EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

In Part Two of iTnews' interview with Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner, we move off the topic of IT cost cutting and dive into a discussion around how the internet is changing politics as we know it.

Tanner reveals how a message board at his local gym inspired the Federal Government's $2.45 million foray into Web 2.0 technologies.

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