Unbelievable!

[den]

Richard Alston will be the new boss of Telstra.

"And why not? After all, Alston has been heralded across the Lucky Country as a tireless champion of new technology. He is the man who tried to ban online gambling, attempted to make forwarding emails a capital offence, blamed South Koreans' love of porn for that country's enthusiastic adoption of broadband, and sensationally spunked AU$4m on The Department of Communications, IT and the Arts website, bringing the stunning piece of work in a mere AU$3.4m over budget." The Register.

He also accepted a gift of a $10,000 plasma screen TV -- from Telstra.

Comments

[claire.livejournal.com]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Well I suppose its nice to know that the world is insane all over... not just on this side of the pond

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

Uhh.. making forwarding emails a capital crime? He wanted to execute people for it?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The Reg is exaggerating for effect, but that's not too far from what Alston was proposing. He decided the best way to stop spam was to make forwarding of emails a crime.

[weibchenwolf.livejournal.com]

Well really they're just extending the idea that a Member of Parliament, or Senator, doesn't necesserily need to be knowledgable in their portfolio.

Hmm...this is a backward step right? Taking this to business?

Oh dear...