<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>TffD - trench for the dole ;)<br></div><div><br></div><div>I can see the new slogan now.. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Dig one for yourself and one for the nation!</span></div><div><br>On 01/04/2011, at 12:06, Peter Childs <<a href="mailto:PChilds@internode.com.au">PChilds@internode.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<br>
<div>
<div>On 01/04/2011, at 10:51 AM, David Mitchell wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br>
</font><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/nbn-co-ditches-gouging-bidders-20110331-1cngl.html"><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/nbn-co-ditches-gouging-bidders-20110331-1cngl.html">http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/nbn-co-ditches-gouging-bidders-20110331-1cngl.html</a></a><br>
<br>
"NBN Co made the move because it believed the bidders were trying to<br>
gouge excessive profits from the taxpayer-backed project, blaming rising<br>
labour costs from the resources boom as a convenient excuse."<br>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
<div>Surely we could use some components of the 'Pacific Solution' to maximise on the labour available in detention facilities to dig ditches and pull fibre for the NBN ... after a certain number of kilometres/splices we will consider refugee/skilled-entry
status etc...</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Some aspects of Work-for-the-Dole could be remodelled as 'Dig-for-the-Dole'.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>(PS. It is the 1st, so I'm assuming most of the commentary on this is in line with this)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>AusNOG mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>