Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I was going to say, under the coalition's plan the NBN will be rolled out nationwide six to eight years earlier than would have been the case under those opposite. It is very interesting to note today that Mr Jason Clare has declared that it remains the Labor Party's intention to introduce a full fibre network. What that means is billions of dollars of additional costs and massive delays to the full completion of the NBN.