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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.

Date: 16 Apr 2004 16:09 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.

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