Oh dear I do hope the Rudd Government does not revert to the "hate capitalists" theory of yesteryear. Hopefully Lindsay Tanner was misquoted and does not harbour any class hate for a great Australian company. The successful build of the NBN will be critical for the Labor Government at the next election and a swift within budget roll-out of fibre will be critical for all concerned.

Better the devil you knew that the ones you don't. Blame blunders on all and Sundry...... "Considering the Government's National Broadband Network, why do you think the process went off the rails so quickly? Was the whole process undercooked?.... I would completely disagree with that suggestion. We've been trying to proceed with this process as quickly as possible. Inevitably there are things that crop up, particularly Telstra's hold-up over its infrastructure information...... We are strongly committed to getting it moving smoothly. Telstra is a very vigorous prosecutor of its own interests and that is an issue that has caused some delays and I'd say they are unavoidable."........... Add this to this....... "Gillard slams Telstra August 11, 2008 The acting Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, under fire from unions for not axing Work Choices more quickly, has accused Telstra of exploiting the old law's provisions in refusing to negotiate with the unions. Ms Gillard told the ABC's Insiders yesterday she did not think it was in Telstra's interest "to be trying to squeeze the last bit of bitter lemon out of Work Choices"......... And a clear pattern begins to emerge.