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

This is a good interjection; I will not miss that. The member for Chifley says, 'Is that the motivation?' Yes, it is, honourable member. It is one of the motivations. It is a pretty big one. I know it is a revelation to the Labor Party but, if you build a project like this, you have to generate some revenue to pay for it. But, of course, in the la-la land of Labor, it does not matter; you just get the old government chequebook out. It does not matter. But your distinguished former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on several occasions said that the NBN was going to be such a fantastic commercial investment that mums and dads would be lining up wanting to invest in it. They would have to be beaten off with a stick, it would be such a hot deal. Really! Anyway, we are dealing with it, we are getting it built, and all I can say is that the more people use it the better.

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