Coalition: The Coalition's priority is to ensure more services for rural and regional Australia through its AU$163 million dollar response to the Telecommunications Service Inquiry. The Coalition will not proceed with any further sale of Telstra until it is fully satisfied that arrangements are in place to deliver adequate services to all Australians. At present the Coalition is not satisfied that this is the case.
Democrats: No.
Greens: No. We support innovative public sector solutions to achieve high quality services. We would support an inquiry into the structure of Telstra.
Labor: Labor is committed to the retention of Telstra in majority public ownership. Australia's national interest is best served by using the Federal Government's majority ownership of Telstra to guarantee the delivery of a world-class telecommunications system to all Australians.
One Nation: One Nation does not support the privatisation of Telstra of any of Australia's public assets. The government is selling assets because Australia is broke. One Nation believes that privatisation of Telstra is likely to result in more job losses in the IT sector, poorer service to rural areas and higher prices for customers.
It's disappointing that the only party the failed to address the current problems is the incumbent Liberal Party. It's equally disappointing that the Liberals were reelected.