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Hung Parliament Means Listen to the People
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People involved in e-health are bitterly disappointed with the "hung parliament" result.
At least Labour had a vision with its national broadband roll-out, even if it wasn't properly articulated in regard to cost.
Some proponents argue that the cost matters little - it is the advantage given to Australians who want to be pioneers in e-health. Opportunities could be lost and they may be priceless.
i2P went looking for some informed comment on the subject and found some excellent commentary written by Paul Budde, a telecommunications analyst.
His commentary follows:
Government leadership is about vision and about giving direction to the country. The hung Parliament Australia is ending up is a reflection of the confusion that the politicians have created through their in general negative messages throughout the campaign. It is amazing that the Opposition can spin the killing of the NBN, e-health and e-education as a positive message. Equally the lack of the Government to come up with a proper plan regarding the costs of the NBN also left many people wondering about if that sort of money was really necessary. Both above examples show disrespect to the intelligence of the Australia people. The popular support the NBN is receiving shows the Opposition that their ‘kill the NBN at all cost’ is a terrible policy something intelligent Australians don’t appreciate. Equally not putting proper costing in front of us is also unacceptable, people are not sheep and will not follow politicians unquestioned. Following the hung Parliament I do find it extremely arrogant from the Opposition to claim victory. The victory is with the people who have voted the party politics of a two party system down. A modern society deserves better than the tit for tat politics that we have seen. Equally Labor should have a good hard look at itself, because it is rather embarrassing that already after three years the people have lost faith in them, especially after the enormous support they had during and after the 2007 elections. To a very large extend their downfall is because of a total breakdown of communications, something that started within the Government and rapidly spilled over to the broader society. You can’t take people for granted. http://www.budde.com.au/News/#Hung-Parliament-means-listen-to-the-people
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Submitted by Michael on Tue, 24/08/2010 - 20:26.
The so-called 'vision' is one of wasting vast amounts of money.
A broadband network has already been achieved in many businesses very successfully.
Not every household needs or will be able to afford fibre.
Let's start the ball rolling with a rollout on a selective basis to those regions that don't have a good broadband network.
By that time new technology will direct further expansion
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