Michelle Rowland (Greenway, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

Copper is more likely to experience prolonged faults, as Margot and her community have experienced firsthand.

As to why these investments are needed, it's because it was not just the technology that those opposite got wrong; they also managed to create an economic mess with a $29 billion cost blowout thanks to the very puzzling purchase of 60,000 kilometres of new copper. This government has a clear program underway to ensure that, by the end of 2025, 90 per cent of the fixed line networks, some 10 million premises, can access gigabit speeds, which augurs so well for our regions and their ongoing growth.

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