[flukus]

> New government decided to make major revamps for no reason other than it was different to the previous government so they could use it as an election issue.

The worst part was the nationals. In 2007 they were bitching that it needed to be fiber, by 2010 they were saying copper is the future.

[beedogs]

Not just copper. 100-year-old waterlogged copper. We prefer our transmission lines to be well-aged down here.

[IntelMiner]

Let's be fair here, the Nats are a bunch of spineless cowards who'd rather play follow-the-leader with the Libs than represent the bush

Even though they'll be career politicians, because nobody will vote anything other than Nationals in those electorates, there's much more money to be made in a life of lobbying afterwards