Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer the minister to her answers to questions in this chamber relating to broadband on Monday of this week. Is the minister aware that Telstra has publicly stated that the minister misled parliament nine times during her answers? Is the minister aware that Telstra does not advocate the abolition of the universal service obligation, the customer service guarantee or untimed local calls? Is the minister aware that Telstra has also publicly accepted the need for regulated access on any fibre to the node network? Was the minister ignorant of Telstra’s public views on these issues when she provided her answers on Monday of this week, or did she deliberately misrepresent these views? Will the minister now correct the misleading statements she made to this chamber on Monday of this week?