Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I was just going to say that that might have something to do with the events of a year ago. The reality is that, if you read the business case summary which was released, it is quite clear what the capital expenditure amount is. As you know, it is substantially less than the implementation study previously concluded. That is very good news, because the business case tells us, in the information that the government has received, that this project can be rolled out more cheaply and to more homes than was previously thought.

If you were interested in the transformational technology that broadband is, you would actually welcome that, but what we have from the opposition is this mindless opposition to anything of substance, including on this issue. Extraordinarily, we saw today the opposition, who say they want scrutiny, filibustering and playing procedural games so as to avoid debating the bill.