Michael O'Reilly wrote:
> 
> In message <3.0.2.32.19970704140739.006e5de0&#167;nico.telstra.net>, Geoff Huston wr
> ites:
> >
> > You mean that ploughing through steaming piles of this email noise
> > is called "just getting on with the job" and is "efficient"?
> >
> > Thanks for the clarification Nick, I was getting a bit worried there
> > for a moment.
> >
> > ((Do we have another case of substance abuse here?  :-) ))
> 
> Well, I guess you could compare with some other (currently) public
> bodies. Telstra anyone.... ????
> 
> Michael.
And even within Telstra, a majority chunk of the IT people have been
privatised.  It's amazing how the "government operation" suggestion
keeps valiantly popping up in defiance of the trend towards smaller
government in Australia and throughout the first world.

Leni.