PM Announces Senator Alston as Minister for Information Economy

Bernard Robertson-Dunn brd@netinfo.com.au
Fri, 19 Sep 1997 09:17:44 +1000


Tom Worthington wrote:

> really smart politicians

OK, I'll ask it - is this an oxymoron?

> Jan Whitaker wrote: 
> >...My second question is: how do we begin to change that?
> 
> By making good 'net practice a political must. Just get a TV current affairs
> program to have a photogenic blind little girl say "Minister, why don't you
> want to tell me, don't I count too?", A farmer to say: "This Minister
> doesn't care about the bush, it'id cost me a fortune to wait for all this
> picture c**p to come down the rusty bit of fencing wire they call a phone
> line around here. All I want to know is what the f**ing facts are, this
> thing has more photos than a philippino bride catalog", A lawyer to say: "My
> clients are taking action under section ??? of the anti-discrimination act".

Tom is getting cynical isn't he?

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