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

My question is also to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. Further to Senator Feeney’s questions, I ask: how can the government possibly justify its irresponsible refusal to conduct a full cost-benefit analysis of its biggest infrastructure project, the $43 billion NBN mark II proposal, despite its clear undertaking in last year’s budget:

Where governments invest in infrastructure assets, it is essential that they seek to achieve maximum economic and social benefits, determined through rigorous cost-benefit analysis …