Re: ACS Welcomes Information Economy Ministry

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From: David S. Maddison
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:00

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In article <34208972.3B8A@acslink.net.au> Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:52:50
-0700 Tom Worthington <tomw@acslink.net.au> wrote:

>Wednesday 17 September - The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has welcomed
>the appointment of Senator Richard Alston as Minister for the Information
>Economy. ACS President, Tom Worthington, said the appointment should give 
>the Information Industries a higher priority, but he cautioned that 
>failing to integrate all IT-related issues within a single Department 
>could hamper the Government's achievements in this sector.

But Alston wants to censor the Internet. How could Alston's
"promotion" possibly be considered beneficial? If anything, people
should be concerned about this, not welcoming of it.

And I also find it a _little_ disturbing what you get when you take
"Economy" out of "Information Economy Ministry".

David Maddison

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From: maddison@connexus.apana.org.au (David S. Maddison)
Subject: Re: ACS Welcomes Information Economy Ministry
Date: 1997/09/17
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