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

(—) (): The trends are clear. The economic benefits are undeniable. Australia must invest in a broadband future or we will be left behind. That is why this government is investing in the National Broadband Network: to deliver one gigabit networks to 93 per cent of premises in Australia. The joint committee on the NBN unanimously told the government that it should do more to communicate about the NBN and the government's policy. We have taken that advice on board. One of those initiatives is the NBN truck, which is making its way around the country. This week, it is in Canberra. It is just down the road behind Old Parliament House. I encourage all those knuckle draggers over there to go down to the truck and get an education. Maybe then you will not have people like Mr Hockey making idiotic comments, such as the one that he made last week about 4G having more capacity than the National Broadband Network. (Time expired)