There is also the question of why big corporations like Telstra are allowed to take money from the most vulnerable in our society and provide nothing in return.
I visited Telstra's website and my conclusion is it has to be the most user-unfriendly site you can imagine. It purpose is to only sell, sell, sell and it does not provide clear details of any of the "services" it offers.
I have suggested to those who do not use Telstra that they need to check with their communications providers to see what they provide. If their services are little different from Telstra then there should be a government inquiry or commission held.
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It appears to me there is an abuse and misuse-use of Telstra’s power in the market place. The question is what is the government going to do about it or is it so set on supporting companies like this that it will do nothing?
I understand Australia is one of the most expensive countries for mobile phone services. When one considers that many, if not most, users use a mobile phone in lieu of a house phone it should be possible to reduce the price of mobile services.
Privatisation is failing consumers and providing a tool for companies to exploit people.
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John Wilson is a pensioner. He grew up on farms and then in an orphanage in World War II. John faced adversity, educated himself, built and owned a farm. He built an engineering business based on invention, problem solving as well as the usual farm engineering work and also building and construction using steelwork. Later, selling the farm and engineering business he bought into a manufacturing business where he developed oil burning systems to re-cycle waste oil. John was involved in working with youth and developed training and employment programs for the Victorian Government. Later he became a public servant working in Industry Relations and Industry Training until retirement. Since then he has worked as a volunteer advocate within the community in areas of the environment, public health issues, addressing corruption and many other issues.
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