Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

What these laws do, of course, which is the most important thing, is something for consumers. The beneficiaries of these media reforms are consumers, with new and innovative services—up to 30 new channels from next year—and investment that will enable consumers not to be left behind in an Australian backwater but actually be able to take advantage of what you can get in the rest of the world. I know that the Labor Party want to bury their heads in the sand and stay back in the 1980s with Mr Keating. It is too late. It is time to move into the 21st century with media.