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

I think there is some very selective quoting going on. If you look at those Ballarat region who have objected in the to mobile phone towers and NBN towers I think you will find a strong thread of people who are opposed to any mobile phone tower, whether it is being built for the NBN or anything else. And they are going to be opposed to your plan to put thousands and thousands of towers across regional Victoria, across regional Ballarat. They are going to be just as opposed to your towers as they are to our towers because they actually oppose every tower.

Senator Madigan is well aware of some of the people I am talking about—he has been in consultation. Even Senator Madigan does not agree with the position of no mobile phone towers anywhere—I do not think I have misrepresented you there, Senator Madigan. Let us be clear: there are those who are walking around the country saying, 'We've got to get better mobile phone coverage, we need more towers.' What you have got in that corner— (Time expired)