House debates Bills

National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Second Reading

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 House of Representatives

Patrick Gorman

Patrick Gorman Perth, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister

8:14 pm

They made a mistake by backing the wrong technology, by choosing the technology of copper rather than the technology that was always going to be right, which was fibre. They make this mistake a lot of times; they look to the technologies of the past rather than the technologies of the future. They looked to copper rather than fibre. They look to nuclear rather than renewables. They are always looking for the technologies of the past rather than the opportunities of the future, and what we want to make sure is that, as we get more investment—

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