"NATIONAL Broadband Network head Michael Quigley has confirmed he was in charge of a regional division of the telecommunications giant Alcatel while bribes were paid in return for contracts."

FG,

The inference is not subtle. Considering that the NBN is the flagship project of the ALP, to appoint someone who was head of a division of a telecom company that effectively admitted to large scale bribery and corruption was particularly daft.

The question is that now that it is in the open, will Gillard swallow her pride and appoint someone not tainted, or will she leave this as another open sore on the ALP brand?

Belly, when corruption is no-longer plague on this planet, I dont think I'll ever stop hemorrhaging positive thoughts. Yes your left and right-wing banter is obvious, and Capitalism is still the main cause of unhappiness in the world today. Yes The have's and have nots! I can see how that brings about joy in all I see:) No! people dont do the opposite of what the bible says..........Nooooooo:)....That would constitute a delusion with the reality, and we wouldn't want that now, would we.

Yes Corruption! The most deadliest sin in my eyes.

yes belly, when some people see the truth about themselves, thats when things start to change for the better.

LEAP

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Oh belly. Should I start handing out the life-preservers:)

"Thanks bloke,another post that talks more about you than Labor.
If corruption exists , and if it can in any way be linked to the government"

Oh dear:) The rights track record proves its self belly, and Its not wise to paint something bright white, when indeed....it's black to the core.

Your answers will be interesting:)

See! That was nice, wasn't it:)

LEAP

SOG I will not report your post,do not often do that.
But in fact your list has a few lies in it, but mostly is true.
If stupidity was a crime I could add to the list, from within my party's federal cabinet.
You never had my respect, it is apparent from the work you put in you have none for your self.
QL excuse but count your posts not highlighting rude and needless near flaming.
To say a whole party has a culture so poisoned is silliness.
AWB just that, those who left politics on conservative benches including a deputy prime minister early,to avoid being uncovered is telling.
GREENS yes greens upset with my truthful description of the damage they are doing may throw as many stones as they wish.
It will change nothing Australia is wakening to the radical nature and infestation of very left in control of that once environmental group.

Dear SOG,

Before you start talking about political party values -
there's some material that you should read in order to understand the political system in this country:

1) Quarterly Essay 26
"His Master's Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate
under Howard." David Marr.

"John Howard had the loudest voice in Australia. He has cowed his critics, muffled the press, intimidated the ABC, gagged scientists, silenced NGO'S, censored the arts, prosecuted leakers, criminalised protest and curtailed parliamentary scrutiny. Though touted as a contest of values, this has been a party-political assault on Australia's liberal culture..." In "His Master's Voice," David Marr investigates both a decade of suppression and the strange willingness of Australians to watch, with such little angst, their liberties drift away.

"More than any law, any failure of the Opposition or individual act of bastardry over the last decade, what's done most to gag democracy in this country is the sense that debating John Howard gets us nowhere."

2) "Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy," Lindsay Tanner.
This is an interesting analysis of the interplay between politics and the media and the extent to which "the media are retreating into an
entertainment frame that has little tolerance for complex social and economic issues..." Worth a read.

Your local library should be able to help you with both items.