Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

Releasing the high-level cost modelling of the universal service guarantee reform options and the cost impacts on NBN Co. of servicing additional ADSL costs would significantly compromise any future negotiations with the industry over the future delivery of the voice, payphone and broadband services covered by the USO. This would have the contrary effect to the motion's intent, which is presumably to achieve a lower long-term USO delivery cost. Further information on the costings will be provided in the regulation impact statement prepared by the department of communications, which will be published by the Office of Best Practice Regulation.

Question agreed to.