Broadband

Mr Fletcher asked:

Further to the Minister‘s answer to question in writing No. 110 (House Hansard, 10 May 2011, page 47), was the Implementation Study a feasibility study.

Mr Albanese responded:

The purpose of the Implementation Study was to advise the government on how best to implement its stated policy objectives, not to evaluate those objectives, given that the policies had already been agreed by the government. The report focused on translating high-level policy objectives into tangible actions for both the government and NBN Co to implement.

Specifically, the Implementation Study did not:

? evaluate the government‘s policy objectives;

? evaluate the decision to implement the NBN via the establishment of NBN Co;

? undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the macro-economic and social benefits that would result from the implementation of a superfast broadband network.