Susan Lamb (Longman, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have to say that it was pretty exhausting sitting in question time today, when we were all subjected to repeated claims by the Prime Minister that his rollout of the NBN has gone ahead without a hitch. Either this government has avoided the news for the past few years and avoided listening to any of the constituents they represent and are surrounded by, or they are basically lying to the Australian people. It has to be one of the two. To call this rollout anything less than disastrous would be an understatement. That is why so many members in my community have banded together recently for our My NBN Sucks campaign. We've held NBN events in Caboolture, Bribie, Woodford and Narangba. Every single one of these events has been attended by countless people who are absolutely furious with the mismanagement of this ill-conceived rollout. I had the shadow minister for regional communications, Stephen Jones, up to visit Longman last weekend to speak to people about the NBN and to hear firsthand about the network and how it's putting small businesses at a very serious competitive disadvantage. But, further than that, it's putting lives at risk. There are many, many people who live with MedicAlert devices in Longman living in mobile blackspot areas that this government refuses to address. Their lives right now are at risk. Something needs to be done. We need a strong government to do it, and that is why we need a Shorten Labor government.