Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has underlined the government's stance on whether the NBN should be publicly or privately-owned as Labor attempts to draw the coalition into a privatisation fight.
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00:00It is not a complex question here.
00:04You either want to keep the NBN in public ownership or you don't.
00:08We took to the last election a statement that we would not privatise the NBN for the foreseeable
00:13future because we wanted to ensure that the job was finished.
00:17The NBN is not for sale.
00:19Keeping the NBN in public ownership is good for affordability, it's good for our regions
00:24and it's good for our economy.
00:26We know the lived experiences of Australians is that when essential services and assets
00:31are privatised, it results in an increase in prices and a reduction in service quality.
00:37That is why the Albanese Government is keeping the NBN in public hands.