[AusNOG] Deputy PM, Anthony Albanese is also the Communications Minister

[Paul Wallace]

Haha!

It's an appropriate collapsing of portfolios given the likelihood they'll continue to do zero about the airport problems in Sydney (after 25 years of abject failure to act) with the outcome CONTINUING to see the long term curfew that has so debilitated travel into Australia's largest city)??

Not to mention a very long list of other freight & road based needs that continue to degrade

But these aren't sexy measures that get you re-elected

High speed broadband IS though

:)








From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Damian Guppy
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 3:11 PM
To: Paul Wallace
Cc: <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Deputy PM, Anthony Albanese is also the Communications Minister

Maybe they are just picking up on the car / road / transport metaphors the IT industry is always using it and taking it a little too far?

--Damian

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Paul Wallace <paul.wallace at mtgi.com.au<mailto:paul.wallace at mtgi.com.au>> wrote:
Yes well it makes perfect sense (see below copy from the SMH) that Albanese take on Roads + Communications in the same office the following makes sense
... when you consider that there's no money left for roads 'cos it all got spent on the NBN so he won't have to spend much time thinking about roads.

Fair shake of the sauce bottle!

Mr Albanese will take on responsibility for the NBN as Minister for Communications and Broadband. He retains his infrastructure and transport portfolio.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/rudd-rewards-backers-crean-departs-20130701-2p5zl.html#ixzz2XlYDjN7b

-P
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