<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d64f9411-ef3d-49b4-a013-369ef70c9d76/46876471-13A6-498D-8AF7-53B5C2358154/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/16/telstra-outmanoeuvred-conroy" href="http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/16/telstra-outmanoeuvred-conroy" style="font-size: 11px;">newmatilda.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/16/telstra-outmanoeuvred-conroy"><H1>Telstra Out-Manoeuvred By Conroy</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/16/telstra-outmanoeuvred-conroy">With a leap as well-timed as a leopard's pounce, Stephen Conroy has transformed Australian telecommunications policy. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/16/telstra-outmanoeuvred-conroy">Telstra will be broken up, either voluntarily or by government fiat, sent the share price <A target="_blank" href="http://www.theage.com.au/business/wipeout-2b-lost-on-threats-to-telstra-20090916-fq2e.html">diving</A>. But it's only what the Hawke-Keating and then Howard governments should have done in the first place. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/16/telstra-outmanoeuvred-conroy"><P> Now we know. In a masterful series of tactical moves, Conroy has stunningly reasserted the government's primacy in telecommunications policy. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/16/telstra-outmanoeuvred-conroy">I am no fan of Minister Conroy's quixotic attempt to censor the internet. But as much as it pains me to admit it, Paul Budde is right about Conroy's "innovative approach". He's kept two steps ahead of everybody else, in the process advancing Labor well down the road to delivery of its ambitious broadband promises. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newmatilda.com/2009/09/16/telstra-outmanoeuvred-conroy"><P> With the economy unexpectedly coming good at the right time, Labor could be in the perfect position come March to pass the CPRS and bring the carbon lobby rapidly to heel. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/46876471-13A6-498D-8AF7-53B5C2358154/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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