fortunately we are all living in a open market. so there is competition between providers of every service.
sure theres always been some collusion between the big ones in every market. write to ASIC and see where a complaint gets to. they have a special file for anything marked "complaint" and its a vacuous black hole from which nothing ever escapes.
be that as it may, we have it pretty good in Aus.
the changes we have make life easier to manage. or would you rather take the day off work to wait the motor registry office to renew your licence, or queue throughout your lunch break at the Post Office to post cheques to all your service providers.
do you remember Marvin the paranoid android? you read just like him..... "life, don't talk me about life.... here I am with brain the size of a planet and I have to go and answer the door"
