Lexi, it's funny how NBN Co can make predictions, yet they can't tell the potential users how much it will cost.

I find that a bit odd, don't you?

Now as for direction from the libs, may I suggest they are doing the sensible thing, that being waiting for the May budget, so we can see just where we are.

Now, don't you think that a sensible approach, or, would you rather they go off half cocked like labor do, announcing a policy first, then finding a way to fund it.

Surely there's a lesson to be learned from the failed MRRT, in the way labor allocated the money, before making sure their dream would work.

Sorry Lexi, but you really are trying hard to flog a dead horse, but that horse they call labor, has an appointment with the glue factory come September 15, so you had best accept it for what it is.

Besides, even if Abbott and Co set about to ruin the country, they would still come a distant second to labor in that race.

Trouble is, labor were not trying.

What is left to be said regarding failure after failure from these clowns?

In exactly the same way that the BER delivered COLA’s (covered outdoor learning areas) for three times the price of pre BER COLA’s, there are as many administrators on the books as there are installation teams on this rort….2000 work in the offices and 2000 work at installation. Currently the teams are passing 30 dwellings a day as opposed to the 3000 per day that the lying bureaucrats had committed to.

Like the BER there are multiple layers of contractors that only shuffle paper with their snouts firmly placed in the swill trough and the guys who do the install get a pittance for their end.

Yes Lexi they are brilliant, yes Lexi they are fantastic, yes Lexi you have an overwhelming right to an opinion, but your opinion is worthless given you see no fault with anything these clown do.

Lexi you told me recently that you make political direction issues based on policies that are best for you and your family. Would you consider finding another country to practice your freedom of choice in?...No offense.

Dear SOG,

You ask would I find another country to
practice my freedom of choice in?
Why?

I love this country. I was born here.
My family and I have worked hard all of our
lives. We have paid our dues.

I'm afraid that I don't understand why you would
suggest such a thing to me.

Actually you have offended me greatly.

I guess I was taken in by your earlier references
to me as - "My Belle," et cetera, in the past.

I didn't realise what was really in your heart.

Sad.

cont'd ...

BTW - my opinion is not worthless simply because
it doesn't happen to agree with yours.
And if you check my posting records I have
criticised Labor many times in the past, including
the mess they're in currently and the reasons for it.
I've stated quite clearly about the wrong policy
decisions that have been made on their part to appear
tougher than the Opposition and their party machine men
that control things.

What I am against however is misinformation - and it
may come across to you as my being so pro-Labor - but
the truth is - I prefer facts to rhetoric - and to
have the full picture being given - not just manipulation
to suit someone's political agenda.

Anyway, I am truly disappointed to find out that someone
I respected does not think very much of me.

I guess that's something I'll have to learn to live with.

One of the things that always amazes me is the inability of the govt to sell their great successes. So when SOG and others talk about the BER being a failure and a waste I laugh. The BER was the most and only significant aust wide investment in school facilities we have ever seen. And a majority of schools are thrilled with the results. Because as I said they know its unlikely to happen again. In most cases schools were able to liaise and pick what they wanted, particularly if they already had a hall and or library. Yes there was some cost issues, but seriously name me a building project that stays on or below budget.
And the analysis of the waste laid blame at the feet of the east coast state govt systems. Because those govts don't allow schools to simply tender and force processes through cost adding internal systems.
The BER is the greatest investment schools have seen, between that money and laptops schools are miles ahead of the Howard years.
The NBN is another good policy, sometimes if you want quality you have to pay.
Bag the govt on faults not success. And govt learn to sell success.

If we're going to build an NBN, let's at least do it properly.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-09/experts-criticise-coalitions-internet-plan/4619506