Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

The clerks would give an objective analysis, absolutely. I am pleased the minister is proud of it; it is a lovely piece. We have had strong representations from the AMDA and other sectors who believe this is the wrong way to go; that, whilst Senator Xenophon’s intentions are well meaning, trying to specify in this legislation in this way would be the wrong outcome and would potentially stifle the type of competitive outcomes you would hope to see from the allocation of this spectrum. So we hope that the minister’s good words thus far in response to Senator Xenophon and Senator Ludlam will transfer into good deeds and that we will see a decent process for the allocation of this spectrum and something that provides a good competitive outcome.