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Australian IT Minister Alston Replaced

Posted by Hemos on from the shuffling-him-out dept.

srouvray writes "The Australian is reporting: In a re-shuffle of the Australian Federal Cabinet, current Communications Minister Richard Alston will be replaced (Alston is going to retire) with Attorney General Darryl Williams. Alston is 'credited' for introducing tough anti-spam laws into parliament... Although it will be interesting to see if Williams will be branded a 'Luddite' as well!"

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  1. SLASHDOT MYTHS VS. REALITY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    MYTH #2: "New, innovative companies won't start up overseas."

    Really? What do you think these laid-off chip designers are gonna do when they get back to Chennai? Sell trinkets to tourists?

    MYTH #3: "R&D jobs don't go overseas. Hell, they don't even leave the US east and west coast, for the most part."

    REALITY:

    MYTH #4: "If you're truly working on something high-tech, today's high-tech, you'll never have to worry about your job moving."

    Per nasscom.org, "A recent study on the biotech market by business intelligence firm, Ernst & Young, has shown that India has the potential to become a leading hub of biotech projects. Indian companies have the capability to enter segments such as manufacturing biogenerics, contract research services, clinical trials and even areas such as bio-informatics."

    MYTH #5: "Ultimately, what xenophobes need to realize is that writing shitty code doesn't make anyone "high-tech." You're no more entitled to an inflated salary than the auto workers who saw their work moved overseas - if someone with no education can do your job cheaper, you don't deserve your job."

    "Accenture in India has also been moving into front office work such as doing clinical data management for its pharma clients. Accenture's pharma team here, which consists of doctors, dentists and biologists, analyses data from tests and helps its pharma client to gain `time-to-market' advantage. "Normally, for a BPO, back office activities are the target, but we are beginning to spot opportunities in front office activities as well," Cole said."

  2. Re:You Beauty! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this link should explain enough.

    It's a bit ancient language now, but still gets used in some regional areas... like around me :P

  3. Fuck the Entire Government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Both the ruling Liberal party and the piss weak Labor opposition.

    FREE THE REFUGEES NOW YOU FASCIST SCUM!!

  4. Oh God! by pimpinmonk · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Attorney General Darryl...
    As I was reading this I thought the next word would be McBride, and I almost fainted. Imagine that man in any sort of political office? "Uh, guys, I got this great plan. Instead of trying to hunt down Saddam, why don't we just sue him unless he pays us $6,999,999.00 for every weapon of mass destruction he has? Yes!!! Brilliant!!!"