Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you to Senator Conroy for the question. What the government has done in relation to broadband is ensure that in underserved areas there is appropriate investment and incentive to ensure that there is a rollout to areas that otherwise would simply not receive it. Building on the government’s $2 billion investment to date, which has seen over a million small businesses and premises connected to broadband, we have announced what I do not think any other government in the world has yet done. That is to have a broadband guarantee that will ensure that every Australian, irrespective of where they live, will be entitled to—