Senate debates

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Questions without Notice

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2:32 pm

Photo of Mitch FifieldMitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

As colleagues would be well aware, the NBN has a mandate from the government to conduct the rollout of the NBN, according to what's referred to as a multi-technology mix. That means that NBN can choose the technology that makes sense in a given area to see the NBN rolled out fastest and at lowest cost. That is the reason why the NBN will be completed by 2020—a good six to eight years sooner than would have been the case under those opposite.

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