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If I understand your definition, the digital economy encompasses activities including commercial transactions, personal dialogue, information gathering, entertainment and online delivery of products and services Q: What do you understand the 'digital economy' to be? A: All transactions of commercial information in the form of electronic data transmitted by any source. Also any data transmission that adds to my knowledge. Q: What do you think the benefits to Australia of the digital economy are? A: This is not an all encompassing list 1. Free and unhindered access to all sources of digitised information. 2. The ability to play games over the Internet and get data at top speed. 3. Being able to pay for and purchase goods online is far better than driving around the Chadstone shopping centre car park (Melbourne) for 40 mins before giving up and heading home while squandering what’s left of the fossil fuels. 4. Being able to find out what’s happening on the other side of the globe as soon as it happens. 5. Being able to find the answer to almost any question online. 6. Enrichment of life through web based entertainment. 7. Improves programming, networking and general computer skills. 8. Expands knowledge while simultaneously making it obvious that not everything accessible online is factual, correct or well though out. 9. The ability to read about regimes that restrict the internet and free speech and be thankful that such things could never happen in Australia. 10. Conduct financial transactions in a timely manner with anyone anywhere 11. Everyone (ideally) gets to be connected all of the time. Knowledge is power! Q: How do you think we can ensure that those benefits are enjoyed by all Australians? A: These relate to the points above 1 addresses 1, 2 -2 etc. 1. a. Keep the Internet uncensored (except by parents and people’s own sensibilities). b. Immediately put a stop to companies charging exorbitant rates once a download limit is reached. This is akin to making someone pay $100/L for the rest of the month of their tank runs dry and is not justified in anyway! 2. Get the high speed broadband network up and running. Make sure they system is designed to be future proof (haha) and used quality components and has low projected maintenance costs. Allow digital TV to have an Internet component to what you see on the display. Eg a sporting event could show live pictures as well as user defined data. 3. Only relevant if one likes to purchase online. 4. Being able to find out what’s happening on the other side of the globe as soon as it happens will only work if the Internet is not censored. I acknowledge that the provider of information may be dodgy or biased. 5. Being able to find the answer to almost any question online. As per point 4. 6. Enrichment of life through web based entertainment. As per points 1, 2, 3 and 4. 7. Only relevant to those who like to tinker and know how everything works. Eg port 80, who needs that, I’ll set up a VPN! 8. Expands knowledge while simultaneously making it obvious that not everything accessible online is factual, correct or well though out. . As per points 1, 2, 3 and 4. 9. The ability to read about regimes that restrict the internet and free speech and be thankful that such things could never happen in Australia. Refer point 1 a. 10. Everyone (ideally) gets to be make a transfer of money from an account in Bank A to an account in Bank B instantaneous for sums of less than 10 000. The 3 day wait is not realistic given no physical money changes hands of borders these days. 11. Regarding K .Rudd’s failed computers for every student plan, have a chat to One Laptop Per Child Association, Inc. (OLPC) and see if they can suggest something. Refer point 1b. Investigate a computer recycling program where refurbished low end computers are given to the masses.