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

Clearly, we touched a nerve last week when we mentioned there being only two questions for the year. To take the second question, I think that I said it should be past 30,000 by this week. That is my expectation. Over 8,200 of those are on fibre, but hopefully I will have an updated figure for you by tomorrow or the next day. What that reflects is that the satellite service is absolutely being taken up by Australians across regional and rural Australia. The figure that you can put in the bank is that NBN Co will be under construction or completed in 758,000 homes by the end of December.

And what did Mr Turnbull say and what did those opposite say back in February-March when we announced that figure? They said there is no way that they could reach 758,000 under construction or completed. Well, I am looking forward to Malcolm Turnbull's press release—