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

My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I refer the minister to the fact that as of 31 October last year the NBN Co had a monthly wage bill of $1½ million for 46 employees, meaning that the average annual wage is around $391,000, or $40,000 more than that of the Prime Minister. Given that this government owned company which has no customers, no revenues and is entirely taxpayer funded now has some 112 employees, will the minister confirm that the monthly wage bill now exceeds no less than $3½ million per month?