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

Thank you to Senator Conroy for the question. I was worried that Senator Conroy would not get a question through his questions committee today. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to disabuse the Senate of the assumptions implicit in Senator Conroy’s questions. There is no suggestion that 23,000 payphones were subject to being removed by Telstra.