National Broadband Network

Is it just me that finds the governments handling of the National Broadband Network (NBN) legislation a little off? Legislation that's currently slated to cost around 30 - 40 billion dollars (yes, I said billion, with a b).
The government recently received a report on the business case for the NBN. Unfortunately, no-one outside the labor party knows what it says. And we're not going to find out till December. Neither are the opposition. Or the Greens & Independents that were crucial to Labor being able to form a government at the last election.
Though, the Greens and Independents are being briefed on the plan sometime next week - as long as they agree to a confidentiality clause that means they can't tell anyone else about it.

The Governments current plan is to release the study just before Parliament finishes up for the year - giving the government a breathing space in between the release and having to answer any questions regarding the plan.
Am I the only one that sees something not right in a government announcing "Here's the plan! Now, we're going to be out of contact till this blows over".

The governments reason for this - "It's a very, very considerable document with lots of complex analysis in it..."
That was part of an interview with Stephen Conroy (Communications Minister) on the ABC (link to interview is here).
Mr Conroy then goes on the describe the report as "a very weighty and substantial document", "a very significant document", "a very complex document", lovely to know that the government doesn't think that we're able to understand such a document - before they've had time to formulate their policy stances anyway.

One of the most troublesome things about the governments current position is that there is another telecommunications bill (the Telstra Separation bill) that is supposed to be up for debate today. The bill proposes to increase powers for the ACCC, and to split Telstra more or less in half, forcing the company to separate it's wholesale & retail branches.

When exactly did we decide to allow the government to force business decisions and plans on companies that they don't own? When did it become apparent that government agencies (the ACCC) could "create competition" (the communications Ministers words) by forcing successful companies to stop growing? To stimulate an industry strangled by government legislation and regulation, the answer is not more legislation and regulation - it's less.