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

The agreement announced today takes a large step towards treating all Australians as one and providing all Australians with an opportunity to share in the technology of tomorrow. Unfortunately there are still some people who do not want this as an outcome; there are still some who do not want to see all Australians treated fairly. There are still some who do not think that all Australians deserve access to world class infrastructure, to world class leading broadband. Who are these people, you might ask. Who on earth could they be? Who would want to deny Australians in city, outer suburban and rural and regional areas? It is no surprise, and it saddens me to say it, that those opposite continue to try to keep Australia in the digital dark ages. (Time expired)