Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

So far as I know, Telstra has no announced or concluded plans to axe payphones, as Senator Stephens has alleged in her question. And the local presence plan, far from being useless, is still under development and requires me to respond to the draft plan that Telstra has submitted to me. The local presence plan will ensure that what consumers value in rural and regional Australia—