Ruth Webber (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Conroy, I move the opposition amendment on sheet 5356 standing in his name:

At the end of the motion, add “but the Senate:

(a)

is concerned that the bill does not:

(i)

provide for consultation with licence holders prior to varying the frequencies on which datacasting transmitter licences operate, and

(ii)

address privacy concerns or provide adequate protection of confidential information; and

(b)

therefore demands that the Government:

(i)

make every attempt to carry out spectrum planning for new digital mobile services to ensure that consumers and licence holders are not disadvantaged, and

(ii)

undertake consultation with all stakeholders prior to varying the frequencies on which datacasting transmitter licences operate”.