<div dir="ltr">George,<br><div class="gmail_extra">With respect, this is incorrect. Conroy coopted the push for infrastructure to enrich the unions. I think I can put the record straight.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">In 2001 Lindsay Tanner (Labor Shadow Comms Minister) was very much across the need for national internet infrastructure. Labor strategy was well advanced.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Conroy inherited existing strategy with the portfolio in 2004, and used the unions to push the Labor right for a national fibre network that Labor would have the taxpayer pay for.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The rest is history.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Kind regards<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Paul Wilkins<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 September 2015 at 19:20, George Fong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:george@lateralplains.com" target="_blank">george@lateralplains.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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