular now, but Labor's $36 billion national broadband network is shaping up to be a financial disaster that will set Labor's image back decades, rebranding it the party of waste and extravagance.

That's the view of Percy Allan, president of the Australian Institute of Public Administration and a former head of the NSW Treasury under premiers Wran, Greiner and Fahey.

Releasing a report card on "public policy drift", he told the Herald that Kevin Rudd came to office in 2007 promising "evidence-based" decision-making, but never spelled out what the term meant.

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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/nbn-labelled-a-waste-to-set-labor-back-years-20120404-1wd9l.html

Masturbation is gaining in popularity in the ALP.

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adelcrow Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20133 everywhere Gender:	Re: NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross. Reply #1 - Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:44pm Damn the person who wanted to drag us into the future. Copper wires were good enough for my grand dad to talk over the bakelite telephone once a week so it should be good enough for the next few generations and their new fangled communications.
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Re: NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross.
Reply #2 - Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:50pm

salad in wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:38pm:

NBN labelled a waste to set Labor back years
Peter Martin
April 5, 2012

IT MAY be popular now, but Labor's $36 billion national broadband network is shaping up to be a financial disaster that will set Labor's image back decades, rebranding it the party of waste and extravagance.

That's the view of Percy Allan, president of the Australian Institute of Public Administration and a former head of the NSW Treasury under premiers Wran, Greiner and Fahey.

Releasing a report card on "public policy drift", he told the Herald that Kevin Rudd came to office in 2007 promising "evidence-based" decision-making, but never spelled out what the term meant.

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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/nbn-labelled-a-waste-to-set-labor-back-years-20120404-1wd9l.html

Holy crap. Are you trying to tell me that the head of a conservative think-tank is opposed to a Government program? Cheesy

Come on, next thing you'll be telling me is that the Pope is a Catholic. Roll Eyes

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Re: NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross.
Reply #3 - Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:52pm

NBNMyths wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:50pm:

salad in wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:38pm:

NBN labelled a waste to set Labor back years
Peter Martin
April 5, 2012

IT MAY be popular now, but Labor's $36 billion national broadband network is shaping up to be a financial disaster that will set Labor's image back decades, rebranding it the party of waste and extravagance.

That's the view of Percy Allan, president of the Australian Institute of Public Administration and a former head of the NSW Treasury under premiers Wran, Greiner and Fahey.

Releasing a report card on "public policy drift", he told the Herald that Kevin Rudd came to office in 2007 promising "evidence-based" decision-making, but never spelled out what the term meant.

[...]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/nbn-labelled-a-waste-to-set-labor-back-years-20120404-1wd9l.html

Holy crap. Are you trying to tell me that the head of a conservative think-tank is opposed to a Government program? Cheesy

Come on, next thing you'll be telling me is that the Pope is a Catholic. Roll Eyes

Next thing Twiggy will be blaming the communists for forcing him to pay income tax Grin

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Re: NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross.
Reply #4 - Apr 5^th, 2012 at 7:39pm

NBNMyths wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:50pm:

salad in wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:38pm:

NBN labelled a waste to set Labor back years
Peter Martin
April 5, 2012

IT MAY be popular now, but Labor's $36 billion national broadband network is shaping up to be a financial disaster that will set Labor's image back decades, rebranding it the party of waste and extravagance.

That's the view of Percy Allan, president of the Australian Institute of Public Administration and a former head of the NSW Treasury under premiers Wran, Greiner and Fahey.

Releasing a report card on "public policy drift", he told the Herald that Kevin Rudd came to office in 2007 promising "evidence-based" decision-making, but never spelled out what the term meant.

[...]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/nbn-labelled-a-waste-to-set-labor-back-years-20120404-1wd9l.html

Holy crap. Are you trying to tell me that the head of a conservative think-tank is opposed to a Government program? Cheesy

Come on, next thing you'll be telling me is that the Pope is a Catholic. Roll Eyes

Good G*d, are you trying to tell me that ALP heavy Wran would allow a CONSERVATIVE to remain as head of NSW Treasury? Next you'll be telling me that Paris Hilton is a virgin Cheesy

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross. Reply #5 - Apr 5^th, 2012 at 7:43pm set Labor back for YEARS... hahahahahahahahahaha it already is... is Flannery one of those getting the heave hoe from the Climate Change dept.. whats he on $180.000 for one day a month or something ridiculous.
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Re: NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross.
Reply #6 - Apr 5^th, 2012 at 8:11pm

salad in wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:38pm:

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NBN labelled a waste to set Labor back years
Peter Martin
April 5, 2012

IT MAY be popular now, but Labor's $36 billion national broadband network is shaping up to be a financial disaster that will set Labor's image back decades, rebranding it the party of waste and extravagance.

That's the view of Percy Allan, president of the Australian Institute of Public Administration and a former head of the NSW Treasury under premiers Wran, Greiner and Fahey.

Releasing a report card on "public policy drift", he told the Herald that Kevin Rudd came to office in 2007 promising "evidence-based" decision-making, but never spelled out what the term meant.

[...]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/nbn-labelled-a-waste-to-set-labor-back-years-20120404-1wd9l.html

Masturbation is gaining in popularity in the ALP.

all silver spooners love the NBN = PURE FACT!!!

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*Sure....they're anti competitive as any subsidised job is. It wouldn't be there without the tax payer. Very damned difficult for a brainwashed collectivist to understand that I know.... (swaggy) *

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BatteriesNotIncluded Gold Member Offline MediocrityNET: because people died for this! Posts: 26966	Re: NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross. Reply #7 - Apr 5^th, 2012 at 8:13pm cods wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 7:43pm: set Labor back for YEARS... hahahahahahahahahaha it already is... is Flannery one of those getting the heave hoe from the Climate Change dept.. whats he on $180.000 for one day a month or something ridiculous. CODS HAS NADA TO SAY ABOUT THE NBN
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Reply #8 - Apr 6^th, 2012 at 6:41am

cods wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 7:43pm:

set Labor back for YEARS... hahahahahahahahahaha

it already is...

Really?
http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/aussies-support-nbn-by-two-to-one-...

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Aussies support NBN by two to one - poll

AUSTRALIANS supporting the high speed national broadband network (NBN) exceed opponents by more than two to one, a new survey shows.

The Essential Research survey released today showed 56 per cent of 1042 respondents were in favour of the NBN, up from 54 per cent when the question was previously asked in April 2011.

As well, support for the $35.9 billion project has risen by eight percentage points from 48 per cent in February last year.

Some 25 per cent of those surveyed opposed the NBN, down from 31 per cent in February 2011.

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Re: NBN to be rebadged as NBAlbatross.
Reply #9 - Apr 6^th, 2012 at 9:00am

adelcrow wrote on Apr 5^th, 2012 at 6:44pm:

Damn the person who wanted to drag us into the future. Copper wires were good enough for my grand dad to talk over the bakelite telephone once a week so it should be good enough for the next few generations and their new fangled communications.

I have no problem with new technology. But as we have seen in the past, Labor has an atrocious record when it tries to behave like a business when in government. This is another example of that record. The NBN should have been put out to tender and done by businesses who know what they are doing because Labor clearly has no freaking idea.

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