House debates Statements by Members

Corangamite Electorate: National Broadband Network

Monday, 11 September 2017 House of Representatives

Sarah Henderson

Sarah Henderson Corangamite, Liberal Party

1:59 pm

Hearing from the member for Hunter, a man who has completely deserted the coal workers of his electorate, is an absolute disgrace! What the Labor Party is doing to coal workers—

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Sarah Henderson

Sarah Henderson Corangamite, Liberal Party

Absolutely, and there are a number other members who are not prepared to stand up for those men and women who work in coalmines in this country.

Let me just say that the NBN is another great infrastructure project, and I'm very proud that of the 82,000 premises in Corangamite 77,000 premises will be connected in a number of months. It was a great day in Highton when we announced that nearly all of the premises in Belmont, Waurn Ponds and Wandana Heights would be connected in November and December through to January. We're also tackling the very important issue of broadband speeds. We are holding the retail service providers to account when they do not deliver the speeds that they should. We are very proud of the way that the NBN has been rolled out across Corangamite and across this great country; 77,000 premises will be connected to the NBN by January of next year. It is a great result for the people of Corangamite.

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

In accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has concluded.