Stephen Conroy boldly announced today – (as presented in this Delimiter article) – that information technology was not part of his portfolio.
“Well, IT is not formally part of my portfolio – I’m broadband communications and the digital economy and Kim Carr looks after IT.”
Interesting – and actually, he may be technically right. However, the senator does seem to gloss over the fact that “his portfolio” has far reaching implications for the information and COMMUNICATIONS technology (ICT) industry – an industry that contributes a massive amount to the GDP of this country.
But okay, in the interests of discussion – he’s “not” the IT minister.
Since when was he made the minister for moral standards? The minister for censorship?
Since he points out that he is the “minister for broadband” – if we all returned to dialup connections, he’d have no jurisdiction, right?