[AusNOG] Malcolm Turnbull to Comms role

[Grahame Lynch]

Totally.. part of the idea of a politician as a community representative is
to protect us from special interests as much as advocate them...

On 16 September 2010 18:51, James Cole <cole at sircole.net> wrote:

> 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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