Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Quite right, Mr Chairman. The Greens, not having learnt their lesson in relation to the pink batts debacle, are now going to try their luck on a project that is 50 times the size. They are just going to wave it through with the same lack of scrutiny.

I have indicated to the Greens and the crossbenchers what has been happening in my home state of Tasmania, where broadband is collapsing as we speak. Still they say, ‘Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil—just pass it through the place.’ We will not. Because we are sound economic managers, we believe that we have a duty to the Australian people to be responsible. Until the minister provides us with the fundamental information we are seeking, we will continue to raise the questions which we have a duty to our electors and other Australian taxpayers to raise.