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

I congratulate you, Mr President, on seeking silence from those opposite, because they might learn something! In parallel to the RFP process, the government called for submissions on regulatory issues, which were due on 30 June. Over 80 submissions were received and these are all now publicly available. To quickly recap for those opposite: the government asked the public and all interested parties to put in submissions on the regulatory issues—far from gagging anybody, including participants, from commenting on the regulatory issues. These are a valuable resource on which the expert panel can draw in assessing the NBN proposals, including in assessing the impact of legislative and regulatory changes put forward by proponents. The government has been very clear on the objectives of the NBN, including those relevant to future regulatory settings. The request for proposals—