Stephen Jones (Whitlam, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Infrastructure) Share this | Hansard source

Under Labor, NBN stood for National Broadband Network, but, under this government, NBN stands for 'no bleeding network'. From one end of the country to the other, people are complaining about the delays and the fact that they are paying more and getting less, including the family of Mr David De Freitas, a constituent of the member for Cunningham who lives in the Illawarra and is complaining that for over 30 days he has been without a phone or an internet service due to the incompetence of the Prime Minister. Before the election, the Prime Minister promised us that he was going to have an NBN that was faster, cheaper and sooner. We now know that on each of those counts there has been fail, fail, fail. Our question to the Prime Minister is: when will he apologise to the family of Mr De Freitas and to the businesses all around the country that are at threat of going broke because of his failed National Broadband Network? This is not a laughing matter, Mr Prime Minister. People around the country are after you to step up and take responsibility for the mess of your National Broadband Network. It is time for you to apologise and it is time for you to do something for the households and the small businesses around the country who expected much more and got much less.

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