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”There isn’t a car industry anywhere in the world that doesn’t rely on some degree of private-public partnership,” according to Holden’s PR spinner, Ms Perry. A private/public partnership eh? When Kev007 was the boss he committed the taxpayer to a $6.2 billion partnership. I remarked at the time that money could go a long way to [...]  Hmm…”How about a $223 million contract to broadcast Australia Network, the government’s overseas television station that reaches more than 34 million households in 44 countries throughout Asia, the Pacific and the Indian subcontinent?” If that’s a five year contract, it aint a lot of money for TV service unless you get all of your content for [...] Today’s story by Michelle Grattan shows us another aspect of “new” Labor, getting everybody back to work particularly those bludgers on disability welfare. It is all the more disturbing that this message was delivered in person by Ms Gillard to the esteemed audience of the Sydney Institute. There are clearly two messages, one to be [...] This is nuts! What we should be doing is building a network that is capable of meeting our demands today and what we can see, reasonably foresee for a reasonable period in the future Turnbull also advises anyone who believes that such a future will require the sort of capacity fibre optic systems provide, to get [...] Ben Eltham writes Unfortunately, in 2011 in Australia, industry lobby groups have realised that reform can be fought and defeated in the media.The template, of course, was the mining industry’s campaign against the Mining Super Profits Tax, a hugely successful campaign that swung so many hearts and minds against the Rudd government that some think it [...] The government is doing the opposite, distorting energy markets and shielding decisions on use from rising prices. Given the doubts about government’s ability to manage an emissions scheme, here’s a simpler, more transparent solution. Scrap all the de facto subsidies for fossil fuels, slash the budget deficit by $12 billion a year and watch the [...] How does one get to be one of five most admired chief executive officers? In Mr Ian Smith’s case you head up a successful media campaign that stops government plans to impose an extra tax on the mining industry. Ian is now the chief executive officer of a goldmining company. The bald faced hypocrisy of the [...] In view of another recent decision by the federal government to standardise its office documents inline with the Microsoft OOXML document format, this announcement looks a lot like window dressing, particularly when you consider this part of the circular which says Procurement decisions must be made based on “value for money‟. Procurement decisions should [...] what Australians are being asked to do by their own government is to adhere to a closed format and pay an American company for the privilege of doing so. via iTWire – OOXML kerfuffle similar to that of 2007. Conroy today gave further proof that it’s the business of government to protect vested interests who pay them enough money. The money extracted in terms of license fees from free-to-air TV is now a bargaining chip. The list of high profile professional sports is a money spinner for free-to-air and their symbiotic relationship with various [...] |
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