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

It seems that Senator Collins thinks that this motion is nothing short of a political stunt, and I can only assume that is the view of all of these Labor senators sitting around me at present. But I find it remarkable that a motion that makes a clearly stated commitment to the freedom of the media in this country should be regarded—

Honourable senators interjecting—