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

I do accept Senator Carr’s argument that even the NBN would not help Senator Macdonald’s productivity. Even the NBN will not lift that. This is a debate about those who want to transform this economy and the Luddites on the other side, who simply want to block and demolish the National Broadband Network. They had 11½ years to modernise the Australian economy, and they had 19 failed plans. (Time expired)