The Australian politics thread - Page 757

Burgey · 08-11-2012, 01:01 PM

Internet filter dropped. Thank god. Dumb policy to start with. About four years later than they should have.

Top_Cat · 08-11-2012, 03:11 PM

Yeh, indeed. The idea will be back in some form, though. I know the bloke pretty well who was probably the biggest name on the 'nay' side, Mark Newton, and he's not taking it for granted that this ****fight is over.

Conroy's crew really over-stepped their bounds on this issue. Mark was working at an ISP at the time (Internode) and made a controversial (not in a legal sense) comment on Whirlpool about the filter. A rep from Conroy's team called Internode and tried to get them to sack him for it. Not only did Internode tell them to GAGF, they released a public statement saying what had happened and that Mark had their full support on freedom of speech terms. Seriously, this **** actually happened.

Burgey · 08-11-2012, 03:59 PM

Conroy's such an odd fish. The NBN is the biggest project/ policy the government has and he seems all over the detail (as he should be) yet he completely ballsed up the attitude towards the filter.

I suspect there was a bit of bowing and scraping to the Shoppies going on there tbh.

Top_Cat · 08-11-2012, 04:23 PM

Yeah but, fundamentally, it simply won't do what it's supposed to do. Leaving aside (if you can) all freedom of speech ra ra, it's not just bad policy but terrible tech.

Anyone see this?

Lateline - 08/11/2012: Studio interview with Senior NSW Detective Peter Fox

Feel sick, tbh.

Spikey · 08-11-2012, 06:53 PM

i thought they quietly dumped it before the 2010 election

social · 08-11-2012, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Top_Cat

Yeah but, fundamentally, it simply won't do what it's supposed to do. Leaving aside (if you can) all freedom of speech ra ra, it's not just bad policy but terrible tech.

Anyone see this?

Lateline - 08/11/2012: Studio interview with Senior NSW Detective Peter Fox

Feel sick, tbh.

Couple of months after the last election, the heads of 2 of Telstra's biggest competitors were interviewed about the NBN

Basically they said that although their companies were going to make ****-loads from it (due to lower access costs than existing network) it was crap policy as tech and roll-out plans were both faulty

Burgey · 08-11-2012, 10:42 PM

What's faulty about the technology? Have they found something faster than light?

Redbacks · 08-11-2012, 10:56 PM

Haven't you seen the Coalition's Quantum entanglement policy...

Spikey · 08-11-2012, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgey

What's faulty about the technology? Have they found something faster than light?

yeah. my fist in your face

- tony abbott

Burgey · 08-11-2012, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spikey

yeah. my fist in the wall next to your face

- tony abbott

indeed.

Top_Cat · 09-11-2012, 05:36 PM

One man's legacy lost in dust

One of the casualties of Labor slashing government-funded research?

Burgey · 11-11-2012, 02:51 PM

With the excellent Devils Dust mini series on ABC1, lets hope this incident gets a good run...

Tony Abbott has no time for Bernie Banton - YouTube

howardj · 12-11-2012, 02:32 AM

Being sick and being a Labor stooge are not mutually exclusive

Burgey · 12-11-2012, 03:11 PM

Newspoll 51-49 to the Tories.

Abbott now the least popular LOTO since Newspoll began. Lower ratings than Turnbull when he was rissoled.

Tick.

Tock.

Tick.

Tock.

morgieb · 12-11-2012, 04:12 PM

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08-11-2012, 03:59 PM	#11343 (permalink)
Burgey Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Castle Posts: 35,132	Conroy's such an odd fish. The NBN is the biggest project/ policy the government has and he seems all over the detail (as he should be) yet he completely ballsed up the attitude towards the filter. I suspect there was a bit of bowing and scraping to the Shoppies going on there tbh.

08-11-2012, 04:23 PM	#11344 (permalink)
Top_Cat Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 21,165	Yeah but, fundamentally, it simply won't do what it's supposed to do. Leaving aside (if you can) all freedom of speech ra ra, it's not just bad policy but terrible tech. Anyone see this? Lateline - 08/11/2012: Studio interview with Senior NSW Detective Peter Fox Feel sick, tbh.

08-11-2012, 10:42 PM	#11347 (permalink)
Burgey Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Castle Posts: 35,132	What's faulty about the technology? Have they found something faster than light?

08-11-2012, 10:56 PM	#11348 (permalink)
Redbacks International Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Barrow Island, WA Posts: 4,063	Haven't you seen the Coalition's Quantum entanglement policy...

09-11-2012, 05:36 PM	#11351 (permalink)
Top_Cat Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 21,165	One man's legacy lost in dust One of the casualties of Labor slashing government-funded research?

11-11-2012, 02:51 PM	#11352 (permalink)
Burgey Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Castle Posts: 35,132	With the excellent Devils Dust mini series on ABC1, lets hope this incident gets a good run... Tony Abbott has no time for Bernie Banton - YouTube

12-11-2012, 03:11 PM	#11354 (permalink)
Burgey Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Castle Posts: 35,132	Newspoll 51-49 to the Tories. Abbott now the least popular LOTO since Newspoll began. Lower ratings than Turnbull when he was rissoled. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

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