the imminent broadcast of a documentary critical of the performance of the NBN on Four Corners, Malcolm Turnbull stated that the NBN was a failure, blaming the earlier Rudd and Gillard governments. The Four Corners documentary noted significant issues with the roll out and complaints regarding performance of the NBN. Following the Prime Minister's acknowledgment of the NBN's failure, Kevin Rudd noted that, on assuming government in 2013, Malcolm Turnbull, as Minister for Communications in the Abbott government radically changed the technical aspects of the NBN. 2019 NBN Co's chief executive Stephen Rue announced in August 2019 that the $51 billion project would be completed within budget by June 2020. Progress At the time of the announcement, the network was 85% complete. 2020 In February 2020, Rue announced that the network was 90% complete. He also reaffirmed his August 2019 announcement that the project would be completed within budget by June 2020. National rollout NBN Co planned to complete the FTTP rollout by , along with the completion of the fixed wireless and satellite rollout by 2015. NBN Co initially planned to complete the MTM rollout by 2020. References Notes Sources History National Broadband Network National Broadband Network National Broadband Network National Broadband Network National Broadband Network Australian National Broadband Network