Senator FIFIELD (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate, Minister for Communications and Minister for the Arts) (14:30): As I say, using our technology-agnostic multitechnology mix allows us to give fast broadband to Australians sooner by utilising existing and emerging technologies. Our approach also allows NBN Co to refresh and augment the network and also to be in a position where it can change and upgrade the network as it needs to instead of being shackled by one technology. That is why we now have nearly two-thirds of the country with the NBN in design or construction or able to order an NBN service. Under the approach of our predecessors, Australians would have been waiting a lot longer for the NBN and paying a lot more for it. Under this government, they will get it sooner and at a lower cost. You only really get the full economic benefit if the whole nation has the NBN. We want the whole nation to have the NBN as soon as possible. Under us, they will.