Conroy has a hissy fit over Turnbull, again
- 10 October, 2012 10:39
- Comments 8
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, has again attacked Opposition shadow minister, Malcolm Turnbull, over the Liberal's missing-in-action broadband policy.
It has been a recurring theme of Conroy press releases over the past couple of months - there's been three or four sinking the slipper in.
This time the Senator accuses Turnbull of short-changing the Australian people and again calls for the immediate release the Coalition’s broadband policy.
He has also decided to abbreviate Turnbull's name. He is now MT.
“In the first three quarters of this year MT has delivered 16 speeches, issued 34 media releases, made 1268 tweets, and launched a survey, but he has not released a broadband policy,” Senator Conroy said.
“In a recent 7.30 Report interview, Mr Turnbull refused to answer how much the Coalition’s broadband plans would cost," he said.
“In the same interview, Mr Turnbull committed to providing downloads at 25 Mbps with only a lucky few achieving 80 Mbps.
“At yesterday’s Comms Day summit, Mr Turnbull again squibbed the chance of releasing a policy.
“He instead launched another outrageous attack on the professional expertise of NBN Co, saying that he’d conduct a thorough inquiry into the management and governance of the company."
His next comment is fairly rich given the amount of attacks he's mounted on MT, recently.
“The Australian people want a broadband policy from the Coalition, not personal attacks or witch hunts," Conroy said
“In an attempt to cover up for his lack of policy and his inability to answer simple questions about the Coalition’s plans, Mr Turnbull has issued a survey.
“Mr Turnbull shouldn’t need a survey to know that nobody in Australia can get a download speed of 100 Mbps using copper.
“Mr Turnbull also shouldn’t need a survey to know that no one in Australia would get a download speed of 100 Mbps using Telstra’s ageing copper network under his FTTN plan."
He then goes into his the-National-Broadband-Network-is-wonderful spiel.
Entertaining as all this, the hot air is beginning to wear a bit thin and with summer coming on something cooler would be appreciated. Like not saying anything if there's nothing new to say.
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Comments
Slick
1
biased article much?
Derek
2
I thought the libs had a policy - http://www.liberal.org.au/sites/default/files/ccd/Broadband%20and%20Telecommunications%20Policy.pdf
Edward
3
I wish there was more unbiased reporting on ARN and less cheap opinion like this. This piece is dripping with critiscism at every opportunity. No surprise who Mike Gee is voting for. Think I'm unsubscribing.. better things to read than this.
MikeG
4
Mmm, Edward. Not voting for either major party. Can't really see any bias either. Both men just need to get on with the job - both are pretty ordinary. As for a Liberal policy, Conroy has previously listed a series of questions Turnbull has yet to properly answer - read them here: http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/435354/conroy_serves_it_up_turnbull_over_nbn_-_yet_again/ ... They should be. The Conroy/Turnbull show is light entertainment; rather sad light entertainment at that. Australia just needs a decent broadband network. I don't care who delivers it - as long as somebody does. - Mike
gnome
5
Good point, MikeG.
We do need a decent (FTTP) broadband network. By the time it is completed, it will be absolutely vital for shoring up our GDP after the mining boom has subsided.
Zorro
6
"I don't care who delivers it - as long as somebody does"
Questions like "what" and "how", rather than "who", might be more pertinent.
"Somebody" has a plan (in the process of being implemented right now) to deliver a nation-wide broadband network using a technology which is not just consumer-focused but also business-capable and will be viable for many decades to come; while "somebody else" has a vague but irrationally technologically specific, anything-but-fibre offering which is already obsolete and would ultimately be shown as a huge waste of money.
Dean T
7
Haha. You make it sound like Conroy is repeatedly attacking Turnbull for no reason.
Try and read what Conroy is actually saying - it's mostly correct. The opposition is failing to keep their opposing policy up to date, and refuses to cost their FTTN thought bubble.
Meanwhile, Turnbull is inventing as many reasons to attack Labor and NBNCo rather than actually preparing a costed policy.
Your blatant bias is, honestly, quite amusing.
Mike Gee
8
Gentlemen, I love a good discussion. But this bias thing is funny - have you read your own responses. I could politically tag nearly all of you. I support wholeheartedly the NBN, have done since day one, check this website for plenty of comment pieces to that end. But I find it laughable and somewhat sad that Conroy and Turnbull should spend so much time throwing hot air around. The NBN is here - it's being rolled out. Let's just get it in the ground and up and running. Personally, I'm more concerned with what happens to the remainder of the NBN if there is a change of federal government.