And the Abbott government was described in the mainstream media months ago as 'having the approval of the majority '

what rubbish, the libs couldnt form a magority without the national party and never have.

The fact that Australia has a less than third world telecommunications goes back a lot further than the last 10 years and both Labour and the Libs are to blame for not keeping up with the rest of the world in many areas.

Interesting

http://broadband.unimelb.edu.au/resources/white-paper/2014/Framing-the-NBN.pdf