back to article Australian Federal Police resume NBN raids, this time in parliament

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is resuming its hunt for documents associated with leaks about the financial position of the National Broadband Network. Senator Stephen Conroy – former communications minister and now shadow to the special minister of state – has told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the …

  1. Frank Oz

    Look, it's important that ...

    Despite the fact that the NBN is spending billions of PUBLIC funds on an essentially obsolete network that will probably (on the government's own admission) not redeem a fraction of its build costs when sold ... the public does not need to know

    1. How well the build targets are being met

    2. What the relative performance stats are between FTTP and the MTM NBN

    3. The fixed and operational costs pertaining to the different models

    4. What build delays have occurred and the reasons for same, and/or

    5. A relative cost-benefit analysis of the different models of the NBN

    They should just accept what they are told by Management and the different political parties and politicians, realise that nobody is pushing their own barrow here, that we're all in it together, and that it's all being done for their own good.

    I mean, we ignored advice from a veritable hoard of networking and IT experts when we floated the MTM model, we selectively ignored what's happening in broadband networks overseas, and we've pushed our hamstrung broadband network for basically political reasons ... but look how well that has worked out.

    So trust us ... and don't let these so called 'information leaks' and whistleblowers destroy the government's message. 'Good broadband begins now.'

  2. Youngone

    I beg your pardon?

    > “It's bizarre for a member of parliament to determine what is and what is not in the jurisdiction of the AFP.”

    It's f*%#King well not you know, that's exactly what their job is.

    The tool they use to do it is called legislation.

  3. Winkypop Silver badge
    Facepalm

    Don't be fooled

    This LNP Government is tricky, deceitful and morally lacking.

    The Labor Government wasn't a lot better in some cases.

    1. Medixstiff

      Re: Don't be fooled

      "This LNP Government is tricky, deceitful and morally lacking.

      The Labor Government wasn't a lot better in some cases."

      Hence why so many minor parties and independents were voted in, both major parties are as bad as each other and their people well and truly make a mockery of the term "honorable member".

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