Christopher Back (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Don't get me started on the NBN, Senator Farrell—through you, Madam Acting Deputy President—in relation to Senator Conroy, because I do remember in one of my early contributions asking Senator Conroy whether there was going to be any sort of a business plan or any sort of risk analysis for the NBN. He stood on this side and said, 'We don't need a business plan. We don't need a risk analysis.' I tell you what: when this legislation comes into the chamber, it is going to have all the boxes ticked. It is going to be good legislation. It is going to be legislation that is the result of all of the correct procedures—

Senator Farrell interjecting—

And it is at that time that I will be urging all, including Senator Farrell in his dying days, to support it.