Hi Mick, Without going into whether or not govt people are listening or not, a more important question is would they actually be prepared to act on it or not.
Australia doesn't have a very good history for passing legislation that encourages hi-tech businesses. Whilst we can blame this or that for these shortcomings, it's interesting to learn first how these sorts of issues are handled in the United States and Silicon Valley in particular. As you'd know, it's done with lobbyists there. The short answer is that industry supplies the answers to govt for what they require to stay strong. I could see that somebody like yourself could be successful in lobbying to get the changes that you require done. I'd simply summarise by saying that without lobbying in these areas, it's unrealistic in any democratic society to expect these things happen automatically by themselves. Even in the States, things need a lot of pushing along for anything to happen. It's not really dissimilar here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
