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10 May 06:00am

Filed under: Budget 2011, Digital Television, Pensioners, Set Top Boxes

For the sake of the pensioners of Australia we can only hope that the guys installing free set-top boxes under the Gillard Government’s $308 million digital television scheme aren’t the ones who a couple of years ago were putting in the insulation.

Set-top boxes - FREE! That's right! Out they go!

Imagine visiting Auntie Ethel for her 93rd birthday to find the house surrounded by flames after her telly exploded when she switched from Gardening Australia to a re-run of The Sullivans.

The stated basis of the Gillard Government’s rollout of this set-top box scheme is compassion.

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Amela says:

02:40pm | 13/05/11

Amela Set Top boxes. Who is the lucky winner? Which company will provide all those boxes? Which company would be installing the boxes? Give each of elidgible people $50 voucher for specific purpose of buying the box. Read more »
Robert Hamilton-Bruce says:

09:50am | 13/05/11

What I fail to understand is why this government take such a blanket approaches to trying to prove what an all embracing and caring government they are. With respect to the ‘pink bats’ farce, they alienated a lot of people who may have approved of the principle behind the measure… Read more »

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