Brian Mitchell (Lyons, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Tasmanian telco Launtel is making Launceston Australia's first one-gigabit city. That is something that my friend, the member for Bass, is particularly excited about. He has not been able to wipe the smile off his face.

Launtel is using FTTP installed by Labor to offer customers 1,000 megabits per second. These speeds rival Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. This is only possible because of Labor. These speeds cannot be replicated statewide because the Liberals are installing FTTP, wireless and satellite at much lower speeds. Too many towns in my electorate are still waiting for connection under this government. We are not even getting 12 megabits per second, let alone 1,000. Telco founder Damian Ivereigh says the coalition has led to a bad outcome for Tasmania. He is not alone. Industry experts like Rod Tucker have called the NBN a national tragedy and a classic case of failed infrastructure policy.

This national tragedy, this 'NBN fraudband', this classic case of failed infrastructure policy can be laid at the feet of one man—the Prime Minister, who broke the nation's NBN.