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Author: Rod SpeedRod Speed Date: Jan 17, 2008 20:07
Alan Parkington team.telstra.net> wrote
> TELSTRA will continue its legal battle with the federal Government
> over a $958 million broadband contract given to the Opel consortium.
GREAT way to get the new labor govt to fuck over telstra very comprehensively indeed.
> The Federal Court last October dismissed Telstra's application
> against the then federal communications minister Helen Coonan to see confidential documents about the tender.
Funny that.
> Telstra today said it would appeal that decision before the full bench of the court, with new Communications Minister
> Stephen Conroy as the respondent.
GREAT way to get the new labor govt to fuck over telstra very comprehensively indeed.
> The company will also write to Senator Conroy asking him to cut short the court action by releasing the documents
> about the Broadband Connect deal.
> Telstra claims the former coalition government secretly offered Opel, a consortium of rival telco Optus and Elders, an
> extra $358 million to the original tender figure of $600 million.
> "Telstra first took this legal action based on the principle that governments should act transparently and be
> accountable when they spend taxpayers' money," said Phil Burgess, group managing director, public policy and
> communications.
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Author: HorryHorry Date: Jan 18, 2008 04:29
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:07:50 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:
> Alan Parkington team.telstra.net> wrote
> >
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Author: Rod SpeedRod Speed Date: Jan 18, 2008 06:36
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Alan Parkington team.telstra.net> wrote>>> TELSTRA will continue its legal battle with the federal Government
>>> over a $958 million broadband contract given to the Opel consortium.
>> GREAT way to get the new labor govt to fuck over telstra very comprehensively indeed.
>>> The Federal Court last October dismissed Telstra's application
>>> against the then federal communications minister Helen Coonan
>>> to see confidential documents about the tender.
>> Funny that.
>>> Telstra today said it would appeal that decision before the full bench of the
>>> court, with new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy as the respondent.
>> GREAT way to get the new labor govt to fuck over telstra very comprehensively indeed.
>>> The company will also write to Senator Conroy asking him to cut short the
>>> court action by releasing the documents about the Broadband Connect deal.
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Author: HorryHorry Date: Jan 18, 2008 12:35
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:36:53 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Alan Parkington team.telstra.net> wrote>
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Author: Rod SpeedRod Speed Date: Jan 18, 2008 19:25
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Horry gmail.com> wrote>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> Alan Parkington team.telstra.net> wrote>>>>> TELSTRA will continue its legal battle with the federal Government
>>>>> over a $958 million broadband contract given to the Opel consortium.
>>>> GREAT way to get the new labor govt to fuck over telstra very
>>>> comprehensively indeed.
>>>>> The Federal Court last October dismissed Telstra's application
>>>>> against the then federal communications minister Helen Coonan
>>>>> to see confidential documents about the tender.
>>>> Funny that.
>>>>> Telstra today said it would appeal that decision before the full
>>>>> bench of the court, with new Communications Minister Stephen
>>>>> Conroy as the respondent.
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Author: Will KempWill Kemp Date: Jan 18, 2008 20:59
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:59:34 +1030, Horry wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:07:50 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> Alan Parkington team.telstra.net> wrote
>> story/0,25197,23067321-2702,00...
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Author: HorryHorry Date: Jan 19, 2008 11:03
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:59:40 GMT, Will Kemp wrote:
>> Opel has won the contract, so why should the details relating to the
>> expenditure of public money remain confidential?
>
> I think you're mistaken.
I know I'm not.
> It's not "public" money, it's the government's
> money.
In a democractic commonwealth, the two are virtually synonymous. Hence
government employees form "the public service" and government departments
comprise "the public sector".
In any event, I clearly referred to the Financial Management and
Accountability Act 1997 in my earlier post.
"Public money" is the expression used in that Act, and is defined as
follows in section 5:
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Author: HorryHorry Date: Jan 19, 2008 11:31
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:25:29 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Horry gmail.com> wrote>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>> Alan Parkington team.telstra.net> wrote>
>>>>>> From
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Author: thegoonsthegoons Date: Jan 19, 2008 15:52
"Horry" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:nx4rgvrmbkvo$.v1y55qxghmya.dlg@40tude.net...
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> Yes there is. The luxury of not having to comply with the Financial
> Management and Accountability Act.
Demand a Parliamentary Inquiry through your local Member of Parliament if
you are so concerned.
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Author: Rod SpeedRod Speed Date: Jan 19, 2008 20:33
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Horry gmail.com> wrote>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> Horry gmail.com> wrote>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>> Alan Parkington team.telstra.net> wrote>>>>>>> TELSTRA will continue its legal battle with the federal Government
>>>>>>> over a $958 million broadband contract given to the Opel consortium.
>>>>>> GREAT way to get the new labor govt to fuck over telstra very
>>>>>> comprehensively indeed.
>>>>>>> The Federal Court last October dismissed Telstra's application
>>>>>>> against the then federal communications minister Helen Coonan
>>>>>>> to see confidential documents about the tender.
>>>>>> Funny that.
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