David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, upon notice, on 17 August 2011:

Has the Minister, any of his ministerial staff and/or the department received any correspondence from, or had discussions with, any of the interested parties involved in the Australia Network tender process about the impact of the Government's decision on the financial viability of their proposal; if so, when and what parties were involved, and what was the nature of the correspondence and/or discussions.

Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

I have not spoken to any bidder on bid issues since being appointed Approver by Cabinet.