[LINK] NOIE Update - 5 October 2001

[Michael Lean]

And I have to add, as a subscriber to the Gummint Media Release email 
service, that I am considerably pinged off by the anti-Labour inclusions in 
these bulletins. I subscribed to the service for IP news, not crap like :
>TITLE: MINISTER FOR FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES - SWAN 'THE SERIAL 
>MISLEADER' STRIKES AGAIN
>Family and Community Services Portfolio
>URL: 
>http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/minfacs.nsf/2b0cec5b0d72d933ca2569e700143ed7/cc7fcb5f6da9844eca256adb0001a44c?OpenDocument
>SNIPPET: The Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator Amanda 
>Vanstone, today expressed her surprise of how desperate the Labor Party 
>had become. "Last financial year, the Government provided over $25 billion 
>to assist older Australians. "In th

this isn't news, it's opinion, and I think a blatant misuse of the 
apparatus. It wasn't always like this.
cheers,
Mike

At 10:13 AM 6/10/2001 +1000, DaZZa wrote:
>Have you ever actually _read_ any of the crap NOIE puts out?
>
>As part of my Masters degree last semester, we did a research project
>evaluating one of NOIE's papers.
>
>I put together a report that was longer than the NOIE original - and it
>can't have been too far wrong in its criticisms, because I got 90% for it.
>
>Given the obvious failings of Senator Dick, the Minister for
>Miscommuniction I shouldn't say I'm surprised, but the fact that we, as
>taxpayers, are actually _paying_ people to provide such codswallop boggles
>the mind.
>
>DaZZa