Wyatt Roy (Longman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today the communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and I were proud to announce that we are adding Goodwin Beach, Sandstone Point, Ningi and Beachmere to the rollout of the NBN. This is on top of almost 27,000 homes locally in Banksia Beach, Bellara, Bongaree, White Patch, Woorim, all of Bribie Island, Bellmere, Caboolture, Upper Caboolture, Elimbah, parts of Wamuran and parts of Morayfield. That is part of our trial of the construction of the coalition's policy of fibre-to-the-node NBN. What that ensures is that locals will get the NBN years sooner at less cost to the taxpayer and at a cheaper rate for the consumer.

The NBN was one of the great messes of the Labor government. We saw in the strategic review that under the Labor Party the NBN would not have been completed until 2024. What we see with the communications minister and the coalition government getting the NBN rollout back on track is that 27,000 premises locally will have an NBN service by June next year. That is something that would not have happened under the Labor government. Today we announced those extra suburbs of Goodwin Beach, Ningi, Sandstone Point and Beachmere being added to begin construction by mid-2016. By the middle of next year, we expect the NBN Co to release their next three-year rollout based on need—addressing the areas of worst internet connectivity first. That will deliver a better result for locals.