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

I note that Senator Minchin chooses to ignore and does not want to talk about the fact that Tasmania, the home state of Senator Abetz and others interjecting, is going to be receiving services from the National Broadband Network in just a few months. So to try to suggest that there is no progress and there are no services being delivered is simply untrue. In Tasmania services will be delivered on time, as announced late last year.

As for the question of the rental in Melbourne, I have seen a newspaper report on that and I am happy to come back with any information that is relevant for Senator Minchin on that. But let me be clear: to suggest that the National Broadband Network is going to deliver no services is just untrue. (Time expired)