House debates Questions without Notice

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Thursday, 20 March 2014 House of Representatives

Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications

2:39 pm

Conrovianism is absolutely at the centre of this multibillion dollar bungle—that is the heart and soul of the problem. I have mentioned the way in which the fixed rollout had been misleading. I have mentioned about the satellite—how a quarter of a million people were told that they were eligible for the satellite, where slots were purchased to cater for only 48,000 and now they can only get dial-up. But with the NBN's fixed wireless rollout in Western Australia, Conrovianism entered into a new surreal stage, hitherto unrecognised for its immenseness, its bizarre nature. Think about this: there are 51 fixed wireless locations on the NBN plan around Perth—

Mr Perrett interjecting—

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