Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Mental Health) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I note that the cost of this government's second-rate NBN has nearly doubled to $56 million, and the time frame for rolling it out has more than doubled to 2020. Isn't it true that the Optus HFC network is not fit for purpose and overbuilding it will cause more delays and further blow out this government's costs for a second-rate NBN?

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