[plug] The federal election - what ICT policies have been announced? (fwd)

[Bret Busby]

For anyone who's interested...

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Bret Busby
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West Australia
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Griffith <pgriffit at senet.com.au>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:26:52 +0930
Subject: [aus-dotnet] The election - what ICT policiies have been announced?
To: dotnet at stanski.com


1. For ALP -
a. Policy on ICT Industry Development at
http://www.alp.org.au/policy/prosperity/ictindustry.php
b. Policy on E-Australia at
http://www.alp.org.au/policy/otherkeypolicies/eaustralia.php
c. Senator Kate Lundy's related speech at
https://www.acs.org.au/attachments/ITPolicySpeechFINAL3.pdf

2. For Liberal -
a. Policy on IT at
http://www.liberal.org.au/documents/Sept19_Information_Technology_Policyhttp://www.liberal.org.au/documents/Sept19_Information_Technology_Policy.pdf
b. Related press release at
http://www.liberal.org.au/ministers_press_releases/campaign_2004/Sept19_http://www.liberal.org.au/ministers_press_releases/campaign_2004/Sept19_Media_Release_-_Coalitions_Future_Directions_for_ICT_Revealed.pdf
c. Senator Helen Coonan's related speech at
http://acs.org.au/attachments/p040919008.pdf 

3. For Greens - IT policy at http://www.greens.org.au/ploneprint/it.pdf

4. For Democrats - no specific IT policy released at this stage.  Only
related statement relates to communication services and Telstra at
http://campaign.democrats.org.au/minifesto.html
 
 
1. ACS Comment on the Coalition's ICT Policy at
http://www.acs.org.au/news/220904.htm
2. ACS Comment on the ALP's ICT Policy at
http://www.acs.org.au/news/170904.htm



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can download them from
https://www.acs.org.au/media/mclippings.htm



Peter Griffith
Chairman
Australian Computer Society SA
PH: 0408 832 891