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Add in we have have actively designed the tax system to reward speculation over hard work ie NG housing in the hope of capital gains being enough to offset the income loss. Bat poo crazy
The rest of the world would think if somewhat crazy if a country sold its' natural resources overseas for song, borrowed heaps of money to buy the same houses it already had and then couldn't afford decent internet.
Australia's political "leaders" are a joke. All of them.
MALCOLM Turnbull's fibre-copper hybrid internet solution has achieved 100 megabits per second download speeds in an enormous inner-Sydney apartment block, in what he sees as a vindication of Coalition policy.
Now Tony wants to filter all internet content.
I wonder what happened to his working group that was supposed to report back to him by mid 2012 on the Labor internet filter. He was so opposed to it back then. Seems now it's no long ALP policy it's a good thing.
Sheer bastardy to release a policy like this just 2 days before the election.
Get real. It is an opt out system designed for parents to help them control what their kids view. They do have that right currently you know, except they don't have the means to do effectively do it. At best this will help parents in this task and at worst it will be ineffective, meaning we are exactly where we are today.
2 Days before the election is a lot better than 2 days after.
I dare say most teenagers will be able to do a bit of googling to bypass any filtering.
As for protecting young children, if a parent is letting them use the internet unsupervised then it's more about lack of parenting skills than dangers on the internet.
As for protecting young children, if a parent is letting them use the internet unsupervised then it's more about lack of parenting skills than dangers on the internet.
And you constantly criticise politicians and others for spouting lies and inaccuracies.Now Tony wants to filter all internet content.
Get real. It is an opt out system designed for parents to help them control what their kids view. They do have that right currently you know, except they don't have the means to do effectively do it. At best this will help parents in this task and at worst it will be ineffective, meaning we are exactly where we are today.
2 Days before the election is a lot better than 2 days after.
Sheer bastardy to release a policy like this just 2 days before the election.
The Australian can reveal that as of last week, connections to as many as 21,000 - one in eight - of the 163,500 existing homes and businesses passed by the fibre network were considered to contain defects in the network construction. Up to 7000 have major defects, which according to NBN Co documents, are those at risk of service degradation, outages or health and safety hazards.
The defects mean that network connections to thousands of homes and businesses, which have been classified as "ready for service", may require repairs before users can access the internet on the new network.
NBN Co last night disputed the figures, admitting there were significant defects but insisting the total number was lower than the figures obtained by The Australian.
Internal documents reveal NBN Co, which is building the $37.4bn network, was warned that a relaxation of its testing requirements when accepting completed work from its major construction partners was resulting in an increase in defects.
The documents warn that unless the NBN Co acts on recommendations to improve its construction processes and increase oversight of its delivery partners, it would be accepting a "sub-standard network into operation".
That might have been the case before the mobile revolution, but it would be impossible to expect constant supervision nowadays. This in a way extends that supervision to when the kid is not with the parent.
My main fear, as someone on another thread said, is that it puts in place a piece of technology that future governments may extend for political censorship.
I think in 6-7 hours, some prominent posters in this thread will be feeling a little sore.
Oh well, time then to change focus (partially rightly so) to bashing the coalition's policy as opposed to defending the poorly developed and delivered Greens/Labor policy.
MW
I think in 6-7 hours, some prominent posters in this thread will be feeling a little sore.
Oh well, time then to change focus (partially rightly so) to bashing the coalition's policy as opposed to defending the poorly developed and delivered Greens/Labor policy.
MW
I want a Ferrari too, but don't want't to pay for it. Hence I don't have one.
Coalition broad band policy has gone from about 1 billion (no fibre) a decade ago to 6.25 Billion (Fibre backhaul) in 2010 to $29.5 Billion (Full Fibre backbone) in 2013...id say this is a clear policy win for Labor.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/art...ches_6_25_billion_alternative_broadband_plan/
From 1 to 30 Billion in ten years is a hell of a policy reversal.
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