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

Can I firstly say that I am unaware of any contact on this issue. My statement yesterday was completely accurate. I said over 7,000. What I said was that I would be able to give you an update on the figures. Today I have given you that update. It is 8,613. Both the over 7,000 yesterday was accurate and the 8,613 today is accurate. But that you shows you, Mr President, that those opposite have no broadband policy. We had 11½ years, 20 failed broadband plans. We have had seven different broadband plans under Senator Birmingham and Mr Turnbull. The latest invention is: 'We are not doing a wireless anymore.' Remember wireless was going to save the world? Mr Turnbull said recently on television, 'No, no, wireless can't do it. We are fibre-to-the-noding.' Labor's policy in 2007— (Time expired)