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Newspaper trying to destroy NBN: Conroy

By mike, Oct 21 in blog with 0 comments

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has launched an attack on The Australian newspaper, saying it is trying to destroy the government’s national broadband network (NBN) in the eyes of the public.

Senator Conroy told the ABC’s Lateline program on Wednesday the News Limited publication had been waging a war against the NBN since before the federal election.

"They have been … creating stories that are completely untrue," he said.

"The Australian newspaper continued to perpetrate, what is reaching urban myth levels because of their constant repetition of it, that there’s a $6000 cost to rewire your home to get the national broadband network.

"It’s completely false, and the Australian are repeating it over and over again.

Senator Conroy said it had been made clear to the paper many times that this was not true, and it was disappointing to "see a newspaper losing its way".

"You can only come to the conclusion they are trying to destroy the national broadband network in the eyes of Australians because it was an important factor in us winning government," he said.

"And you’ve seen the tantrum they threw after the election, and this is part of an ongoing tantrum … about the outcome of the election."

Source:www.ninemsn.com.au

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