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

What I was saying is that the challenge for the Labor Party is to front up for a bit of public scrutiny for a change with the same level of detail on their proposal, on coverage, costings and, importantly, price to consumers. Not a word about that. We have now got a shadow cabinet confirming Labor’s proposal leaves many behind. It does not even cover the Hunter. Labor has picked a technology with no technical backing on how it could be built out to 98 per cent. And until Labor provide substantial detail on this proposal, all Australians, particularly those three million premises that will miss out under Labor’s plan, will know that this is just an inexperienced Labor team out of its depth with important decisions that affect all Australians.