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

Thanks. I can assist, Senator Bushby, in how consumers and taxpayers will benefit through the coalition's approach. It is quite straightforward: if the project costs less, taxpayers will pay less for it. If the project costs less, the people who access voice and data over the NBN will pay less in what they are required to render to the NBN through their retail service providers. That is what we are about: seeing the NBN—

Senator O'Neill interjecting—