Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

The Democrats, as the Senate knows, are supporters of this bill. But we have recognised that the bill has a relatively limited remit, and these two amendments from the Labor Party appear to us to make the matter of multichannelling far more free and competitive than it is at present. Our view is that the provisions in the bill which apply only to remote areas of Australia should be enlarged and made national and should be introduced in the major metropolitan areas. It is our broad view that these amendments actually increase the capacity and the nature of the market, and we support these two amendments.