Tim Hammond (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Well it would be funny, if it wasn't so tragic. We are seeing education outcomes suffering. We are seeing small businesses suffering. We are seeing health outcomes suffering. They are suffering at the hands of this government, this Luddite government that is so slow to catch up to the real world it is leaving us behind at a rate of knots.

Timothy from Embleton, whose internet speed is a mere 270 kilobytes per second, cannot stream videos and struggles to connect to his network to work from home—that's businesses suffering. He won't get the NBN for another 2½ years, if he's lucky. Peter in Maylands hates the idea, quite rightly, of fibre to the node; it is a wasted opportunity. Alan from Bayswater gets one megabit per second. Many of the streets around Alan have been promised fibre to the curb; his address will only get fibre to the node. And Michael lives in a shared house in Morley where things are so grim that he and his housemates have to roster internet usage, otherwise speeds drop to dial-up. This situation is nothing short of absurd. When the Prime Minister was communications minister, his plan was for NBN co to prioritise speed over quality with the greatest need. He has let us down on NBN. He has let us down in marriage equality. He has let everyone down in relation to his government. He is nothing more than a failure. (Time expired)

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