Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Perhaps the minister could take this on notice. My question was specifically on what role this network will be playing as the tender process unfolds. Further to that, given that the operator of the network will, in effect, have control over a natural monopoly and that Telstra has indicated that it wants an 18 per cent return on investment, which according to some commentators could raise broadband prices by 50 per cent per month for users, what measures will be taken to protect consumers from price-gouging, particularly in regional areas?