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- SEX DISCRIMINATION AMENDMENT (TEACHING PROFESSION) BILL 2004
- GREATER SUNRISE UNITISATION AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION BILL 2004
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GREATER SUNRISE UNITISATION AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION BILL 2004
CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (GREATER SUNRISE) BILL 2004 - CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (GREATER SUNRISE) BILL 2004
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CUSTOMS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE MODERNISATION AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2003
IMPORT PROCESSING CHARGES (AMENDMENT AND REPEAL) AMENDMENT BILL 2003 - IMPORT PROCESSING CHARGES (AMENDMENT AND REPEAL) AMENDMENT BILL 2003
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Mr LATHAM (2:42 PM)
—My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to confidential documents from Telstra's infrastructure services division, dated December 2003, which state that faults in Telstra's network are at a six-year peak. They state:
The customer access network fault rate has been increasing since June 2001 and has accelerated in the last nine months. This acceleration can be attributed to reduced rehabilitation activity in the recent past.
Prime Minister, don't these leaked documents prove that telecommunications services are nowhere near up to scratch in regional Australia and, based on this evidence, they are actually getting worse?
Mr HOWARD (Prime Minister)
—I am obviously not in a position to comment on a document I have not seen, but I stand by the statement I made, which was referred to by the member for Melbourne. I stand by it completely.