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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Newton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 30 September 2012 6:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kai<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] News: Minister Conroy contemplating Government-Funded undersea cable?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On 30/09/2012, at 1:13 AM, Kai <<a href="mailto:vk6ksj@westnet.com.au">vk6ksj@westnet.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Outback Qld goes it alone for high-speed internet<br>
> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-29/outback-qld-goes-it-alone-for-high-speed-internet/4287308">
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-29/outback-qld-goes-it-alone-for-high-speed-internet/4287308</a><br>
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For the last four years, one of the prongs of the coalition's attack on the NBN<br>
has been on spending grounds: "$50b of spending when we're already in debt!" they<br>
say.<br>
<br>
Then earlier this year even Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged that that isn't actually<br>
going to happen, because the NBN is a capital investment (which will earn a<br>
commercial return) rather than expenditure. The Government isn't spending money on<br>
building a network, they're buying shares in a company and expecting a return<br>
above the bond rate, until 5 years after the network is built, at which point they'll<br>
get their capital back.<br>
<br>
I'm in debt: I have a house to pay off. The fact that I owe money to someone doesn't<br>
mean I can't choose to invest elsewhere while the debt is being paid off. Same goes<br>
for the government.<br>
<br>
Anyway, now that the coalition has finally acknowledged that the NBN is an investment<br>
rather than a debt, these councils want a $16m handout from the government (expenditure,<br>
not debt)<br>
<br>
Sometimes I truly believe that the quality of our national debates would be better<br>
if schoolchildren were taught what money is and where it comes from.<br>
<br>
- mark<br>
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