Guy Barnett (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Clearly, the minister has demonstrated he is not on top of his brief. Now that the government has backflipped and agreed that NBN Co. should install and pay for a backup battery with every broadband connection, does it agree with the McKinsey-KPMG report that this will cost an additional $90 million to $150 million each year? Will it reimburse Tasmanians and others who have already paid for the backup batteries?