We're all tech heads now

AS THE ALTERNATIVE prime ministers scout around for the numbers they need to form government, they’re finding broadband enthusiasts in every corner. One of the areas where the policies of the major parties were most distinct has started to sound not just bipartisan but multipartisan.

In a campaign where Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott came up with lots of similar policies that voters didn’t believe, the plans for broadband were absolutely credible, though radically different. Policy differences in many areas were narrowed; on broadband they were maximised…