Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Minchin interjected that that was under the ABG. For those in the chamber who are not aware of this, the previous government decided not to fund the ABG at all. In the outyear columns of their budget document was zero, zero, zero, zero. This government took the decision that this is a program that needs to be expanded. Because of the hard work of the Rudd government and the Rann government, we see Adam Internet being able to have a footprint across the city of Adelaide for its 500,000 people. As we demonstrated by going not only to the main hub but also to the homes of some of the first people connected, the service in Adelaide is up and running. So the basic premise of the question is false.