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

My question is to Senator Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. I refer to the letters that the minister has sent to 500,000 Australians explaining that they ‘have not received a commercial upgrade to enable access to ADSL or wireless broadband’. Can the minister confirm that 3G is wireless broadband? Is the minister also aware of reports that Australians who have received her letter have been informed by her department’s website that they already have access to ADSL broadband? Can the minister indicate whether she is continuing to mail her misleading letters to Australians? Will the minister now commit to reimbursing taxpayers for the cost of the Liberal Party propaganda which has misled the Australian public?