Senator CONROY (Victoria—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity) (14:44): I am aware of a variety of claims from Senator Birmingham and the member for Wentworth that the NBN Co. are misrepresenting network rollout figures by changing their definitions, all of those sorts of things. These claims are wrong. Mr Quigley gave a presentation—I think it was last Friday at the American Chamber of Commerce—at which he put up on the screen exactly the same graph which he had tabled at both the last estimates and the one before. For those who are trying to play this game of claiming that the rollout is behind, I simply go back to one very simple point. In February-March last year, the NBN Co. said that they would be able to begin construction or complete construction in 758,000 homes. Mr Turnbull went on television and said, 'That would be extraordinary. You would have to admire them greatly if they were to achieve that.' By the end of the year, when we produced the December outcome, the NBN Co. had exceeded its construction targets. Did those opposite take the opportunity to live up to their word? Senator Birmingham: On a point of order, Mr President: the question asked of the minister was a very straightforward and direct question. It was whether he would inform the Senate of the latest advice he has received from NBN Co. regarding the number of premises to be passed and whether he has received any information which differs from Mr Quigley's latest forecast of 286,000 premises. The minister has not gone anywhere near answering the question about the most recent advice he has received from NBN Co. as the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. I ask you to direct the minister to the particulars of the question and to be directly relevant to it. The PRESIDENT: I believe the minister is being directly relevant to the question. Senator CONROY: Earlier this month, despite the constant negativity of those opposite— Senator Brandis: 'Relentless'. Senator CONROY: Despite the relentless negativity of those opposite, Senator Lundy and the member for Fraser joined me in switching on the NBN for another 4,000 premises in Gungahlin. This is in addition to switch-ons for over 6,200 premises— (Time expired)