Senate debates

Thursday, 14 November 2019

Questions without Notice

National Broadband Network

2:51 pm

Photo of Linda ReynoldsLinda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): I am really not surprised at all that those opposite do not want this chamber to be reminded of their complete, utter and abject failure on the NBN. In six years, Labor connected 51,000 households. How many are we connecting every single week? We are connecting 35,000 Australian households to the NBN each and every week. Those opposite paid $6 billion for the NBN to pass just three per cent of Australian households. But, under the Morrison government, the NBN is now available to more than 10.2 million premises. Under Labor, the NBN missed every rollout target it set for itself. It's plan would have cost the Australian taxpayer $30 billion more. (Time expired)

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