[LINK] Spam from New Australian Prime Minister

Sat Jun 29 01:12:27 AEST 2013

> I really don't like spam, but if it's a choice between spam and Abbott...
> Jim

Ahh, but, his side-kick Turnbull invented Australia's Internet .. :-(

"Tony Abbott: Malcolm Turnbull Invented The Internet In Australia"

By LUKE HOPEWELL YESTERDAY 11:40 AM www.gizmodo.com.au

Yep. He said it.

Maybe someone should stop Opposition Leader Tony Abbott from talking about 
internet from now until forever.

The Opposition Leader is holding a lofty policy discussion in Canberra 
right now in the lead-up to the 2013 Election, and in it he spoke briefly 
about his Shadow Communications Minister, Malcolm Turnbull:

“We have a strong and credible broadband policy because the man who has 
devised it, the man who will implement it virtually invented the Internet 
in this country. Thank you so much, Malcolm Turnbull.”
Let’s fact-check that for a moment, shall we?

Abbott is clearly referring to Malcolm Turnbull’s time at one of 
Australia’s first ISPs, OzEmail back in the 1990′s. OzEmail came to be in 
1992 when the editor of Australian Personal Computer sold his stake of the 
magazine to ACP to focus on his email service provider, originally dubbed 
MicroTex.

Fast-forward two years and Malcolm Turnbull enters the picture, investing 
in the company to the tune of $500,000. He later sold his stake for $57 
million in 1999.

I don’t see any internet inventing going on there. Just a smart 
businessman, doing his thang.

This quote is now on trend to become this election campaign’s “I’m no Bill 
Gates“. 
> On 28 June 2013, Tom Worthington <tom.worthington at tomw.net.au> wrote:
> 
> > Appended is a curious email I received, from "Kevin", the new Prime
> > Minister, asking for donations to the ALP. The language used in the
> > message does not match previous public statements by the PM. I am not a
> > member or volunteer for any political party, so I am not sure why I got
> >
> > Spam Assassin gave it a low score (1.1), with tests activated: BAYES_20
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> > So I have marked it as Spam to train the filter to block future such
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> >
> > Did anyone else get this? Is there some way to stop members of
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> >
> > --
> > Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
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> > Date:   Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:46:46 +0000
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