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The pustulating carbuncle that is the NBN

Now we’re throwing even more good money after bad

8 February 2025

9:00 AM

8 February 2025

9:00 AM

In the realm of bad economic policy and bad spending decisions from the Albanese government, the recent announcement to spend further billions of taxpayer’s monies to ‘finish the NBN’ should rank high on the idiocy scale. Right up there with school halls, pink batts, and cash for clunkers.

Early in the new year, in a joint statement from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Finance Minister Katy Gallagher, and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, it was announced that the Commonwealth would fund the upgrade of the NBN to the tune of an additional $3 billion equity injection.

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