Waleed Aly’s The Project segment Something We Should Talk About is a network television go-to. It’s smart, funny, critical and informative.
Last night, the subject was Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, or more specifically his role in the roll-out of the National Broadband Network.
Aly raised the fact that despite an increase in cost of approximately $10 billion, the NBN (which we still don’t have) is expected to deliver a slower internet speed than the one promised by Labor.
The segment began with a clip of former PM Tony Abbott delivering a speech on the NBN where he says Malcolm Turnbul “virtually invented the internet in this country”.
“First,” said Aly, “Malcolm Turnbull invented the internet in this country as much as I invented longwinded TV rants in this country.” Oh, snap!
“We didn’t invent it but we don’t mind accepting praise from people who think we did,” he added.