It’s a pity that the Liberal party has turned up it’s anti on the NBN project ever since labor scrapped the ETS. If you’ve been following the whole story over the past couple of years, and the state of the ‘Broadbanditry Industry’ even before the current Labor Government was elected, you should be able to see the enormous benefits a National Broadband Network of this magnitude could bring to Australia’s future prosperity.
Now the budget has been released and the process for the upcoming election has unofficially commenced, all parties are vying for your vote. That’s all good and fine, however what’s at stake here, and more importantly, at what cost? The Labor party has dropped the ETS and focused on the Super Mining Tax to bring in the bucks, while the opposition says they’ll scrap the NBN project in a bid to claw back the budget into surplus. So the NBN is being caught up in the firing line and will be a key issue on possibly deciding the fate of the next election.
I totally understand that significant projects that involve major spending must get scrutinised through parliament and healthy debate, however why can’t we see more negotiation and bipartisan outcomes when the future of Australia’s prosperity is at stake. Surely anyone can see the benefits of a NBN under the ‘right’ conditions, but why must one party oppose another just to win votes and regardless of the consequences?
I am not supporting Labor, but to be fair the ETS, Health reform and projects such as the NBN are continually being rejected by the opposition in Parliament. Maybe I’m being bias, however being passionate about technology and the benefits of high speed broadband for this country, I think it’s just not bloody fair that a visionary project that will benefit Australia for many years to come be used as a tug-of-war for your vote.
You might not want to vote for Labor (or Liberal for that matter), but we sure as hell need a a fair and competitive telecommunication Industry with super fast broadband.
Calling all Australians…. Vote 1 for the NBN!
I’ve posted on this same topic elsewhere but it is still in moderation 12 hours after being posted – most likely as it is against the NBN. Similarly I don’t see a lot of hope for posting the same here because of that but I believe somewhere there is some honest writer that believes in putting both sides forward.
Please – Vote 1 for high speed internet, not NBN.
Another flawed argument for Labour’s $43 billion project. I can also talk about the virtues of the NBN, but personally while 70 houses have it now in Tasmania, i dont’ want to wait 8-10 years minimum to get fibre into my house. I want high speed wireless broadband out and about from my house sooner than that and NBN cannot deliver.
The NBN is not state of the art, and only provides one internet technology. The Coalition plan is also built on a high speed fibre backbone but most people haven’t taken the time to read it first hand. It is a technology that allows us flexibility into the future where we can supplement what we have with the newest technlogies. The NBN does not do this, and locks us in to at least $43 billion of debt – most likely more. And it won’t give me my highspeed wireless !
Vote 1 for highspeed internet and not NBN and censorship.