🚀 go-pugleaf

cannella@ozemail.com.au (Eddy Cannella) wrote:

>G.Jenkin@mailbox.uq.oz.au (Graham Jenkin) wrote:

>>We can keep Telstra public AND save the environment.
>>See
>>http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2gjenki/democrats/campaigns/telstra/keeptelstra.html

>Yeah sure.

>The problem is that the linking of the telstra sale to the environment
>is simply an ideological ploy. The coalition is intent on privatising
>telstra and so have attempted to blackmail the public into this by
>linking it to the environment. Not that I am against the sale of
>telstra but the linking is a sick arrogant attempt at political
>gamesmanship which only reflects a total lack of real concern for the
>environment by the conservatives. Apart from anything else, any funds
>derived from the sale of telstra will be a one off injection into
>environmental funding - what about the next and subsequent years. Will
>they start selling off other assets to finance environmental projects.
>Really, as far as I am concerned the Australian people deserved the
>garbage they voted in - no forethought was shown, just selfish petty
>self-interest

>Cheers
>Eddy Cannella

... and how can we really take the Coalition's 'commitment to the
environment' seriously when they are considering allowing more uranium
mines ... in Kakadu!

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