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

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I repeat for the third time: why is the information about who is paying the $13.8 billion that goes to Telstra such a secret? Isn’t it a fact that, if it is government equity and debt, that actually adds to the cost and makes a complete mockery of your allegation that costs are falling and it is a cost that has to be added on to the $35.7 billion NBN capital expenditure? Why is it secret, Minister? Tell us that first and then tell us what the cost is.