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Decision expected this afternoon. Indies are getting their final offers from the majors at 9AM. I'm expecting a Coalition government, though with some surprising regional sweeteners.

Wilkie supporting Labor.

$7-11 billion black hole in Coalition policies according to Windsor on Lateline.

Exactly. The NBN as it stands is a first class solution. It aggrivates me when people suggest it'd be obsolete within a decade, as clearly it won't. Whether it's worth building at the cost of $44bn or whatever it is is a question I'm happy to let others argue about. :)

The point I'm attemtping to convey is that it's a furfie that fibre optics will be outdated any time soon. Surely we can agree to that? And by the way, when have I ever said anything about "fibre optics is the only thing that is fast"? I think you have me confused me with someone else!

I find the argument that optical fibre connections will be outdated in the not too distant future immensley frustrating. It's grossly misinformed. The fact is as long as the speed of light is the limiting factor in physics, there is no better way to transfer information than optical fibre, as...

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/federal-election/independents-attack-abbotts-defiance-on-treasury-costings-20100826-13sna.html?autostart=1 Just a bit of argy bargy before giving Tony the thumbs up?

Sorry, it's Oakeshott that wants the ETS not Windsor. Listening to him last night on Lateline he sounds more like a Green than an ex-National. Wants the NBN, ETS and no offshore processing of asylum seekers, etc. But they've made it clear that policy is not the main factor in their decision...

The Mining Tax would have offset the discount to the Company Tax rate and rise in Superannuation, so I would expect those two to drop off the radar.

He is a WA National, a different breed to your typical National. I believe they consider themselves apart from the Coalition, however I'm sure someone with local knowledge will give you the better inside info! The WA Nationals ended up propping up the Liberals in WA state elections, so it's...

Even under a Coalition minority government we may still have a Mining tax too! Looks like the ALP have now secured 73 seats. Both the Greens member in Melbourne and independent MP Tony Windsor support the tax, along with the Greens in the Senate, so it could be passed next year when the new...

Will be interesting to see how the negotiations go. It may well be that a Coalition minority government would have to back the NBN. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/poll-puts-nbn-telstra-on-hold-20100823-13cdk.html

WW is right, Carindale is a fair distance from Bulimba. Hawthorne river avenues is the top blue chip locale in the area (and perhaps the south side of Brisbane?). That trickes out to Bulimba (mainly south of Oxford St), Norman Park riverside/poets corner, some parts of Balmoral, etc. I've...

Hi CoastyMike, Are you hosting onshore or offshore? There's obviously a large difference in price and was wondering if a local data centre is worth the additional cost once you get into delivering web sites with serious amounts of traffic. Just curious really. :)

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