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

We made our best estimates and our best forecasts for every number and we did that from opposition. The Labor government, incumbent with the company, with access to the company systems, did not even know how much it was costing to connect a premises with fibre. They were clueless—absolutely clueless; clueless, and wasting billions of dollars.

We actually now know what the project is costing, and we know what the alternatives are, and the facts are that if we were to proceed with the Labor Party's alternative it would take six to eight years longer and cost up to $30 billion more. So I say to honourable members opposite: to your constituents who do not have access to very fast broadband now and want it, your message is, 'Vote Labor and wait longer.

Ms Rowland interjecting—

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