Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

I am afraid so. It is harsh but true. He selectively used only part of a 22 May quote in which I stated:

I have made it perfectly clear that I would not criticise the minister for extending his deadlines.

These remarks related to the national broadband network tender. In fairness, he should have read the entire quote, which went on to say:

However, he should not stop there. He needs to re-engineer this whole process, taking into account the thoughtful suggestions of the opposition.

The offer not to criticise him was linked to correcting his dodgy process and he should have made that clear in the Senate.

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