[LINK] Abbott promises

Jan Whitaker jwhit at janwhitaker.com
Sun Sep 15 21:14:09 AEST 2013


http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/tracking-the-tony-abbott-governments-promises-20130914-2tria.html

There are a few that are IT related, like these by 2017:

Provide all government correspondence, documents and forms in digital format
Make sure every government interaction that happens more than 50,000 
times a year is done online (Source: Coalition election policy 
documents; Tony Abbott)
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Hmmm...Sounds a bit like the ehealth record ambitions. And we all 
know how well that's turned out.....not.

Within first Twelve months:
Designate three agencies with high-volume client interaction to trial 
three services using next-generation tele-presence from 2014
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What the heck is a 'next-generation tele-presence'?? Anyone?

Within six months:
Complete review of NBN Co commercial progress
Complete independent audit of NBN design
Complete independent review into long-term structure and regulation 
of telecommunications
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Complete as in 'finish' or complete as in 'comprehensive'?

Within first two months:
Start root-and-branch review of competition laws
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Telecommunications anyone? Newspapers? Retail giants?
And what really does 'root and branch' mean?

First sitting fortnight:
Amend laws to ensure registered organisations and their officials 
have to play by the same rules as companies and their directors
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Not sure how that's going to work since 'registered organisations' 
that are not-for-profit as well as corps register with states, don't 
they? I know our clubs do. Is this more smoke or is he making a play 
for something involving unions and not thinking through the whole 
range of what 'registered organisations' means?

Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride....
Bette Davis, 1950, All About Eve.....

Jan





Jan



Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit at janwhitaker.com

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