Labor in 1949. Ben Chifley's second reading speech on the Australian National Airlines Bill, July 31, 1945:
AIR transport will become one of the great public utilities of Australia and will become an increasingly greater competitor of commonwealth and state railways. I hope the time will come when all these great transport utilities will be co-ordinated in one general scheme, so that all the public money invested in the various railway systems shall not be adversely affected by competition from airlines. My only regret is that the Constitution confines the government to inter-state airlines, but I do not despair about the prospects of controlling intra-state airlines. The proper monopoly, if there is to be one, is a government monopoly. That is our purpose. I repeat that it is absolutely necessary that the government should control air transport. I hope the day is not far distant when all air transport will be under government control.
似曾相识吧？
咱换一些词：
Labor in 2010. Julia Gillard:
NBN will become one of the great public utilities of Australia and will become an increasingly greater competitor of commonwealth and state internet. I hope the time will come when all these great Internet utilities will be co-ordinated in one general scheme, so that all the public money invested in the various broadband networks shall not be adversely affected by competition from ISPs. My only regret is that the Constitution confines the government to national backbones, but I do not despair about the prospects of controlling intra-state Internet. The proper monopoly, if there is to be one, is a government monopoly. That is our purpose. I repeat that it is absolutely necessary that the government should control broadband networks. I hope the day is not far distant when all internet connection will be under government control.
相似度如何？像不像Julia Gillard鼓吹的NBN？
工党，其实骨子里就是向往大政府、管理一切、垄断一切！这就是工党和自由党的根本区别。