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VIRTUALISATION Nationals howling at the moon on Telstra reform
VIRTUALISATION Nationals howling at the moon on Telstra reform | Nationals howling at the moon on Telstra reform |
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| by James Riley | |
| Friday, 23 October 2009 | |
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So when I spied The Lord Carter of Barnes (who until a year ago was just Stephen Carter) sitting at the Parliament coffee shop this week it made perfect sense. In a previous role, Stephen Carter was Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting in the UK – at the time with BT was functionally separated and the open access network OpenReach was created. This came about through a voluntary agreement between BT and the UK’s telecommunications regulator Ofcom. The Lord Carter knows a bit about this stuff. He has moved on to the private sector with a company called The Numbers – broadly a directory services business that has set up in markets around the world as they have deregulated and opportunities present. So Australia is starting to look good. How good will depend a lot on what happens in the Senate next week. And the Baron was doing the rounds of parliamentary offices like everyone else – offering some wisdom. We know he met with the Minister Stephen Conroy and would assume too he met with shadow spokesman Nick Minchin. And he met with the Nationals Fiona Nash. Which brings us to the party of regional Australia. CONTINUED Page 2 |
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