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

Selective quoting is what you expect from a party that consistently failed to deliver after 18 failed broadband plans in nearly 12 years. It is no surprise to see this opposition trying to undermine the process. Let me read to you from the Telstra press release: ‘Telstra believes the Government can consider its proposal under the existing terms of the RFP’. It is pretty simple: Telstra think they have put in a proposal. It could not be clearer than that. So let me be clear: as I was saying, it is, however, important to emphasise that the RFP process for the NBN is still live. As a result, I cannot pre-empt the words of the expert panel— (Time expired)