Deputy Prime Minister and National Party leader John Anderson had one message to the millions of people who live outside the privileged coastal cities of Australia: “Trust us”.It is a big ask in anyone’s language and one from a party that at best has blurred the ideological lines between it and its long-time Coalition ally, the Liberal Party of Australia.The guarantees of service delivery for a sold-off Telstra will not be known for up to 15 years, according to Mr Anderson – long after he and al…
