Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, the then shareholder ministers—one of whom is here with me and who is doing a fantastic job as Minister for Finance and as a shareholder minister for the NBN—thought it was very good and very prudent for nbn co to make sure that they always do a comparison as to what is the most cost-effective way of rolling out the NBN, comparing different technological approaches. I would have thought that that was good practice and good governance, and it is something with which I completely agree.