Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Urban Infrastructure) Share this | Hansard source

and that is bringing mobile coverage to areas which did not have it previously. Now we on this side of the House regard that as a priority. We are strongly committed to improving mobile communications in rural and regional Australia. Labor is indifferent. Labor committed not one dollar in six years to improving mobile communications in regional and remote Australia, and that is because they are much more concerned about the inner city than they are about rural and regional and remote Australia. I make one other important point: that we are also rolling out the National Broadband Network, and we are getting it delivered—

Opposition members interjecting—

Compared to this incompetent rabble—barely 300,000 premises in 2013—over four million premises are now delivered, mobile and fixed. We are delivering and that means better resilience. (Time expired)

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