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

I thank Senator Cormann for his ongoing interest in this portfolio area. The heads of agreement signed yesterday between NBN Co. and Telstra provides for the progressive migration of customers from Telstra’s copper and HFC networks to the new, wholesale-only fibre network to be built and operated by NBN Co. The reuse of suitable Telstra infrastructure by NBN Co., including pits, ducts and backhaul fibre, as it starts to roll out its new network, will avoid inefficient infrastructure duplication—