Obviously Conroy can't answer the question.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...forum-in-october/story-e6frg90f-1226134005712
Just shows these idiots don't know what they are doing, now they are going to ask people to come up with the job ideas for their stupid N.B.N and carbon tax policies.
Thats because they haven't got any idea if it will create jobs and in all probability will cause loss of jobs.
Oakeshott must be wondering what he has got himself tied up in, well more fool him.
IMO
On the original article, I'd like to point out that the committee hasn't questioned whether those benefits exist, they have stated that the Govt needs to do a better job of articulating them. I agree. The report is actually quite useful and comprehensive, and there were numerous recommendations. Perhaps you should take a read.
As for jobs, well there will be the 20,000 people who will be up-skilled and directly employed rolling out the network over the next 8 years. Then there will be
another thousand new employees at the manufacturing facilities of Corning and Prysmian in Sydney and Melbourne. Then there will probably be several thousand more who will get jobs indirectly from the rollout.
Aside from the rollout itself, you may not be aware that Deloitte Access Economics released a
report last month that found that
there are 190,000 Australians currently employed in occupations directly related to the internet. They expect this to
increase by 80,000 in the next 5 years as the NBN is rolled out.
The Government have already articulated many benefits and uses for the NBN, and they will continue to do so I'm sure.
But surely, anyone with even a fraction of a brain must realise that many benefits which will come from high speed networks cannot yet be articulated, because they haven't been invented yet. Are there really people out there who are so short-sighted that they believe every use for broadband has already been invented and implemented?
Do you think, if asked 100 years ago, that Alexander Graham Bell could have forecast the future uses for his invention? Or forecast how many millions of people would be employed building and maintaining it, or directly and indirectly through its use?
I think I'll finish with a
quote from
acclaimed Professor Rod Tucker, awarded the
Australia Prize in 1997 by PM John Howard for his services to telecommunications:
An enduring characteristic of human nature is our inability to understand and accept the rate of technological change and its impact on society.
I would like him to do this, AND do projections for net exports/imports for the country AND the costs vs current ADSL2
You do realise, don't you, that even the coalition are no longer proposing that we stick with basic ADSL2? They are now proposing a gradual improvement through fibre to the node and HFC cable upgrades.
The same Deloitte Access Economics report linked to above also found numerous other facts relating to the internet and broadband in Australia, and the impact of the NBN:
- The internet currently provides $27 billion pa in productivity savings in Australia
- The internet provides $53bn pa in household savings in Australia
- They predict the internet sector will grow at double the rate of the general economy.
- The internet directly contributes $50 billion to the Australian economy (the same as iron ore exports), and this will grow by $20 billion over the next 5 years.
They base these expectations on
"the rollout of the National Broadband Network connecting more Australians at higher speeds, government and business making better use of the internet, and government developing a policy framework that supports investment and innovation in the internet economy."
I suppose you know the economy better than Deloitte Access?