stephen conroys propaganda war

Through direct Governmental action also by propaganda from various PR and other bodies - it seems Stephen Conroy hopes to demonise and wear down Telstra until it can offer no contest to NBN.

The latest - The Australian consumer is being "abused" by this text messaging pricing rort, said Allan Asher, chief executive of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, a new consumer body established by Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

"The mobile service providers are pricing texts at a vast profit margin and, sadly, it shows just how far from the competitive world market Australia is," he said. "We are being abused by the Australian telcos.

Last week - The ACCC was directed to review Telstras price controls by the minister for Broadband and Communications Stephen Conroy,

When Parliament resumes on Feb 3rd - What will be Conroys nest move to further ramp up pressure on Telstra.

Incidentally, how many major Australian companies have been subjected to this kind of Governmental pressure. Also, how many already established Consumer Groups has this Government ignored or rolled over?