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

I am perfectly comfortable supporting and defending the practices of NBN, because, despite the hysterical campaign being run by those opposite, NBN is getting on with the job. We do not have the situation where NBN has sacked somebody, given them their termination payment and then—like Senator Minchin did—intervened, gone to the chairman of Telstra, Mr McGauchie, demanded that his mate John Short be put back on the payroll and Mr Shaw been put back on the payroll for $400,000 after he had been terminated by Telstra. That is exactly what happened under the previous government. Mr Quilty— (Time expired)