Conservatives invest in their hypocrisy.

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http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/governm...821-24kpe.html

OPPOSITION communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull is opposed to putting fibre-optic cables all the way into households - but that is what he is investing in.

It was revealed this week that Mr Turnbull owns shares in France Telecom, which plans to connect 60 per cent of French households to fibre by 2020.

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy leapt on this as proof the opposition spokesman secretly supports fibre-to-the-home technology, despite calling for the National Broadband Network to be changed to a fibre-to-the-node model.

"This is rank hypocrisy by Mr Turnbull,'' Senator Conroy said.

Advertisement ''He is trying to lock Australians into an inferior broadband network, while investing to future-proof France's digital economy.''

But a spokesman for Mr Turnbull said he bought the shares because ''he thought they were good value''. France Telecom's shares currently yield about 12 per cent and recently hit historical lows.

"France is utterly unlike Conrovian Australia,'' the spokesman said. ''There is no government monopoly building a near-universal fibre-to-the-premises network.

''Private telcos are building fibre to the premises where they think it is viable and, to date, take-up is not very high.''

France Telecom says it started its fibre rollout in 2007 and is investing €2 billion ($2.3 billion) to cover 15 million homes by 2020. Some areas will get fibre to the node, while remote villages will get satellite broadband. A spokesman for NBN Co said ''pas de commentaire''. That is, no comment.
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There are no bigger hypocrites than conservatives and blabbot and his ilk reign supreme as kings of bare-faced lies. What's good enough for the French people and good enough for Malcolm to invest in is not good enough for Australians, the very people he is elected to represent. The only thing stopping Turnball and his conservative hypocrites investing in NBN Co is it'd a conflict of interest and they'd have to change their limited little minds.

Only the very retarded would believe anything the coalition of hypocrisy says.

Chook.

[stephenj]

typical of the current opposition, they all know they are wrong and secretly they agree this government is trying to do the right thing, but as in a football team thery are driven by their mad captain who only has eyes for the top job, oppose above all else and to hell for australias benefit!

[melon....]

See, Id never subscribe to fiber at this stage. Its too expensive and not required at home. Massive overkill and 4G gives me the speeds I need for everything.

But I would invest in the company and buy shares, because there are so many Labor fan boys sucked in who will be buying the shit.

Its a good business decision and has nothing to do with personal choices or opinions. We'll take the money whle you ideologues navel gaze.

PS Conroy is a clueless gimp.

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[Guest]

Malcolm Turnbull is a lot of things, an honourable man, a decent man and an astute business man.

(Did you think I was going to libel him?)

[Guest]

See, Id never subscribe to fiber at this stage. Its too expensive and not required at home. Massive overkill and 4G gives me the speeds I need for everything.

But I would invest in the company and buy shares, because there are so many Labor fan boys sucked in who will be buying the shit.

Its a good business decision and has nothing to do with personal choices or opinions. We'll take the money whle you ideologues navel gaze.

PS Conroy is a clueless gimp.

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So you'd invest in the company supplying fibre even though you say it's not required and a massive overkill, but not buy the fibre from said company yourself because it doesn't suit your ideology?

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard melon.

Chook.

[novice chook]

Chook, what Turnbull is doing is what most smart business people do. Disengaging their personal views and their business views and simply making money.

I mean banks fark most people over big time, but many smart people have their money invested in their shares regardless, which just keep making profits.

I suspect that if there are any smart polies in the Labor ranks they would have business investments in companies that may not be in line with Labor policy. And good luck to them.


NC

[Guest]

Who gives a fark. Whine your way all the way to the ballot box Chook and vote for your idiot lefty union communist retarded fools. You can wait outside for the other two people who vote for them that day and then go and have a wake with your newly unemployed local member because a man of such high morals as you would never live in a conservative electorate. While you are drowning your sorrows you can spout all this crap one last time before the results of a 25 percent swing against you goons come in that night and then all three of you can arrange to meet at the ces to collect your dole cheques together.

[Guest]

Is it wrong that i know my Super is partially invested in Apple?

[chook 56]

Is it wrong that i know my Super is partially invested in Apple?

The only thing that is wrong is that I had the chance to buy in at $15 per share.....
Story of my life.

:/

[Guest]

The only thing that is wrong is that I had the chance to buy in at $15 per share.....
Story of my life.

:/

You have to laugh. It's the only way.

[melon....]

So you'd invest in the company supplying fibre even though you say it's not required and a massive overkill, but not buy the fibre from said company yourself because it doesn't suit your ideology?

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard melon.

Chook.

As a pure business decision...if I withdraw more than I put in at teh end, absolutely.

I dont mind making money. It helps pay for Greens to receive a dole cheque.

Its purely a business decision. It isnt eating babies.

Youve got Superanuation Chook. What do you think they do with the funds? Theyinvest. In all sorts of things you probably arent ideologically confortable with. But teh objective is to make money for you.

No difference here. Its a business transaction.

Whats dumb is not taking the money on offer.

[Guest]

As a pure business decision...if I withdraw more than I put in at teh end, absolutely.

I dont mind making money. It helps pay for Greens to receive a dole cheque.

Its purely a business decision. It isnt eating babies.

Youve got Superanuation Chook. What do you think they do with the funds? Theyinvest. In all sorts of things you probably arent ideologically confortable with. But teh objective is to make money for you.

No difference here. Its a business transaction.

Whats dumb is not taking the money on offer.

Turnball is investing in a 'fibre to house' company in France because he believes it's a good investment and will make him money. I understand this even though it's blatant hypocrisy for him to stand up here in Oz and say fibre to house is a bad idea.

But you don't believe fibre to house is worthwhile so why would you invest money into something you don't believe will work?

Chook.

[novice chook]

Turnball is investing in a 'fibre to house' company in France because he believes it's a good investment and will make him money. I understand this even though it's blatant hypocrisy for him to stand up here in Oz and say fibre to house is a bad idea.

But you don't believe fibre to house is worthwhile so why would you invest money into something you don't believe will work?

Chook.

Because Turnbull knows that even if he doesn't believe fibre to house will work, there's a pretty good chance that others will and he could make money out of their beliefs. That's what investing is all about, taking a punt. Especially if you can afford to do so. If people only invested in what they personally believe, the global economy would be more farked than it already is.


NC

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http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/governm...821-24kpe.html



It was revealed this week that Mr Turnbull owns shares in France Telecom, which plans to connect 60 per cent of French households to fibre by 2020.

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy leapt on this as proof the opposition spokesman secretly supports fibre-to-the-home technology, despite calling for the National Broadband Network to be changed to a fibre-to-the-node model.

Another pollie with principles. Suppose it could be worse, we might have a govt like Italy, those blokes know a bit about dodgy deals.

[Guest]

Because Turnbull knows that even if he doesn't believe fibre to house will work, there's a pretty good chance that others will and he could make money out of their beliefs. That's what investing is all about, taking a punt. Especially if you can afford to do so. If people only invested in what they personally believe, the global economy would be more farked than it already is.


NC

So Turnball believes fibre to the house is a good investment for the French but not for Australians?

I wonder how do you feel about him investing his money overseas rather than in the country he represents?

Chook.