Teresa Gambaro (Brisbane, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Settlement) Share this | Hansard source

The facts speak for themselves—and the members opposite might interject—but by 7 December 2012, more than one-third or 35 per cent of residential MDUs passed by the NBN either had an active service or were able to order an active service. The member for Griffith then said:

It is also important for the schools in my electorate ... All these will now be connected to the National Broadband Network, but under 'fraudband' there will be no possibility of connection whatsoever. Consider what will happen with our local hospitals—for example, the Mater Hospital and the PA Hospital?

This is an absolute and blatant untruth. Not only does the coalition policy specifically state that we will connect fibre to all schools and hospitals but the vast majority are already connected. Hospitals in my electorate like St Andrew's, Brisbane Private and Brisbane— (Time expired)

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