From: Kevin Seppanen [seppank@mackay.net.au]
Sent: Saturday, 20 September 2003 4:51 AM
To: ECITA, Committee (SEN)
Subject: T3 sale

The Secretary
Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 
Legislation Committee
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Fax: 02 6277 5818

Date:   20/09/2003
My ref: e:\letters\T3_sale.doc

Dear Sir,

I support the full sale of Telstra.

I support the view that if it is the will of the people and hence 
Parliament that Australians have equivalent infrastructure that this should 
be funded from the wealth of the whole country.

Many examples exist where infrastructure available to communities varies 
throughout Australia. Examples include: highways, hospitals, water supply, 
telecommunications, airports and many others.

The community can request through its Parliament and work towards supplying 
the wealth to ensure that the same infrastructure standards apply 
throughout Australia. It can be argued that the supply of equivalent 
infrastructure to all Australians would be uneconomic. Parliament can call 
tenders for the supply of "Uneconomic Infrastructure" to be funded from the 
wealth of the country.

I support the proposition that the Australian Community has equivalent 
access to telecommunications.

I believe that this access should be funded by the combined Wealth of the 
Nation and not by acquiring the wealth on unjust terms from the private 
shareholders of Telstra.

I believe that the:

Australian Constitution section 51. (xxxi)
The acquisition of property on just terms from any State or person for any 
purpose in respect of which the Parliament has power to make laws:

protects share holders of Telstra from the unjust acquisition of their 
shareholder wealth for the forced supply of uneconomic infrastructure for 
the whole of the Australian community.

I request that any Law or enforced policy of the Federal Government to 
supply equivalent telecommunications to Australian communities and 
individuals be funded from the whole of Australia's wealth and that 
shareholders of Telstra be protected from any unjust acquisition of their 
wealth for the supply of required telecommunications.


Yours faithfully


Kevin Seppanen
172 Milton Street
Mackay 4740
phone 07 49578529
mobile 0438578529
email seppank@mackay.net.au

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