djdefekt

It seems that the MTM FTTN NBN is becoming a very expensive blunder by the LNP. The highest peak cost I have heard mentioned was a figure of $70B and this will only increase over time. So a more expensive, slower, later NBN seems to be what they are determined to deliver.

Why have the media (outside of the News Corp outlets) and parties in opposition been so soft on Turnbull on this issue? Every talking point of the LNP on the NBN is easily anticipated and countered, yet Turnbull seems to get given a pass on this and people seem to defer to him because he is the PM, rather than calling him out when he stretches the truth or outright lies. There are plenty of examples from overseas of ISPs rapidly moving away from copper and towards fibre as they see usage and bandwidth requirements trending upwards.

In addition, strategically it seems it would be a great way to drive a wedge between the Liberals and the Nationals, as people in the country are crying out for fast internet access and are not getting anything like what they will need in the future in terms of speed.

Do the Greens plan to make this a central plank of their policy platform leading up to the election? How do we ensure this gets in front of people who aren't just in our real world and social media networks, so that they too can be properly informed and have a chance to get as angry about this as they should?

I agree that a change of government would set things right, but I'd really like the NBN debacle to be one of the pivotal issues that precipitates that change.

This should be a national scandal, yet people are either unaware of the scale of the problem or unconcerned as they've been uncritically fed Malcolm's cool aid.

How do we get this in front of people who would normally vote LNP and how do we get them angry? I feel like the self-validating echo chambers we live in have those who are critical of the current approach preaching to the converted, leaving those who need to be convinced out of the conversation.

I have watched the progress of your political career with interest. You are one of the few Australian politicians of this era that speaks clearly and with authority on matters that will shape the future of our nation.

I have two questions:

• What do you think are the top three issues are currently keeping The Greens from forming a majority government in the Australian parliament? There seems to be a generational divide, but too few people see The Greens as a viable mainstream political party in Australia. Why?

• Do you have prime ministerial aspirations, and if so in what time frame?