FED:Coalition plan provides choice

AAP General News (Australia)
08-11-2010
FED:Coalition plan provides choice

Labor parliamentary secretary MIKE KELLY has welcomed coalition plans for broadband
.. saying it gives voters distinctly different choices.

The coalition will scrap Labor's 43 billion dollar national broadband network if it
wins office .. replacing it with a six billion dollar alternative involving the private
sector.

But Dr KELLY says that option would betray rural and regional constituents .. and he's
accused the coalition of not understanding the basic technology of telecommunications.

He's told ABC TV the opposition frontbench is from Jurassic Park and still coming to
grips with the telephone .. and doesn't understand how important the network is.

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KEYWORD: POLL10 BROADBAND (CANBERRA)

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