Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to the statement by the CEO of AAPT, Paul Broad, whose company has now withdrawn from the Terria consortium. He said of Labor’s NBN tender:

It seems to me that the rules of the game are being determined by the bid itself …

And that the government has got it ‘arse about’. In light of Mr Broad’s criticisms and those of many industry leaders, will the minister now admit that his NBN tender process is fatally flawed and should be abandoned forthwith?