[AusNOG] Malcolm Turnbull to Comms role

[James Cole]

Funny you should say that because from what I've learnt if a politician
knows all about one subject they tend to make the politicians role about
something completely different. Idea is that a politician who is a network
engineer would be too biased to properly fulfill the role of a
communications minister..

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Mark Smith <
nanog at 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:46:31 +1000
> "Sean K. Finn" <sean.finn at ozservers.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Did anyone invite communications minister Conroy to attend AusNOG..
> >
> > We should invite Malcom Turnbull or other shadow minister as well as
> > current Comms minister in advance for next year as this is a fairly
> > relevant event, a refusal to show up or snub AusNOG would be
> > considered very very bad form, with the opportunity for the shadow
> > minister to cease on a now show to publicly display non interaction
> > between industry and govt.
> >
>
> It'd probably be easier to turn a network engineer into a politician
> than the other way around ... politicians aren't going to be able to
> make value judgements on mechanisms, and conversely sometimes choose
> not to listen to the limitations of the mechanisms (URL
> filtering/recordig at NBN speeds and coverage?) if it doesn't suit their
> policies.
>
> Politicians should stick to policy, because that's their job.
>
> > And if he does show perhaps some of us can educate the ministers,
> > straight from the horses mouth.
> >
> > S
> >
> > On 15/09/2010, at 7:15 AM, "Noel Butler" <noel.butler at ausics.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 06:50 +1000, Steve Baxter wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> I do not think you will find many who thought Tony Smith was the best
> > >> communications shadow available.
> > >>
> > >
> > > *nod*
> > >
> > > Nick Minchin would have walked all over Conartist , err I mean,
> > > Conroy...
> > >
> > >
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