Doesn't that by definition make them bad cops?

Absolutely. Often forgotten when people cry out for laissez faire economies.

Almost. Not internet access but fixed line telecommunications. It isn't quite a natural monopoly, but so damn close as not to matter much. Internet access is further up the chain, which is the brilliance of the NBN in my opinion. They allow the competitive environment for IPTV, internet access, and anything else involving high speed and reliable telecoms.

Back on topic, I like Turnbull's idea. Of course this isn't that revolutionary and was part of the justification for the NBN, cost savings for government services. Standardisation of the communications would be fantastic. Perhaps with secure email from certified organisations as the system in Denmark mentioned by irp below. Although, I can't see how you could get spam unless it is just a standard email address which makes the whole thing pointless.

Mr Richard C. Cheng got a significant mention in the judgment about not only failing to give a full and frank summary of the situation in the extradition submission, but making deceitful and untrue claims.

Perhaps this Mr Richard C. Cheng http://www.caldir.com/lawyers/California/San-Jose/95113/pmjl/Richard-C-Cheng.html

Moon Treaty

Is this the same sort of thing as your World Series baseball which is only valid for very small values of world? Worked in a sawmill here outside of the US and I'm pretty sure that you can get timber in metric sizes and the only tape measurements I saw were all metric.