Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

Again, I thank Senator Grogan for her question. It really took less than 24 hours for the opposition to show Australians why they can't trust them with our publicly owned assets. Senator Hume was first out of the gate, saying, 'It was always the plan that the NBN would be privatised.' She was asked whether she would support the legislation to keep the NBN in public hands, and she refused.