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

I am tempted to just point to someone wearing a pink tie over on the other side, but I know that pointing does not come up in the Hansard

Senator Conroy interjecting—

so I had better make it clear that 'Senator Conroy' is the primary answer to Senator Smith's question. And I think even those opposite know that if Labor did come back into government, as much as we like Jason Clare—and we genuinely do on this side—it would actually be Senator Conroy who had his hands on the levers. I think that is something that not only those of us on this side but many on the other side might be more than a little concerned about.

Under our watch, the Northern Territory will be fully networked with the NBN in around 18 months time. By contrast, in built-up areas there were only 322 premises capable of getting broadband services on the network under six years of Labor.