A Truck Load of Waste

 Thursday, 26 June 2012

This Friday the latest in a long line of Labor’s self promotional hype will drive its way into Riverstone, in the Greenway electorate, this time in the form of the NBN truck.

Alex Hawke MP says “this is a desperate push to sell the most expensive project in Commonwealth history, potentially a staggering $50 billion. It is typical of this Government’s approach that they have decided to drive an expensive NBN branded semi trailer through its marginal electorates.”

The truck aims to promote the ‘exciting applications’ that can be delivered through the Network. “The fact is that the residents of Western Sydney are thoroughly unexcited by this government and it’s never ending waste” says Mr Hawke.

Despite the already exorbitant cost of the network, the NBN network last month spent an astounding $33 on advertising for every $1 it earned from fibre customers.

“The poor take up of Labor’s NBN network speaks for itself, with only 0.1% of Australians using the NBN. Put simply, if the government was providing an effective and affordable product it wouldn’t have to spend so many taxpayer dollars on these sorts of ridiculous advertising ploys’” Alex Hawke said.

In another hit to the residents of Western Sydney, whilst Riverstone where the truck is visiting is set to be connected, if you live in the neighbouring suburbs of Acacia Gardens, Glenwood, Kellyville Ridge, Parklea, Stanhope Gardens, The Ponds or Quakers Hill, you are set to miss out.

“At a time when households are streamlining their own budgets to account for the ever increasing cost of living, the residents of Western Sydney expect a government who is not so blatantly mismanaging every project they touch” Mr Hawke concluded.