SPEECH: NATION-BUILDING FUNDS BILL 2008 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message

Senator NASH» (New South Wales) (11:55 PM) —I rise tonight because I believe we absolutely should be insisting on these amendments. We stood here in this Senate this afternoon and we agreed to these amendments because they were right, they were proper and they were good for rural and regional Austra... ...more

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE - Broadband

Senator NASH» (New South Wales) (2:53 PM) —My question is to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Conroy. I refer to the minister’s recent reaffirmation of the government’s commitment to deliver a fibre-to-the-node broadband service to 98 per cent of Australian... ...more

MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS - National Broadband Committee - Interim Report

Senator NASH» (New South Wales) (4:18 PM) —As deputy chair of the committee, I rise to make some remarks on the interim report of the Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network. I will just make a few brief comments around some of the issues that arose during the course of the inquiry... ...more