Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question about his electorate of Boothby. I regret to say that there are none—zero—brownfield premises passed in his electorate with the NBN fibre, and consequently it will surprise him that there are no connections. No-one is paying for a service.

This is not surprising. In South Australia, since the initial connection in 2011 of 700 premises in Willunga in a trial, there has been virtually no progress at all. At the time of the election, only an additional 69 brownfield premises had been connected—

Ms Rishworth interjecting—

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