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If Coalition is in TLS will be under pressure imo. That is because the certainty of the $11 billion for Telstra's copper will no longer be there.

With the Coalition in government, it would also mean that TLS could continue without structural separation and maintain its monopoly ownership of copper. There might be some benefit to TLS in maintaining this ownership structure in terms of profitability but there will continue to be an uncertain regulatory environment for TLS. Governments of both Labour and Coalition flavours have not been too kind on TLS. In the words of John Howard, TLS is a "fantastic investment" (not). Maybe he should have said football.