Jason Clare (Blaxland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

Let's see if the minister can answer this question without having to wait and think about the answer while we are receiving another diatribe from one of his backbenchers. Minister, you have previously said that you do not propose to pay Telstra anything for access to or ownership of their copper network. You have said:

I'm very confident that we can acquire access, ownership if you like, of the last mile copper for no additional payment.

Are you still confident that you will get the copper for no additional payment? Can you please give me an answer to that question.

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