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

There were some quite entertaining views yesterday. In fact, Mr Turnbull won the award, because he claimed that existing satellites can simply be upgraded. Mr Turnbull has no idea what he is talking about on this matter. It is not farcical enough that Mr Turnbull thinks that you can just upgrade a satellite. We also have the Nationals member for Cowper, Mr Hartsuyker, demonstrating that he does not understand what used to be the coalition policy, or what masquerades today as their policy. Mr Hartsuyker not only claimed that OPEL would have ensured that 98 per cent of Australians had access to speeds of up to 12 megabits, which is simply not true; he also claimed that OPEL included satellites—which it did not. Mr Hartsuyker would also do well to understand that the current coalition policy has denied regional Australians— (Time expired)