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

Just last month, WhistleOut, an independent comparison website, released its own analysis of NBN prices versus existing ADSL2+ prices, and its analysis found that users could pay up to 18 per cent less for an entry-level 12-megabit-down, one-megabit-up service with a 50-gigabit download capacity than they currently pay for the same ADSL2+ service—18 per cent less. WhistleOut also expressed the view:

… the NBN will democratise high-speed internet access so that users will finally be getting what they pay for.

A rational person would expect the opposition to support this and even apologise for the baseless fear and smear campaigns they have been running. But I call on the National Party— (Time expired)