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You mean by offering some future payback whether a cushy overpaid consulting or lobbying job or an industry recognition award like Barnaby Joyce got from Gina?
by dwd 8y ago
You mean by offering some future payback whether a cushy overpaid consulting or lobbying job or an industry recognition award like Barnaby Joyce got from Gina?
I think witholding future products or services and running ad campaigns to say they wont be offering them in Australia due to the law would be the way to do it. If we could collectively get our act together, boycotting Federal Government for IT services would get the message across - chance of that happening is probably <1%.
- chillfox 8y agoAll of it. Basically what I am saying is that if the tech industry doesn't want the risk of future laws ruining their fun then they will have to engage in lobbying just like everyone else. Sitting back and relying on the politicians to not do anything stupid is, well stupid... Stupid is the default. In this particular case an advertising campaign is probably the only thing that is going to work, but with an election in the not too distant future, it should be pretty efficient in scaring the politicians into getting rid of the law.
- dwd 8y agoI'm coming around to the opinion that anything the Government does (particularly if they think it's a clever policy) triggers the Law of Unintended Consequences. Except for some situations where they correct or curtail market excesses, most programs seem to end up causing more damage than they try to solve and worse outcomes long term. One of the few exceptions was Rudd simply handing out cash to the general population in the middle of the GFC to keep the economy turning over. Generally most incentives don't have the desired effect.