Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

This is an excellent report on a very complex matter. Congratulations to Alison and her team and the secretariat. Congratulations to the chairman. Regrettably this very important debate had lots of speakers. We had six minutes from the chair, six minutes from the principal opposition speaker and 10 minutes from the Greens. This means the rest of us have 45 seconds to discuss this report.

Can I just emphasise two points in the 30 seconds left to me. One is the roll in and rollout, something I and most of my Liberal colleagues have been determined to see. It is an excellent idea. The government must roll it in rather than roll it out, and thereby serve the under-serviced areas rather than those that already have a good service. I also have a point about the undergrounding of power, and I know Senator Barnett wanted to talk about Tasmania, but regrettably there is no time.

Question agreed to.