Senate debates

Thursday, 24 March 2011

National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010; Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures — Access Arrangements) Bill 2011

In Committee

9:44 pm

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

I do not know that I can add much more to assist your homespun maths, Senator Fisher. The estimate is that to achieve all of these things it will need another year and a half given the volume of the extra work that has been undertaken due to a string of new policy decisions that were made after the original eight-year date. The eight years then bounced up to whatever year it was and then we have amended it to incorporate the extra year and a half. But we announced this last December.

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