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

I thank Senator McLucas again. As I was saying, Nextgen expects this investment to create more than 1,000 full-time-equivalent jobs and provide economic stimulus to regional locations. Backbone links are the communication highways that connect our towns, our cities and our rural areas to each other and the world. The six links that we are building will enable the provision of high-speed broadband, including to rural and remote areas. I am aware that some members of the opposition are running a scare campaign, claiming that the people in regional Australia will miss out on high-speed broadband under our NBN plan. Let me make it clear that all Australians will have access to high-speed broadband under Labor’s NBN plan. The NBN will deliver a next generation wireless and satellite service to those outside the fibre-to-the-premise footprint, delivering speeds— (Time expired)