Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment Participation, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

As I noted before, in accordance with standing order 191 I seek to explain statements I made yesterday about the so-called deal between NBN Co. and Telstra, as they were misquoted or misunderstood by Senator Conroy. Senator Conroy asserted that, in pointing out that there was no deal to deliver a national broadband network between NBN Co. and Telstra but just a deal to try to do a deal, I had somehow not only accused the government of putting spin above substance but also by implication accused Telstra of trying to spin this announcement, which is not true at all. This is where I think Senator Conroy has clearly misunderstood or misquoted my statements yesterday. What I did yesterday was point out specific statements in Telstra’s letter—