Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Sustainable Development and Cities) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his comments about the National Broadband Network on 7 April this year:

… there couldn’t be a better time for a more important investment than this one …

Is the Treasurer aware of comments reported in News Ltd papers today by Paul Broad, the CEO of Australia’s third-largest telecommunications company, AAPT, who described the plan as ‘a phenomenal waste of taxpayers’ money’? Is the Treasurer still prepared to advise Australians to invest in such a scheme even though the government admits it does not even have a business plan for its NBN scheme?

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