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>“We never thought it would pass,” ... “We all just figured that Australia’s political leaders would consider the expert advice that told them this was nuts.”

• bigyahu 8y ago
  (Alan Jones here) I should clarify my comments in the article. By “we” I meant our venture fund, M8 Ventures. I didn’t mean to imply no one in the local tech industry lobbied against it. A large number of industry groups, tech companies and individuals argued persuasively and at length against the many flaws in the legislation. I did not make a submission to the committee or speak in Canberra. I did, however, expect that expert advice would be listened to, understood, and acted on. And I did expect the Australian Labor Party to make good on their commitment to not allow the legislation to pass without amendment. Sadly, I was wrong. We are being governed by people driven by dogma who feel no responsibility to consider facts, science or data in their policy decisions.