Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (Social and Community Affairs)) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for her response. I advise her that I live in the country and have the lousiest dial-up service imaginable when I am trying to deal with the work we are doing here—like most people who live outside a metropolitan area. Is the minister aware that the Page report advocates parity of service for rural and regional telecommunications services? Can the minister explain how access by metropolitan Australia to broadband speeds 50 times faster than in rural and regional Australia constitutes parity of service?