<div dir="ltr">From: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra</a><div><br></div><div>Government (via the Future Fund) only owns 10.9% of Telstra - according to Wikipedia.<br><div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:none;margin:0px 0px 0.3em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-style:none;font-family:sans-serif"><span class="" id="Privatisation"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:19.1875px">Privatisation</span></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px">Telstra was privatised in three different stages, informally known as "T1" ($3.30), "T2" ($7.40) and "T3" ($3.60) in 1997, 1999 and 2006 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-0" class="" style="line-height:1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra#cite_note-autogenerated1-5" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="" style="line-height:1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[6]</a></sup> In <b>T1</b>, the government sold one third of its shares in Telstra for A$14 billion and publicly listed the company on the Australian Stock Exchange.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-1" class="" style="line-height:1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra#cite_note-autogenerated1-5" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[5]</a></sup> In 1999, a further 16% of Telstra shares were sold to the public, leaving the Australian government with 51% ownership. In 2006, <b>T3</b> was announced by the government and was the largest of the three public releases, reducing the Government's ownership of Telstra to 17%.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="" style="line-height:1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[7]</a></sup> The 17% remainder of Telstra was placed in Australia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Fund" title="Future Fund" class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">Future Fund</a>, which will provide <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superannuation" title="Superannuation" class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">superannuation</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pension" title="Pension" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">pensions</a> for Australia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_servants" title="Public servants" class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none">public servants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="" style="line-height:1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[8]</a></sup> In 2009, the Future Fund sold off another $2.4B worth of shares reducing the government's stake in Telstra to 10.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="" style="line-height:1em"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[9]</a></sup></p>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Paul Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au" target="_blank">paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Can someone explain to me why we’re supporting the concurrent role-out of TWO fibre networks by Government owned Carriers?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">That would be Telstra + NBNco obviously<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Don’t forget for a moment that Telstra continues to be half owned by the Government & The ALP is fundamentally opposed, root & branch, to selling the remaining 49% off.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">It’s a disgrace on a massive scale.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Perkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 12, 2013 10:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Mike Quigley has resigned<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">That's a shame. I was always impressed with his understanding of the NBN's big picture. Pity he never got a lot of cut through in the main stream media. I guess that's what happens when you render there broadcast linences and pay TV networks redundant overnight. <br>
<br><br>Matt.<br><br>On 12/07/13 10:50 AM, Peter Childs wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
Even the NBN web site — so I might believe it<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nbnco.com.au/about-us/media/news/nbn-co-chief-executive-announces-retirement.html" target="_blank">http://www.nbnco.com.au/about-us/media/news/nbn-co-chief-executive-announces-retirement.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Narelle <<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 12 July 2013 10:10 AM<br><b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@ausnog.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[AusNOG] Mike Quigley has resigned<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It's all over the news.<u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">See full statement:<br><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/153280963/NBN-Co-CEO-announces-retirement" target="_blank">definitefraudstart "www.scribd.com"definitefraudend definitefraudstart "www.scribd.com"definitefraudend http://www.scribd.com/doc/153280963/NBN-Co-CEO-announces-retirement</a><br>
<br><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>-- <br><br><br>Narelle<br><a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">
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