We have been criticised for telling the truth about the progress of the NBN. Labor members have said, 'You've taken these green blotches off the map, and Senator Conroy has been so upset!' I mean, he is the shadow minister for Defence, but it seems that the only thing he is defending is himself as far as I can see.

Of course, the remarkable thing in terms of reality denial in this area is that we have the member for Blaxland and the member for Greenway—surely the Laurel and Hardy of telecommunications—who have been there, constantly complaining about—