Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

As a courtesy to Senator Birmingham, I will explain why the Australian Greens are taking the position that we are. I suspect that what is about to happen is a show of unanimous commitment by everybody in this chamber supporting Senator Birmingham's belief, as he has put here, that a free press is central to accountability and transparency to government. Part (b) is nitpicking particular coalition talking points about the outcome of the Finkelstein review and the Convergence Review. I must agree with Senator Collins: there is no purpose at all to trying to second guess the outcome of those reviews, so we will be voting for part (a) and against part (b).