Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

As I indicated in a press conference this morning, NBN Co. is taking back the Northern Territory construction. Syntheo will remain the construction partner in Western Australia and South Australia. The taking back of the Northern Territory allows them to continue to roll out and to overcome the challenges, which have been significant, of some of our largest construction companies in the country. Syntheo, for those who are not familiar with it, is a joint venture between Service Stream and Lend Lease, two of our biggest construction companies, and they have been having some difficulties. We are receiving back the mobilisation payment in the Northern Territory. I think it is around $2½ million. We have made it a condition that that money be returned when we took back that project. (Time expired)