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

It is a fact that an agreement has been reached, and those opposite are now making a simple assertion. It is not based on any factual basis at all. The NBN are in discussions with the sector. They are well aware of all of the pressures around the build. They are well aware of all of the issues to do with the construction. The good senator is simply making an assertion and trying to wrap it up as a question. An agreement has been signed. That is a factual thing. The rest of her question revolved around a simple assertion of what she believes.