Mary Fisher (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the resolution of the Senate of 25 June 2008, as amended, appointing the Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, be amended as follows:

(1)

That the time for the presentation of the report of the committee be extended to 26 November 2009.

(2)

Omit paragraphs (1) and (2), substitute:

(1)

(a)

the Government’s decision to establish a company to build and operate a National Broadband Network (NBN) to:

(i)

connect 90 per cent of all Australian homes, schools and workplaces with optical fibre to the premise (FTTP) to enable broadband services with speeds of 100 megabits per second,

(ii)

connect all other premises in Australia with next generation wireless and satellite technologies to deliver broad-band speeds of 12 megabits per second or more, and

(iii)

directly support up to 25,000 local jobs every year, on average, over the 8 year life of the project; and

(i)

service availability, choice and costs,

(ii)

competition in telecommunications and broadband services, and

(iii)

likely consequences for national productivity, investment, economic growth, cost of living and social capital.