Senator FIFIELD (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate, Minister for Communications, Minister for the Arts and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Government) (14:49): It is certainly the view of this government, and the approach of nbn co, that the HFC infrastructure be used as is appropriate. I will make what I think is probably a self-evident point—but I will make it for those opposite anyway—that using the HFC infrastructure that is there will see the NBN roll out sooner— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock! Senator Fifield interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order, Minister! Do you have a point of order, Senator Moore? Senator Moore: Mr President, I rise on a point of order going to relevance. I have been listening very carefully, and I am asking the minister to respond on direct relevance to the issue around the Optus HFC network. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Moore. I will remind the minister of the question. Senator FIFIELD: As I was saying— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Allow the minister to answer. Senator FIFIELD: I really need not continue, because those opposite seem content to both ask and answer their own questions. It is a very Rudd-like approach by those opposite: ask a question and then answer it yourself. I do not know why they bother— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock! Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! You have a colleague on her feet waiting to raise of point of order, I assume. Do you have a point of order, Senator Moore? Senator Moore: Mr President, I rise on a point of order going to relevance. Again, it is direct relevance in terms of the Optus HFC network. The minister has fluffed around a little bit to cover some time, but he has still got two seconds. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Moore. The minister has two seconds in which to answer the question. Senator FIFIELD: We will be using Optus and Telstra.