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

The Gillard government remains focused on delivering the NBN for all Australians. Unfortunately, Mr Abbott and Mr Turnbull continue to advocate an end to the NBN fibre rollout, denying 70 per cent of regional Australia and the majority of people in metropolitan cities access to a world-class fibre network. Despite Mr Turnbull continuing to claim that the country does not need a fibre-to-the-home network or faster speeds, the Mayor of Waverley Council, in Mr Turnbull's own electorate, recently wrote to me and said, 'I cannot agree with the comments from the MP Malcolm Turnbull regarding his belief that the people of Wentworth, of which Waverley represents around half, do not need an NBN upgrade, as I know for a fact that many Waverley residents not only welcome the faster broadband connections promised by the NBN but see it as an integral and mandatory part of their daily lives.' (Time expired)