Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Prime Minister. I am pleased to expand on these themes, because the shadow minister seems determined to keep banging his head against a brick wall, when the NBN is delivering. The NBN is delivering after what we saw under Labor was six years in which they managed to deliver a network which could serve barely 300,000 premises after six years. After 2½ years the Turnbull government has delivered an NBN where 1.775 million premises can be served, fibre to the node is being rolled out at the rate of 10,000 premises a week and, by the end of the year, it will rise to 25,000 premises a week.

You judge a company and its performance on the basis of the capability of the people who run it. A board chaired by Dr Ziggy Switkowski and a CEO, Bill Morrow, with global experience—none of that experience was present in nbn co when we came to government. You judge a company on its performance against its publicly stated targets. Is it doing what it tells the world it is going to do? The answer is, yes, it is. This company has met its targets for the last six quarters in a row—quarter after quarter of consistent performance, as compared to the chaotic mass we saw under Labor, when target after target repeatedly failed to be met. This is a company delivering. The NBN is getting rolled out. The Turnbull government is delivering for the people of Australia, because on this side we are about delivery. The other side are hopeless dreamers.

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