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

I thank the senator for her ongoing interest in the National Broadband Network. I am pleased to inform the Senate that, just yesterday, a new era of competition was again highlighted as Optus revealed its NBN pricing. Optus's prices, like those of Exetel, Primus and iiNet, and Internode before them, prove again that superfast broadband services offered over the NBN will at the very least be comparable with today's broadband prices, with the added benefit of significant increases in speed and quality of services—

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—

I am sure that the member for Bradfield, in the other place, who is a former Optus executive, has also noticed. I wonder whether he will attempt to smear his former employer, as he pathetically attacked Exetel and Dodo when they released their plans—$34.50, Senator Macdonald. Thirty-four dollars fifty—