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

Unfortunately, I am aware of many. We have a confusion of alternative policies. In August 2010, Mr Turnbull said that he could do everything that he needed to do with a 3.5 megabit connection. Then in October 2010 he claimed that a 12 megabit connection to the home would be enough for everybody. Then in May this year he asserted that residential premises have no need for anything more than 25 megabits. Then last week, as I have just mentioned, Mr Hockey said that 4G mobile has the capacity to be far superior to the National Broadband Network. In August of last year, the National Party emerged from under their rock to announce their policy of placing a priority on rolling out fibre optic cable to a majority of consumers in regional Australia. (Time expired)