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

The government is broadly supportive of this amendment but we do not support paragraphs (ca) to (ce). If functional separation is required by Telstra then these are the types of matters that will be addressed in the minister’s functional separation requirements determined under clause 75 in the bill. Such an instrument will be able to be drafted in a way which avoids technical problems which we believe Senator Xenophon’s amendment brings about. I seek leave to move government amendments (1) and (2) to Senator Xenophon’s amendment (16) on sheet 7005 revised.

Leave granted.

I move:

(1)

Omit paragraphs (ca) to (ce).

(2)

Omit clause (4), substitute the following:“(4) To avoid doubt, this clause does not affect the meaning of anything in Part 33”.