Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Hearing from the member for Hunter, a man who has completely deserted the coal workers of his electorate, is an absolute disgrace! What the Labor Party is doing to coal workers—

Government Member:

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Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Absolutely, and there are a number other members who are not prepared to stand up for those men and women who work in coalmines in this country.

Let me just say that the NBN is another great infrastructure project, and I'm very proud that of the 82,000 premises in Corangamite 77,000 premises will be connected in a number of months. It was a great day in Highton when we announced that nearly all of the premises in Belmont, Waurn Ponds and Wandana Heights would be connected in November and December through to January. We're also tackling the very important issue of broadband speeds. We are holding the retail service providers to account when they do not deliver the speeds that they should. We are very proud of the way that the NBN has been rolled out across Corangamite and across this great country; 77,000 premises will be connected to the NBN by January of next year. It is a great result for the people of Corangamite.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has concluded.