Mr TEHAN (Wannon) (15:51): I might say nothing arouses passion in the electorate like utter nonsense, and that is what we have been hearing from the other side. People in regional and rural Australia know this more than anyone else because under the Labor Party's rollout of the NBN, we were neglected—as we were neglected when it came to the rollout of the mobile-phone towers. In six years of Labor, what did we get? A big, fat zero. What were we going to get from them for the NBN? We were going to get a system that was rolled out into regional and rural Australia last, and we were going to get it in 2025-2026. I am happy to use my electorate as an example, but let's go to what the shadow minister had to say at the outset. He talked about a blow-out in costs, but what has happened to his memory? He had the audacity to talk about a blow-out in costs. What happened under Labor? Huge blow-outs in cost. But what if we go back to the Labor regime? We are talking about $74 billion-$84 billion and completion in 2026. How can you get up here with a straight face and say this? Opposition members interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order on my left. Mr TEHAN: We are talking about time under Labor. The NBN Co. failed to meet every rollout target—every single one.— Mr Husic interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Chifley! Mr TEHAN: Even your minister, who is now just a senator, says, 'We clearly underestimated, I think it is fair to say, the construction model could be legitimately criticised.' That is Senator Stephen Conroy. He also said: 'We wouldn't have been so aggressive if we'd known how tough it was for the company. That was an area where we were overly ambitious.' I can understand and even empathise with those who are disappointed with the progress of the fibre rollout. That is not ours—that is your side. Having heard all this, what is the Labor Party going to do? They are going to go back to their broken model. They cannot learn. It is like every other area—six years of failure and they want to go back to it! The Australian people will not be fooled and people in regional and rural Australia will not be fooled. What we will see in my electorate is a completely different story. In very welcome news, NBN construction will be occurring right across Wannon by the end of 2017. That is exceptionally good news. If we still had a Labor government, do you know what year I would be mentioning? 2026, but we still could not have any additional mobile-phone towers. I think it was probably taking the plan from the beer coaster and having it mapped properly that was probably one of the key reasons, but there were probably others. In Wannon by the end of 2017 construction will have started right across the electorate, and that is very good news for my constituents. That is the type of news that gets them passionate about government and about what government can deliver. As we all know, we need to make sure that in regional and rural Australia we have the ability to take advantage of the capabilities that broadband can provide. We have farmers with sophisticated business models who need proper telecommunications to be able to deliver for their businesses. (Time expired)