Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) (12:16): At the request of Senators Pratt, Kitching and Hanson, I move general business notice of motion No. 1040: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) between July 2020 and December 2020, NBN Co paid out $78 million in corporate bonuses with taxpayer money, (ii) the 2018 NBN corporate plan set a revenue target of $4.9 billion for financial year 2020; NBN Co achieved $3.8 billion, (iii) the 2018 NBN corporate plan set an activations target of 8.1 million by financial year 2020; NBN Co achieved 7.3 million, (iv) the 2018 NBN corporate plan forecast the multi-technology NBN would cost $49 billion; the forecast cost is now $57 billion, (v) the Prime Minister effectively sacked Ms Holgate on the floor of Parliament for spending $20,000 on Cartier watches in 2018, but had no issues with NBN Co paying out $78 million in corporate bonuses during a recession, and (vi) NBN Co recently refused to answer 15 questions on notice from the Senate about their finances, despite having published this information previously; (b) considers the $78 million in NBN corporate bonuses during the COVID-19 recession to be excessive, unreasonable and lacking in justification; (c) affirms its commitment to ensuring there is appropriate transparency over how taxpayer money is spent on the NBN; and (d) calls on the Minister for Communications and NBN Chairman to reign in excessive spending and waste at NBN Co.