Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I am not surprised that this government is embarrassed to talk about its 17th and 18th broadband plans in 11 years. As Senator Boswell identified—and Senator Coonan has put out press releases to this effect—we have already spent over $4 billion. The OPEL deal takes us to $5 billion.