"However, in their haste to blame the Gillard government and the “government business enterprise” NBN Co, some commentators appeared to have failed to see that they are contradicting their related campaigns about deregulation, cost cutting and the elimination of “red tape”. In fact, the sorts of problems being reported, as well as those linked to the Rudd government’s Home Insulation Program (the “pink batts debacle” in media shorthand), are the logical consequence of deregulation in areas that can only be effectively regulated by governments."
