Senator CONROY (Victoria—Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity) (14:51): Thank you, Mr President, and, apologies, Senator Ludwig, that is 50 bucks—two for the year! It is no surprise that those opposite have only asked their second question about the NBN of me this year, because they have so little to actually campaign on that they are reduced to drawing irrelevant additions and subtractions about how many staff have left the NBN. Those opposite do not want to know about the 758,000 homes that we will have under construction or completed by the end of this year. What we have here is a transparent attempt to try and smear the NBN management yet again. It was not good enough for Mr Turnbull, a man who knows a great deal about financing—how much did Malcolm Turnbull pay the HIH liquidators back— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Conroy, you need to refer to people in the other place by their correct titles, you need to address your answer to the chair, and you need to address the question. Senator CONROY: Through you, Mr President, how much did Mr Turnbull pay back the HIH liquidators over that debacle? How much did he pay back? The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Conroy, you need to address the question. Senator CONROY: Mr Turnbull is well placed to want to talk about probity! But this is nothing more than another pathetic smear. Prices are cheaper than, or equal to, what are currently in the market. We are on target to beat our construction, and the quality of the NBN service is talked about in newspapers by customers across the land. Those opposite have got absolutely no credibility when it comes to wanting to smear NBN with some purported claim about people coming and going after three years. (Time expired)