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

I thank the senator for her question again. Yesterday I revealed how the Queensland Nationals at their state conference in 2005 passed a resolution calling for—wait for it—uniform wholesale pricing as they wanted to ensure, 'all Australians are charged the same basic price for maintenance and new connections.'

Just last Friday the member for Brisbane, Ms Teresa Gambaro, was complaining that her constituents were not getting the rollout fast enough. We can now add to that list the coalition member for Swan in Western Australia, Mr Steve Irons, and Mr Rowan Ramsey, the member for Grey in South Australia, who were asking questions in parliament about the rollout in their electorates. This is no surprise for grassroots coalition MPs who know their constituents want the NBN. (Time expired)