Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

A discussion paper outlining the key issues surrounding the operation of the current Do Not Call Register scheme was released on 6 October 2009 and submissions on the review were due by 4 November. My department also ran advertisements in all metropolitan newspapers to encourage submissions from a broad range of parties. My department also held consultation meetings with industry stakeholders, including banks, marketing associations and call centres, as part of the review. As part of that we are more than happy to consider the issue of whether or not there should be a three-year rollover or not. That is certainly something we are happy to consider. I was disappointed, like you. There are some practical issues. People do change phone numbers and some phone numbers get put on by people who then change them ultimately and then they get passed on to other consumers. So there are some practical issues with that permanent list. But I think those are all really important issues, Senator Fielding, and I am more than happy to say to you that we are definitely prepared to set it out as an issue. (Time expired)