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

My understanding is that NBN Co. do, as I think we discussed earlier in the week, augmentation of some Telstra pits. That means we come into contact with some asbestos. It is a very small portion of the total NBN work. I will have to take on notice the question of how many contractors we are using. I do not have a figure. Similarly, I do not have the figures for the cost, but I am happy to take that on notice for you as well.

Let us be clear. Despite the outrageous reporting by The Australian, your bible, and your attempts to smear the National Broadband Network, NBN take these matters very seriously. They have done so from the beginning—unlike those opposite, who pretend to have amnesia about the fact that their own government— (Time expired)