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

They are demanding more confidential information be released from other participants in the tender process. They have gone to the extraordinary length of putting a blanket ban on dealing with any broadband or NBN related bill until we release all of that confidential information. So do not come in here pretending to cry on behalf of Telstra or cry on behalf of Telstra’s shareholders when you are demanding this information be released. I note that Telstra has made a statement to the stock exchange today on this issue. I quote:

Telstra refers to an article in today’s Australian Financial Review regarding the National Broadband Network and notes that the figures quoted are from an ACCC report tabled in Parliament yesterday that relate to regulatory cost modelling provided to the Expert Panel as part of the Government’s 2008 National Broadband Network (NBN) Request For Proposals …

This is the very information you are demanding. (Time expired)