Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I refer the minister to his repeated statements that he receives daily updates from NBN Co. I further refer the minister to my series of questions to him since 26 February this year where I have repeatedly asked him if he stood by the target of passing 286,000 premises with fibre by 30 June this year. I also refer the minister to his statement to the Senate this Tuesday that he was already seeking information from NBN Co. about current targets. I ask the minister: with NBN Co. now having had days if not weeks to update the minister on the viability of his target to reach 286,000 premises with fibre by 30 June, is this still the target of the minister, the government and NBN Co.? If this is no longer the current target, what is the current target? If the minister is unable to provide an updated target today, when exactly will he, assuming he continues to be the minister, be in a position to do so?