Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I am not surprised that the shadow minister is embarrassed, because we know he does not support his own party's policy. We know his heart is not in the brief he has been given of wrecking the National Broadband Network and going back to the old copper network of the past. Having had 19 failed plans themselves, they want to trash this government's innovative, visionary plan for the National Broadband Network, and that is why they are so negative. Wherever we go, they are negative about the rollout but at the same time they whinge if it is not rolled out in their electorate or if it is not done quickly enough. They cannot have it both ways. The truth is that this is—

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