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

I must say that I am hardly shattered by that penetrating question! The government is strongly committed to extending high-quality, affordable broadband as far as possible across Australia. That will include a mix of technologies that does include wireless, that does include ADSL2+, that will also extend the subsidy for satellite service and that tells people about the $2 billion Communications Fund that the Labor Party wanted to knock off for a metropolitan service. I am very pleased that the people of Australia know that there is at least one party—and that is the government in Australia—that actually stands up for consumers, understands what they need and is getting on with delivering it, ignoring the sideshow from the Labor Party.