Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

Again, if there is anything remotely within the portfolio general area, I will attempt to give an answer. Those opposite want to ignore all of the achievements of the government across Australia, including those in Western Australia. The Prime Minister constantly talks about all the benefits, including to the Western Australian state economy, of building the National Broadband Network and how the National Broadband Network will transform not just homes but the mining industry of Western Australia. Mr Colin Barnett is on record supporting the National Broadband Network and those opposite know it. They do not want to talk about the policies that affect Western Australia; they want to engage in cheap, tawdry stunts, just like yesterday. What we are seeing today— (Time expired)