Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I think the most important thing to say about the World Cup is that we're all inspired by the determination of the Socceroos. They played the most expensive team in the world, France, and they came so close. I won't express any personal views about the video referee, but I think a fair-minded fan of the French team would recognise they were very fortunate to get that one-goal win, and we know that the Socceroos played so well. We congratulate them. I thank the honourable member for giving me the opportunity to do so here in the House of Representatives. We wish them all the best for the next game against Denmark and for the whole campaign.

As far as streaming is concerned, I'll confirm that today I spoke about this to the CEO of Optus, Allen Lew. He, obviously, acknowledges they've had some real problems with streaming from the Optus platform. He believes he can fix it. He believes it will be fixed tonight, and, obviously, Australian soccer fans will be expecting Optus to deliver in that regard. Thank you very much again for asking the question. Go, the Socceroos!

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