Alannah Mactiernan (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I want to make a few comments. Firstly, the comparison of nbn co with a standard, publicly listed company is completely inappropriate. This is an entity that is fundamentally a government funded body that is using very substantial amounts of taxpayers' money to roll out essential infrastructure.

Mr Fletcher interjecting—

We require more information from this company because of its pivotal role in laying out the infrastructure that we need for our 21st-century economy.

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