Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. What is the basis for the $43 billion NBN mark II costing figure? Have any credible independent estimates been carried out? Was it plucked out of thin air, as many in the industry suspect, or was it pinched from someone else—like the $4.7 billion figure for the government’s first failed plan?