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

I hope that those listening to this broadcast understand that the Labor Party have got some fundamental objection to choice for consumers. What an extraordinary admission! And it is clear that Telstra does not like choice and does not like competition, and Senator Conroy and Mr Rudd have not got the bottle to stand up to Telstra, just like they cannot stand up to the trade unions or the state Labor governments, and they are obviously not going to be able to stand up to consumers being ridden roughshod over in the bush.

We will resist Telstra’s sideshows. We will resist Labor’s sideshows. We will continue to stand up for rural and regional Australians. We will not be intimidated by this sideshow that is going on with court actions and questions in question time, and we will continue to roll out the services that consumers need and want. (Time expired)