[AusNOG] http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/nbn-tender-halted-over-price-gouging/story-e6frgakx-1226031765304

[Peter Childs]

On 01/04/2011, at 10:51 AM, David Mitchell wrote:

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/nbn-co-ditches-gouging-bidders-20110331-1cngl.html

"NBN Co made the move because it believed the bidders were trying to
gouge excessive profits from the taxpayer-backed project, blaming rising
labour costs from the resources boom as a convenient excuse."

Surely we could use some components of the 'Pacific Solution' to maximise on the labour available in detention facilities to dig ditches and pull fibre for the NBN ... after a certain number of kilometres/splices we will consider refugee/skilled-entry status etc...

Some aspects of Work-for-the-Dole could be remodelled as 'Dig-for-the-Dole'.

(PS.  It is the 1st, so I'm assuming most of the commentary on this is in line with this)

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