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

I thank Senator Minchin for his question. The national broadband network will be the biggest national investment in broadband infrastructure ever made by an Australian government. As expected with a project of this magnitude, there has been considerable debate within the industry and media about the regulatory settings and the structural arrangements that should apply to the national broadband network. Far from shying away from this debate, this government has encouraged it.