Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Let us be clear. When those opposite decided to privatise Telstra, the most vertically integrated telco in the world, they made an ongoing policy mistake, a mistake that began under the former Labor government but was perpetuated and made much, much worse. If you are happy, Senator Minchin, to accept 90 per cent of profits, after 11 or 12 years of infrastructure competition, being with one company, then that is fine, but Australian consumers were worse off, Australian small businesses were worse off and Australian kids have got a lesser education because of the policy you pursued. And all those Collingwood fans who are going to be happy on the weekend missed out as well. (Time expired)