Shadow Minister for Communications – Media Release – Comments on the PM’s NBN broadband announcement

Comments from Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman on the PM’s announcement today on the (slow) take up of the School Student Broadband Initiative

 Under Labor NBN prices are growing at a massive rate.  Prices are up by as much as 14% since October last year.

Prices are increasing the most on popular plans used by 6 million families.

For the Prime Minister to be talking about free internet to only 15,000 families is a typically weak response to this huge problem. It’s also half of what he promised to deliver, at the election.

15,000 is about 1/400th of the number of families who have been slugged with big NBN prices increases since October.

Those 6 million families just get more and more cost-of-living pain from this Government.

Shadow Minister for Communications
Member for Banks
Hon. David Coleman MP