David Gillespie (Lyne, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network, I present a progress report of the committee.

Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e).

by leave—On 7 December 2017, the Joint Standing Committee of the National Broadband Network agreed to conduct an inquiry into two discrete aspects of the rollout of the NBN: the rollout of the NBN, in particular in regional and rural Australia, and NBN Co's business case. Submissions on both issues were sought by 29 March 2018. The committee is due to report to parliament on the rollout of the NBN in regional and rural Australia in September 2018, and October 2018 for the business case. The committee has received 22 submissions in relation to the rollout of the NBN to regional and rural Australia and eight submissions for NBN Co's business case. There have been four public hearings—4 June 2018in Sydney, 5 June 2018 in Melbourne, 14 June 2018 in Brisbane and 15 August 2018 in Canberra. The committee's establishment requires this report to come annually. The document has been tabled. While the committee intended to table a fuller report, this interim report that's been tabled requires the committee to deliberate for another week. The committee will table its full second report on 22 October 2018 and has provided this interim report for now.