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Oh well, with all these new jobs we should see a reversal of the trend in unemployment very quickly.
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.
As with everything else this Government says, it has a habit of falling short.
http://www.theage.com.au/business/b...-falls-short-by-thousands-20110925-1krmo.html
Does whether there are 16,000 or 20,000 really make a difference in deciding if the project should go ahead or not?
I would have thought you blokes would be happy about it. Fewer workers means lower costs. Perhaps the reason for the budget being revised down from $43bn to $36.9?
Given the gradual rise in unemployment and the looming possibility of another global recession, beginning a project that will employ 16,000 Australians for the next 8 years must surely be something you'd be supporting?
Using my crystal ball.....Assuming the NBN is in volume rollout in 2013 and we see a federal election where the Coalition get in, at a time when we have an unemployment rate of 7% and rising.
.....Would you still support the axing of the project then? Putting those 16,000 people out of work? What would that do to the economy? How many downstream jobs would also be lost? The loss of the NBN workforce alone would result in a 0.2% increase in the unemployment rate.
Man, you guys are funny. On one hand criticising the Govt for employing too many people generally, then criticising when the numbers are revised down for this project.
Just goes to show the blind opposition you have to this and any other ALP project. If it were the Coalition announcing these changes, you'd be applauding them as demonstrating their "superior management skills".
Does whether there are 16,000 or 20,000 really make a difference in deciding if the project should go ahead or not?
I would have thought you blokes would be happy about it. Fewer workers means lower costs. Perhaps the reason for the budget being revised down from $43bn to $36.9?
Given the gradual rise in unemployment and the looming possibility of another global recession, beginning a project that will employ 16,000 Australians for the next 8 years must surely be something you'd be supporting?
Using my crystal ball.....Assuming the NBN is in volume rollout in 2013 and we see a federal election where the Coalition get in, at a time when we have an unemployment rate of 7% and rising.
.....Would you still support the axing of the project then? Putting those 16,000 people out of work? What would that do to the economy? How many downstream jobs would also be lost? The loss of the NBN workforce alone would result in a 0.2% increase in the unemployment rate.
Man, you guys are funny. On one hand criticising the Govt for employing too many people generally, then criticising when the numbers are revised down for this project.
Just goes to show the blind opposition you have to this and any other ALP project. If it were the Coalition announcing these changes, you'd be applauding them as demonstrating their "superior management skills".
How about spending the money, and thus creating the jobs, on a more worthwhile project(s) - like some dams in the north, improving ports, roads, hospitals etc etc.
How about spending the money, and thus creating the jobs, on a more worthwhile project(s) - like some dams in the north, improving ports, roads, hospitals etc etc.
That issue has been covered numerous times, but I'll repeat it concisely.
The NBN is forecast to provide a return. That is, all of the money invested (including any interest) is forecast to be paid back.
How about spending the money, and thus creating the jobs, on a more worthwhile project(s) - like some dams in the north, improving ports, roads, hospitals etc etc.
Oh dear, another rainy night which = poor wireless internet. I can't get ADSL so have to live with it, (I'm on pair gain rubbish). Bring on the NBN, I could really use an internet service that actually works.
Oh dear, another rainy night which = poor wireless internet. I can't get ADSL so have to live with it, (I'm on pair gain rubbish). Bring on the NBN, I could really use an internet service that actually works.
I really don't know but by just doing a few checks right now only tells me sometime from 2012 to 2018. That's for Central Coast NSW. Is there any way of getting a definitive answer?Bill M,
When do you expect to get NBN where you live?
Oh well have to resurect this one again. Apparently all is not going well, cost blowouts and slipping time frames.
It may be back to the future for Labor and big projects.
Hopefully nbnmyths can give us an update on cost per connection, word is the cost has doubled.
You have been a member since 2004 out of interest did you have this attitude when the Libs were sitting on a huge surplus.
Hopefully nbnmyths can give us an update on cost per connection, word is the cost has doubled.
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