[LINK] NBN article from the IPA
Rachel Polanskis
grove at zeta.org.au
Thu Apr 5 10:08:10 AEST 2012
I spy from my rocking chair,
a mans lays astroturf everwhere
He was back again today,
I think he's from the IPA.
Is there any way to do something about this heinous organisation that exists only
because a deal was done when Menzies reformed all the little lunar right wing front groups
into a single Liberal Party?
rachel
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rachel polanskis
<r.polanskis at uws.edu.au>
<grove at zeta.org.au>
On 05/04/2012, at 9:48, Richard Chirgwin <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> The IPA guy disqualifies himself by being ignorant of how the rollout
> functions. The old "if takeup is less than X" saw is either brain-dead
> or deliberate misinformation.
>
> RC
>
> On 5/04/12 9:35 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>> The IPA is the Liberal Party think tank, so Percy would say that, wouldn't he?
>> The headline appears to support the position.
>>
>>
>>
>> NBN labelled a waste to set Labor back years
>>
>> http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/nbn-labelled-a-waste-to-set-labor-back-years-20120404-1wd9l.html
>>
>> The comments at the end (181 of them by 9.30am) are better informed
>> than the guy who the article is representing (not the actual writer,
>> who is just giving Percy 'air').
>> The end should have the Libs/Nats choking on their cornflakes:
>>
>> "
>> The institute asked the management consultants Howard Partners to
>> examine 18 high-profile federal projects for the quality of
>> decision-making that brought them about. It found 10 deficient - the
>> alcopops tax, Building the Education Revolution, the broadband
>> network, the Darwin to Alice Springs railway, FuelWatch, the green
>> car innovation fund, the green loans program, the home insulation
>> scheme, Grocery Watch and the set-top boxes for pensioners program.
>>
>> Passing the test were the national disability insurance scheme, the
>> minerals resource rent tax and the emissions trading scheme.
>> "
>> Gee, I guess that mining tax and carbon "tax" weren't so bad after
>> all, even to the IPA!
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>
>> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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>>
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