Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

The Finkelstein inquiry. Cabinet had public meetings and took submissions. The Convergence Review had public meetings in regions across Australia. The public were invited to make submissions. Hours and hours of discussion have taken place on this. The fact that you have not asked me a single question on this topic in the last two years has got more to do with you than it has—

Opposition senators interjecting—

Well, maybe you can remember one. I think you only asked me two or three last year in total. But there have been countless hours, countless column inches, countless report pages and we are not going to be in a circumstance where we are going to be bartered on this. The parliament has a choice: support diversity in the media and ensure the standard of the press— (Time expired)