Murdoch is a fool. “People think Im talking from my pocket and Foxtel [but] in fact NBN would be great for Foxtel because it would take all those programs into every home.” Murdoch, who talked to the Australian’s editor-at-large Paul Kelly, had more praise for the Coalition under Tony Abbott, although he said it was too early to be making a judgment on this conservative government. “My impression is that he is the most admirable, honest, principled man, something we really need in a prime minister, someone we can look up to,” he said. “However, how much does he understand free markets and what should be happening? I don’t know. Only time will tell.” On the current state of the Australian economy, he said there had been “six years of very mixed government in which the cost of production and the cost of employing people has gone up so much”. “The car industry is leaving us,” Murdoch said. “All I can see from this distance is the prospect of a lot of unemployment unless we can get small people starting businesses and some bigger industries coming too. We can be the low-cost energy country in the world. We shouldn’t be building windmills and all that rubbish.” Murdoch said climate change should be approached with great scepticism. “Climate change has been going on as long as the planet is here. And there will always be a little bit of it. At the moment the north pole is melting but the south pole is getting bigger. Things are happening. How much of it are we doing, with emissions and so on? As far as Australia goes? Nothing in the overall picture.” theguardian/media/2014/jul/13/rupert-murdoch-labors-nbn-was-ridiculous
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