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

As Senator Birmingham knows, we debated this long and hard at Senate estimates and Mr Quigley explained the concept of a ramp-up. He provided a graph which shows that we are actually meeting our construction targets. The next publication will be of the March figures. We will then be able to judge how we are going in meeting our targets. But even the Liberal-National Party candidate for Lilley turned up just last week in Aspley to support and welcome the turning on of the first Brisbane customers of the National Broadband Network. Even the Liberal-National Party candidate turned up to say, 'Ya-hay, this is a great day for the people of Brisbane!' (Time expired)